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Description: Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and promoting policies which help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their sexual health. We provide information, training, and advocacy to youth-serving organizations, policy makers, and the media in the U.S. and internationally.
Bridge for Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting, and Sexuality (BAPPS) 
Author: Russell, Stephen (3 more by this author)
Description: Through a listserve, website, and conference participation, BAPPS disseminates research, resources, curriculum development and evaluation tools in order to assist individual, community, and state leaders in the areas of adolescent pregnancy, parenting and sexuality (APPS).
Description: The mission of Campaign for Our Children, Inc. is to develop research-based prevention messages and educational media campaigns which encourage healthy, responsible sexual decisions among early-adolescent youth, promote a more informed support system for youth, and raise public awareness about adolescent preventive health issues.
Description: Campaign for Our Children’s Spanish Web site provides the Latino community with important preventative-health information.
Description: Straight Forward is a local teenage advocacy group funded by the Youth Safety Initiative of the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation. High school students from across the region have worked together for months to help create this website, which is backed by a multi-media campaign. The goal of this campaign is to increase awareness and communication between teens and parents when it comes talking about underage and unprotected sex.
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
Description: The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network is the leading national organization fighting to end anti-gay bias in K-12 schools. GLSEN strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS)
Description: The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) is a national, nonprofit organization which affirms that sexuality is a natural and healthy part of living. SIECUS develops, collects, and disseminates information, promotes comprehensive education about sexuality, and advocates the right of individuals to make responsible sexual choices.
Statutory Rape: Sex Between Young Teens and Older Individuals
Description: A newly posted DataBank Indicator reports that, among young people ages 15 to 24 in 2002, 13 percent of females and 5 percent of males stated their first sexual experience occurred at age 15 or younger with an individual who was three or more years older. These relationships are associated with risky sexual behaviors that could lead to unintended pregnancy and childbearing, as well as to sexually transmitted infections.
The Youth Connection: March/April 2004
Description: When most people think about teens and sex, the potential for an unwanted pregnancy comes to mind. Today, the issue has become much more complicated. With the recent and unprecedented surge in sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs), more than ever before sex has become another avenue to a wider range of life-altering complications. This issue presents current research and statistics to help you understand this epidemic.
– Evaluation –
Author: Hoffman, Karen
Description: Literature review, bibliographies, measures and resources on adolescent sexuality.
Adolescent Sexuality Resources
Description: Bibliographies, links, resources and evaluation measures relating to youth sexuality.
Adult Communication and Teen Sex: Changing a Community
Author: Grossman, Baldwin (1 more by this author); Lauren J. Kotloff; Karen E. Walker; Sara Pepper
Description: Plain Talk was like no other pregnancy prevention program tried before. It investigated whether one could create an environment in America where adults in a teen's daily life would provide them with the information and encouragement to protect themselves sexually. The program also explored whether teens with easy access to contraceptives would act more responsibly protecting themselves, be less likely to get pregnant, and have fewer STDs than if communication and access were limited. The answer given in this report is, "yes," but creating this environment is much slower and more arduous than expected.
Five Years of Abstinence Only Until Marriage Education: Assessing the Impact
Author: Hauser, Debra
Description: This document reviews the findings from the evaluations of abstinence-only-until-marriage Title V programs in 11 states. Evaluation of these 11 programs showed few short-term benefits and no lasting, positive impact. A few programs showed mild success at improving attitudes and intentions to abstain. No program was able to demonstrate a positive impact on sexual behavior over time.
– General Information –
Description: This website is designed to help parents talk to their child, pre-teen, or teen early and often about healthy relationships, waiting to have sex, what happens as he or she grows, and other important topics.
Adolescent Protective Behaviors: Abstinence and Contraceptive Use
Author: Alford, Sue (2 more by this author)
Description: Facts about adolescent abstinence and contraceptive use.
Adolescent Sexual Behavior. I: Demographics
Author: Dillard, Katie (1 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet describes how demographic factors may influence adolescents' decisions about sexual behavior.
Adolescent Sexual Behavior. II: Socio-Psychological Factors
Author: Dillard, Katie (1 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet describes how socio-psychological factors that may influence adolescents' decisions about sexual behavior.
Adolescent Sexual Health in Europe and the U.S.--Why the Difference?
Author: Feijoo, Ammie
Description: A fact sheet comparing adolescent sexual health in Europe and the U.S.
Author: Alford, Sue (2 more by this author)
Description: Facts about adolescent abortion.
Answers to Your Questions about Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality
Description: A series of questions and answers about sexual orientation and homosexuality.
Description: A fact sheet about the effectiveness of condoms in preventing HIV, STIs, and unwanted pregnancy.
Description: This document provides facts and statistics about condom use among youth. Condom use among sexually active high school students increased between 1993 and 1999 from 53 percent to 58 percent, where it remained in 2001.
Description: Dads Make a Difference is an umbrella program for two curricula: Dads Make a Difference (taught by older teens to middle-school youth) and The R Factor: Building Resiliency in Young Adults (aimed at students 16-20 years old. The curricula promote the positive involvement of fathers and educates youth about responsible parenting.
Fact Sheet on Reproductive Health: Adolescents and Young Adults
Description: This six-page fact sheet contains statistics and information about adolescent reproductive health.
Fast Facts: Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Youth Who Ever Lived in Foster Care
Description: A fact sheet about reproductive health among youth in foster care.
GLBTQ Youth: At Risk and Underserved
Author: Earls, Meg
Description: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (GLBTQ) youth face tremendous difficulties in a society where heterosexuality often seems the only acceptable orientation, and homosexuality is regarded as deviant. Research shows that homophobia and heterosexism greatly contribute to GLBTQ youth's high rates of attempted and completed suicide, violence victimization, substance abuse, teenage pregnancy, and HIV-associated risky behaviors. In recent years, some programs offer GLBTQ youth the skills and support they need to develop into healthy adults.
Description: Teens are among the most likely to contract a sexually transmitted disease. Learn more about STD prevention.
Description: This is an online flipbook, featuring actors Cynthia Nixon, Elizabeth Banks, and Alfre Woodard, along with parents and teens, sharing their thoughts on why it’s important to talk about sex.
Parenting Tips: A Tool for Talking about Sex, Introduction -- Planned Parenthood
Description: This is an animated, interactive, digital tool that encourages parents to talk to their teens and models examples of conversations
Description: This page contains information and resources for parents about talking with their children about sex.
Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
Description: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, their families and friends
through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is
healthy and respectful of human diversity.
Sex and Tech: 5 Things to Think about Before Pressing “Send”
Description: 20% of teens have electronically sent or posted online nude or semi-nude pictures or video of themselves. This fact sheet for teens gives advice to teens.
Sex and Tech: 5 Tips to Help Parents Talk to their Kids about Sex and Technology
Description: 20% of teens have electronically sent or posted online nude or semi-nude pictures or video of themselves. This fact sheet gives tips to parents about how they can keep their kids from making a virtual mistake.
Sex, etc.: A Website by Teens for Teens
Description: Sex, Etc. is a sexuality and health online newsletter written by youth for youth and produced by the Network for Family Life Educators. NOTE: After a thorough review, the CYFERnet Youth Editorial Board found that this site sponsored by Rutgers University meets the criteria for inclusion and has been reinstated as a link on CYFERnet.
Description: This document provides facts and statistics about sexually active teens.
Description: This document provides facts and statistics about sexually experienced teens.
Author: Moore, Mignon
Description: William Julius Wilson’s model of adult joblessness, community disorganization
and their effects on youth problem behaviour de-emphasizes the range
in children’s outcomes across socially disorganized communities, and says
little about the factors that influence this variation. It also does not address
the
processes
by which family structure and relationships affect the wellbeing
of African-American and poor youth. My work is part of a larger
research agenda that has begun to address these issues by focusing on the
differential rates of sexual activity among youth living in disadvantaged
environments, and developing models to explain this variation. This work
suggests that units of socially cohesive, stable adults exist among the social
networks of successful children and families in poor neighbourhoods. It also
points to the existence and functioning of alternative two-parent family
structures and offers hypotheses for how family environment interacts with
neighbourhood context to influence youth behaviour.
Study Finds Inconsistencies in Youths' Understanding of Abstinence
Description: Many schools are teaching students about the importance of abstinence, but are students clear on what that really means? A study in the August 2007 issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health examines how young people understand the concepts of abstinence and virginity. The researchers found that youths with different levels of sexual experience tended to define the terms differently.
Substance Use and Sexual Risk Taking in Adolescence
Author: Schantz, Karen (1 more by this author)
Description: This article outlines the complex relationship between adolescent substance use and sexual risk taking as it is currently understood.
Teen Talk: I’m in love-I’m not gonna get pregnant
Author: Dworkin, Jodi (10 more by this author)
Description: A fact sheet for parents about talking to their teenagers about sex and pregnancy prevention.
The Sexual and Reproductive Health of Youth: A Global Snapshot
Author: Salgado, Andres Melendez; Nicole Cheetham
Description: A fact sheet about youth sexual and reproductive health.
Youth of Color--At Disproportionate Risk of Negative Sexual Health Outcomes
Author: Augustine, Jennifer (1 more by this author); Nahnahsha Deas; Sue Alford
Description: In the United States, rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) as well as of unintended pregnancy are disproportionately high among youth of color, especially among black and Hispanic youth. Social, economic, and cultural barriers limit the ability of many youth of color to receive accurate and adequate information on preventing HIV, STIs, and unwanted pregnancy. Youth of color need 1) comprehensive, accurate information and 2) culturally competent, confidential, and affordable services.
Description: A web site for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered youth including information, links, chat rooms, and other resources.
– Other Resources –
Parenting Tips: Talking About Sex
Description: Teens who have a good relationship with their parents and get guidance about sex actually use condoms more and take fewer risks than other teens. This YouTube series was developed to help parents talk to their teen children about sex.
– Professional Development –
Teen Pregnancy and Sex Education in the Bible Belt: Implications for Effective Programming
Author: Cox, Ron (1 more by this author); Manola Erby, Youth Specialist, Alcorn State University Extension Program, Jackson, Mississippi
Description: This webinar reviews the findings from a recent Oklahoma study of parent and youth attitudes on sex education and their implications for educational programming. Oklahoma is, politically speaking, one of the most conservative states in the nation with few schools providing any type of sex education. Unfortunately, Oklahoma's rate of births to teens ages 15-19 is also one of the highest in the nation. New efforts to introduce comprehensive sex education into schools is often challenged by advocacy groups that oppose programs that go beyond abstinence. Because no studies have looked at parental attitudes using rigorous scientific methods in the so called Bible Belt, school officials and policy makers are often swayed by the loudest voice rather than scientific data.
Adding to the problem is the complex nature of teen pregnancy and the multiple factors that contribute to behaviors leading to pregnancy. One review of over 250 studies identified 100 antecedents to teen sexual behaviors. The numerous factors associated with teen pregnancy often leave preventionists wondering which strategies will be most effective. Similarly, a recent meta-review of 69 studies that included both significant and nonsignificant results found 12 studies in which attitudes toward sex were strongly predictive of intentions to have sex, which in turn was the strongest predictor of actual sexual behavior among teens. Because average age of debut of intercourse has now fallen to under 15, it also is increasingly important to examine factors shaping attitudes toward sex among early adolescents to inform prevention efforts.
Youth Development and Abstinence: Understanding the Link
Author: Russell, Stephen (3 more by this author); Ingrid Lindberg; Kristie Fink
Description: Presenters Stephen Russell, Kristie Fink, and Ingrid Lindberg discuss contemporary issues from research and practice linking youth development and abstinence, ways to promote abstinence through youth development in your community, and the value of the Community of Caring program in helping to achieve this goal. A link to the audio recording of the conference call is available.
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Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs
Description: Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs
Despite evidence that it is ineffective, abstinence-only-until-marriage programs have been implemented in schools and funded by the government for the past twenty years. While abstinence is part of an appropriate approach to sexuality education, particularly for younger children, abstinence-only programs deny adolescents the information they need to stay healthy and safe.
Advocates for Youth: Lesson Plans
Description: These lesson plans help educators provide the skills and support that young people need to protect themselves and their partners from unintended pregnancy and infection with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV.
Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Description: Since 1997 the federal government has invested more than $1.5 billion dollars in abstinence-only programs – proven ineffective programs which censor or exclude important information that could help young people protect their health. But it is comprehensive sex education programs which help youth remain healthy and avoid negative sexual health outcomes. This document explores the research around comprehensive sex education and abstinence-only programs.
Description: Dads Make a Difference is an umbrella program for two curricula: Dads Make a Difference (taught by older teens to middle-school youth) and The R Factor: Building Resiliency in Young Adults (aimed at students 16-20 years old. The curricula promote the positive involvement of fathers and educates youth about responsible parenting.
Del corazón de los jóvenes: What Latino teens are saying about love and relationships
Description: “Rarely are teens themselves asked to share their thoughts and beliefs about issues that affect them. Del corazón de los jóvenes--which in English roughly translates to “youth speak from the heart”--gives both teens and parents a snapshot of what Latino teens* themselves say about relationships.”
Helping Teens Help Themselves: The Role of Supportive Housing
Description: Despite laudable progress in reducing pregnancy rates and births to teens, the United States still has the highest teen birth rate among Western industrialized countries. The rates of teen pregnancy within the child welfare system are of particular concern, as young women in foster care are 2.5 times more likely than those not in foster care to have been pregnant by age 19.
No hay lugar como el hogar para la educacion sexual
Author: Gossart, Mary (1 more by this author); Bojana Stefanovska
Description: The Spanish version of "There's No Place Like Home" consists of reproducible parent newsletters to assist parents in their unique role as the primary sexuality educator of their children. Five newsletters are available for every age/grade level, pre-school through grade twelve. Each issue contains relevant, age-specific sexuality information, useful strategies, communication hints, and suggested resources to support parents in their efforts. Also available in English.
Author: Douglas, Elaine
Description: This kit provides information about the process that Plain Talk sites used to engage residents and sustain their involvement in a community mobilization campaign to reduce teen pregnancy, STDs and HIV/AIDS. It also provides an overview of activities used to develop and promote Plain Talk messages.
Plain Talk: The Story of a Community-Based Strategy to Reduce Teen Pregnancy
Description: This publication describes, through stories and photos, the experiences of the five communities involved in the Foundation's Plain Talk Initiative. Plain Talk is a neighborhood-based initiative aimed at helping adults, parents, and community leaders develop the skills and tools they need to communicate effectively with young people about reducing adolescent sexual risk taking.
Pocket Protector: A Guide to Birth Control Options
Description: Designed for teens, the Pocket Protector is a handy, pocket-sized brochure that details eight of the most effective and popular methods of birth control available.
Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Young Men
Description: Historically, the sexual and reproductive health needs of young men have taken a back seat to those of women. Healthy Teen Network believes that both men and women need discreet and age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health education in order to reduce unplanned pregnancies, STIs, and to create stronger families.
Talking With Your Teen About Sexuality
Author: Doering, Shirley
Description: A fact sheet for parents about how to talk to teens about sex.
Teen Childbearing, Single Parenthood, and Father Involvement
Description: The "Why It Matters" fact sheet series takes a closer look at those social issues that can be addressed through a reduction in the rates of teen pregnancy. This fact sheet looks at relationships and living arrangements of teen mothers.
Author: Ahlin, Tracy; Laurie Meschke
Description: Information for parents about three topics related to teenage dating: when are teens ready to date, sexual activity, and dating that becomes hurtful.
Description: Data from 1990 through 2002 indicates that approximately 5% of American adolescents (ages 13-18) identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ).1 Sexual orientation is often misinterpreted as synonymous with sexual behavior and has thus allowed educators, health care providers, and even parents to leave LGBTQ youth misinformed and unaware of important sexual and reproductive health issues. While some gains have been made regarding knowledge and attitudes about LGBTQ youth, there remain many disparities in access to both education and services that adversely affect the health and well-being of these youth.
There's No Place Like Home...for Sex Education
Author: Gossart, Mary (1 more by this author)
Description: There's No Place Like Home Â… consists of reproducible parent newsletters to assist parents in their unique role as the primary sexuality educator of their children. Five newsletters are available for every age/grade level, pre-school through grade twelve. Each issue contains relevant, age-specific sexuality information, useful strategies, communication hints, and suggested resources to support parents in their efforts. Also available in Spanish.
Description: Part of the Teen Talk Fact Sheet series, this two-page fact sheet discusses the importance of talking to teens about parties.
Whose Kids? Our Kids!: Teens and Sexual Risk-Taking
Author: Huser, Mary (8 more by this author); Stephen Small; Karen Hintz; Donna Doll-Yogerst
Description: A fact sheet for parents about youth and sexual risk-taking.
Whose Kids? Our Kids!: Teens, Sex and Alcohol
Author: Huser, Mary (8 more by this author); Karen Hintz; Donna Doll-Yogerst; Stephen Small
Description: A fact sheet for parents about how to talk to teens about sex and alcohol.
Whose Kids? Our Kids!: Teens, Sex and Sexual Victimization
Author: Huser, Mary (8 more by this author); Karen Hintz; Donna Doll-Yogerst; Stephen Small
Description: A fact sheet for parents about teens, sex, and sexual victimization.
YAN 101: Youth Activist Network Online Training Modules
Description: Conceived to equip members of Advocates' Youth Activist Network (YAN) with all the information they need to be effective, knowledgeable activists, YAN 101 is a series of interactive online education modules on topics in adolescent reproductive and sexual health. Young people ages 13-24 who take all the modules and pass the final test will become Certified YAN 101 Activists.
– Research –
A New Vision for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Description: Why are U.S. teens far more likely than teens in the Netherlands to give birth? In this article, the authors review historical and cultural contexts -- particularly adult attitudes toward adolescent sexuality -- to point us toward healthier outcomes.
Adolescent Sexual Health Symposium: What We Did and What We Learned
Description: In this narrated presentation, Jane L. Powers, director of ACT for Youth Center of Excellence, guides the listener through the major themes and points generated at the symposium. (32 minutes)
Description: Research tells us that boys are exposed to child maltreatment and family violence at rates similar to girls, suffer different types of violence than girls, and experience their own gender-specific responses. These young male survivors are prone to certain sexual, reproductive, and parenting behaviors because of their exposure, such as higher rates of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection, perpetrating violence among their own families, and more.
Condom Use and Consistency Among Teen Males
Description: “A new Child Trends study finds that any type of formal sex education is linked with higher levels of condom use at teen males' first sexual experience. However, one in five teen males (ages 15-19) did not receive formal sex education about either abstinence or contraception before having sex for the first time. The study, published in the October 2008 issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health and summarized in a fact sheet, Condom Use and Consistency Among Teen Males, examines how multiple dimensions of teen males' lives are associated with condom use and consistency. "
Consequences of Sex Education on Teen and Young Adult Sexual
Author: Lindberg, Laura; Isaac Maddow-Zimet
Description: This Guttmacher Institute study analyzes data from men and women aged 15-24 who participated in the 2006-2008 National Survey of Family Growth. Respondents who had received instruction on both abstinence and birth control were older at first sex than their peers who had received no formal instruction and were more likely to have used contraceptives at first sex; they also had healthier partnerships. Those who had received only abstinence instruction were more likely to have delayed first intercourse than were those who had had no sex education, but abstinence instruction was not associated with any of the other protective behaviors at first sex. The study found no relationship between sex education and current sexual behaviors, suggesting the need for ongoing education after the onset of sexual activity.
Description: In this narrated presentation, Meera Beharry, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center, describes contraceptive methods available to adolescents and factors to consider in choosing an appropriate method. (21 minutes)
Five Promises: Addressing School Completion and Teen Pregnancy
Description: Mary Jalloh, NYS Center for School Safety, highlights how the promises articulated by America's Promise Alliance--caring adults, safe places, healthy start, effective education, and opportunities to help--impact achievement and pregnancy. (19 minutes)
Girl Talk: What High School Senior Girls Have to Say about Sex, Love, and Relationships
Description: This report discusses survey results in which 12th grade girls provide insights about everything from advice to younger girls, to their regrets, to what they really think about sex and relationships.
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Harnessing the Strengths of African American Families through Family-Based Preventive Interventions
Description: Invited Research Presentation at the 2011 USDA DoD Family Resiliency Conference by Velma McBride Murry of Vanderbilt University. AIDS is the leading killer of African Americans between the ages of 25 and 44. The disparity in HIV infection rate among African Americans youth residing in rural Southern regions of the United States suggests an urgent need to identify ways to reduce HIV-related risk behavior. The challenge is to harness African American families’ protective capacities during middle childhood to foster positive development and limit high risk behaviors through emerging adulthood. Professor Murry speaks on her research with The Strong African American Families (SAAF) program, designed to enhance parenting and family processes which deter early sexual onset and the initiation of alcohol and drug use among rural African American preadolescents.
Healthy Adolescent Sexual Development
Description: In this narrated presentation, Richard Kreipe, MD, is our guide to the key biological, psychological, social, and behavioral features of adolescent sexual development. (29 minutes)
Parent/Family Involvement for Community Organizations
Description: In this presentation, Julliet Coxum of NYS Center for School Safety talks about the benefits and challenges of involving families in youth programs, and offers resources particularly for programs focusing on adolescent sexual health. (18 minutes)
Planning for Evidence-Based Programming: Introducing the PSBA-GTO
Author: Wilson, Mary
Description: In this narrated presentation, Mary Martha Wilson of Healthy Teen Network reviews what is currently accepted about using evidence-based programs for adolescent sexual health, and introduces the green/yellow/red light adaptation framework. (9 minutes)
Planning for Evidence-Based Programming: Introducing the PSBA-GTO
Author: Dotterweich, Jutta (7 more by this author)
Description: In this narrated presentation, Jutta Dotterweich of Cornell University offers an overview of a highly recommended planning framework for communities seeking to improve adolescent sexual health. (11 minutes)
Research FACTs and Findings: Risky Sexual Behavior
Description: A fact shee about risk sexual behavior in adolescents.
Sex and Tech: Results from a Survey of Teens and Young Adults
Description: In an effort to better understand the intersection between sex and cyberspace with respect to attitudes and behavior, The National Campaign and CosmoGirl.com commissioned a survey of teens and young adults to explore electronic activity. This is the first public study of its kind to quantify the proportion of teens and young adults who are sending or posting sexually suggestive texts and images.
Sexting: A Brief Guide for Educators and Parents
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: This Fact Sheet defines "sexting" as it occurs among adolescents, and summarizes the current state of research on the problem. It also details informal and formal responses - particularly from legal and political authorities - and describes what schools should do as it relates to policy and response efforts. Finally, it suggests some practical prevention strategies that educators can implement to reduce its occurrence and perceived acceptability among students.
The Characteristics and Circumstances of Teen Fathers: At the Birth of Their First Child and Beyond
Description: Although an important part of the teen pregnancy dynamic, relatively little is known about teen fathers. This research brief presents a statistical portrait of teen fathers' characteristics at the time that their first child was born; their relationship status at the birth of that child; their subsequent experience fathering a child, if any; and their residential status at birth and in young adulthood,
The Impact of Early Abuse on Male Sexual and Reproductive Health
Description: The relationship between childhood maltreatment, interpersonal, and family violence and increased rates of engaging in risky sexual behaviors later in life are well established, however most research focuses on female survivors while male victimization remains less studied and less understood. Nearly one third of American women report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives. However, in the absence of societal recognition that males are victims of abuse, boys and men who experience abuse often remain silent - a silence which must be broken in order to prevent their development of adverse and health-compromising sexual and reproductive behaviors, as well as end the cycle of interpersonal violence.
Using Media and Technology to Improve Sexual Health Outcomes for Youth
Author: Cohall, Alwyn
Description: In this narrated presentation, Alwyn Cohall, MD, demonstrates that in clinical practice, using youth-friendly technology can lead to far better outcomes for adolescent sexual health. Dr. Cohall directs the Harlem Health Promotion Center. (13 minutes)
Using New Media to Promote Adolescent Sexual Health: Examples from the Field
Description: This report describes some of the new media and communication technologies that have become popular in recent years, together with case examples demonstrating how these technologies are being used for sexual and reproductive health.
Why Abstinent Adolescents Report They Have Not Had Sex: Understanding Sexually Resilient Youth
Author: Pike, Lynn (4 more by this author)
Description: A journal article originally published in Family Relations, vol. 48, no. 3, 1999 about a study of adolescents' reasons for abstinence.
Youth At Risk For Early Sexual Activity and Teenage Parenthood
Author: Small, Stephen (2 more by this author); Bogenschneider, Karen
Description: Keynote presentation made at the conference, "The Teen Sexuality Challenge...Bridging the Gap Between Research and Action," Green Bay, WI, October 29, 1991.
Author: Dunham, Trudy (31 more by this author)
Description: We worry about sexting by minors. What it says about their sexual and relationship health. The short and long term effects sexually explicit photographs distributed by cell phone or posted online can have on their lives. While we should continue to worry and do what we can to prevent such behavior, a new national study suggests that the behavior is significantly less prevalent than was previously estimated. This brief reviews the new research findings and recommends actions by parents and youth workers to further prevent this behavior.