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Advocates’ Research Center keeps you up to date on current, reliable research in the adolescent reproductive and sexual health field.  Advocates identifies the most valuable research in the field and why it is relevant, while spotlighting important publications.

In addition, Advocates for Youth library maintains one of the premier collections on adolescent reproductive and sexual health.  Click here to search the library’s collection of materials.

There is a wealth of information available to support the work of educators, program administrators, and health care providers.  But finding accurate, current, peer-reviewed information can be challenging.  Below are sources for journal articles, statistics, and news about adolescent reproductive and sexual health and related fields.  
 
In addition, Advocates can provide research assistance; contact information@advocatesforyouth.org for more information.

Current Public Health Statistics and Research

Current Public Health News 

Online Databases for Scholarly Research

  • Advocates’ Library Catalog – Search Advocates’ own library of research in the field.
  • PubMed - The National Library of Medicine’s database of over 18 million citations from scholarly journals. 
  • POPLINE - A service of Johns Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health, Popline is the world's largest database on reproductive health, containing citations with abstracts to scientific articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues.
  • Guttmacher Institute – The Guttmacher Institute is renowned for its research and commentary.  Check out its searchable database of reports and statistics on reproductive health.

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