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  • Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs: Ineffective, Unethical, and Poor Public Health (Policy Brief) [html] [pdf]
  • Creating and Using a Memorandum of Agreement (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]
  • Curriculum Controversy: Lessons from the Field (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]
  • Ensuring Organizational Sustainability: A Guide for State Teen Pregnancy Prevention Organizations (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]
  • The History of Federal Abstinence-Only Funding(The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Hot Potatoes: Keeping Cool in the Midst of Controversy (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]
  • Institutionalizing and Sustaining Support for Science-Based Approaches: A Guide for State Teen Pregnancy Prevention Organizations (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]
  • Managing Controversy in Pressure Cooker Situations (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]
  • Male Circumcision as HIV Prevention(The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Myths and Facts about Sex Education (The Facts) [html]
  • The Seven Components of Organizational Sustainability: A Guide for State Teen Pregnancy Prevention Organizations (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]

Abstinence-Only Programs

  • Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Education: Abandoning Responsibility to GLBTQ Youth (From Creating Safe Space for GLBTQ Youth: A Toolkit) [html]
  • NEW! Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs: Ineffective, Unethical, and Poor Public Health (Policy Brief) [html] [pdf]
  • UPDATED! Adolescent Protective Behaviors: Abstinence and Contraceptive Use (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • The Controversy over Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs (Transitions) [html] [pdf]
  • Five Years of Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Education: Assessing the Impact [html] [pdf]
  • NEW! The History of Federal Abstinence-Only Funding (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • NEW! Myths & Facts about Sex Education (The Facts) [html]
  • Toward a Sexually Healthy America: Roadblocks Imposed by the Federal Government's Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Education Program [pdf]

Access to Health Care Services

  • Adolescent Access to Confidential Health Services (Issues at a Glance) [html]
  • Adolescents and Abortion (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Communities Responding to the Challenge of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention: Volume IV: Improving Contraceptive Access for Teens [pdf]
    • en español—Mejora del acceso de los adolescentes a los métodos anticonceptivos (Las comunidades responden al desafío de la prevención del embarazo de adolescentes, Volumen IV) [pdf]
  • Contraceptive Access at School-Based Health Centers: Three Case Studies (Issues at a Glance) [html]
  • Creating Youth-Friendly Sexual Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Cyber Cafés: Improving Access to Information for Youth in High Risk Situations (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Improving Youth's Access to Contraception in Latin America (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
    • en español—Mejorando el Acceso de los Jóvenes a los Métodos Anticonceptivos en América Latina [html] [pdf]
  • Legal Issues and School-Based and School-Linked Health Centers (Issues at a Glance) [html]
  • School-Based Health Centers (The Facts) [html]
  • School Condom Availability (The Facts) [html]
  • The School-Linked Health Center: A Promising Model of Community-Based Care for Adolescents (From Research to Practice) (Issues at a Glance) [html]
  • Teens and Emergency Contraceptive Pills: Issues for Health Care Providers & Educators (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]

Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health

  • Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing in the United States (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • UPDATED! Adolescent Protective Behaviors: Abstinence and Contraceptive Use (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Adolescent Sexual Behavior. I: Demographics (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Adolescent Sexual Behavior. II: Socio-Psychological Factors (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Adolescent Sexual Health and the Dynamics of Oppression: A Call for Cultural Competency (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Adolescent Sexual Health in Europe and the U.S.—Why the Difference? (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Condom Effectiveness (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • CDC's Condom Fact Sheets: A Comparison (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • European Approaches to Adolescent Sexual Behavior & Responsibility [full study report pdf]
    • Executive Summary & Call to Action [html] [pdf]
  • Giving Up Harmful Practices, Not Culture (Issues at a Glance) [html]
    • en español—Renunciar a las prácticas nocivas, no a la cultura [html]
    • en français—Abandonner les pratiques nuisibles et non la culture [html]
  • Latina Adolescent Health (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Legal Issues and School-Based and School-Linked Health Centers (Issues at a Glance) [html]
  • Life Skills Approaches to Improving Youth's Sexual and Reproductive Health (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Raising Sexually Healthy Youth: Rights. Respect. Responsibility.® & Parent-Child Communication (Transitions) [the Web site] [pdf]
  • Rights. Respect. Responsibility.® (3Rs) Campaign Kit. (Transitions) To read this issue, visit the 3Rs Campaign Web site.
  • Rights. Respect. Responsibility.®—The Keep it REAL Campaign (Campaign Toolkit) [html] [pdf]
  • School-Based Health Centers (The Facts) [html]
  • NEW! Science and Success, Second Edition: Sex Education and Other Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV & Sexually Transmitted Infections[full study report html] [full study report pdf]
  • Science and Success in Developing Countries: Holistic Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV & Sexually Transmitted Infections [full study report html] [full study report pdf]
  • Serving Youth of Color (Transitions) [html] [pdf]
  • Sex Education for Physically, Emotionally, and Mentally Challenged Youth (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • Sex: It's Not So Hard to Talk About [poster]
  • The Sexual and Reproductive Health of Youth: A Global Snapshot (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • The Sexual Health of Asian—American/Pacific Islander Young Women: Focus on Assets (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • The Sexual Health of Latina Adolescents—Focus on Assets (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • State-by-State Sexual Health Rates and Rankings (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Teens & Sex in Europe: A Story of Rights, Respect & Responsibility [video]
  • Television and the Internet: Important Sources of Sexual Health Information for Youth (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Trends in Sexual Risk Behaviors among High School Students—United States, 1991 to 1997 and 1999 to 2003 (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Your Guide to the Clinic [html]
  • Youth and the Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
    • en español: Los Jóvenes y la Pandemia Global de VIH/SIDA [html] [pdf]
  • Youth and the State of Culture (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Youth and the State of Science: Health, New Technologies, Ethics and Human Rights (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Youth and the State of the World (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Youth of Color—At Disproportionate Risk of Negative Sexual Health Outcomes (The Facts) [html] [pdf]

Advocacy

  • Advocacy Kit [pdf]
  • Building Leadership for an Effective Organization: Selected Annotated Bibliography (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • Building Local Coalitions to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Creating Successful Public Education Campaigns to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and HIV (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Rights. Respect. Responsibility.® (3Rs) Campaign Kit. (Transitions) To read this issue, visit the 3Rs Campaign Web site.
  • Rights. Respect. Responsibility.®—The Fix the GAP Campaign (Campaign Toolkit) [html] [pdf]
  • Rights. Respect. Responsibility.®—The Keep it REAL Campaign (Campaign Toolkit) [html] [pdf]
  • My Voice Counts! Campaigns for Youth's Reproductive and Sexual Health: Advocacy and Organizing Toolkit (Campaign Toolkit) [html] [pdf]
  • Rights. Respect. Responsibility.® Campaign Kit [pdf]
  • Teenage Pregnancy, The Case for Prevention [html] [pdf]
  • Walk in My Shoes: A Black Activist’s Guide to Surviving the Women’s Movement [html]

Condoms

  • CDC's Condom Fact Sheets: A Comparison (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Condom Effectiveness (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Medical Organizations Support Condom Use (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Myths and Facts about Sex Education (The Facts) [html]
  • Rights. Respect. Responsibility. Condom Campaign [posters and postcards]
  • School Condom Availability (The Facts) [html]
  • The Social Conservatives’ War on Condoms (Policy Brief) [html] [pdf]

Contraception

  • UPDATED! Adolescent Protective Behaviors: Abstinence and Contraceptive Use (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • An Emergency Option for Preventing Pregnancy after Sex (Pamphlet) [html] [pdf]
  • CDC's Condom Fact Sheets: A Comparison (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Communities Responding to the Challenge of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention:
    Volume IV: Improving Contraceptive Access for Teens [pdf]
    • en español—Mejora del acceso de los adolescentes a los métodos anticonceptivos (Las comunidades responden al desafío de la prevención del embarazo de adolescentes, Volumen IV) [pdf]
  • Condom Effectiveness (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Contraceptive Access at School-Based Health Centers: Three Case Studies (Issues at a Glance) [html]
  • Emergency Contraception: A Safe & Effective Contraceptive Option for Teens (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • European Approaches to Adolescent Sexual Behavior & Responsibility [full study report pdf]
    • Executive Summary & Call to Action [html] [pdf]
  • Improving Youth's Access to Contraception in Latin America (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
    • en español—Mejorando el Acceso de los Jóvenes a los Métodos Anticonceptivos en América Latina [html] [pdf]
  • Legal Issues and School-Based and School-Linked Health Centers (Issues at a Glance) [html]
  • Medical Organizations Support Condom Use (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Rights. Respect. Responsibility. Condom Campaign [posters and postcards]
  • NEW! Science and Success, Second Edition: Sex Education and Other Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV & Sexually Transmitted Infections [full study report html] [full study report pdf]
  • Science and Success in Developing Countries: Holistic Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV & Sexually Transmitted Infections [full study report html] [full study report pdf]
  • Serving the Future: An Update on Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health Programs in Developing Countries (not available online in English)
    • en español—Al servicio del futuro: Una actualización acerca de los programas de salud reproductiva y sexual de los adolescentes en países en desarrollo [pdf]
    • en français—Servir l'avenir : Une mise à jour des programmes de santé reproductive et sexuelle des adolescents dans les pays en développement [pdf]
  • Teenage Pregnancy, The Case for Prevention [html] [pdf]
  • Teens and Emergency Contraceptive Pills: Issues for Health Care Providers & Educators (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]

Cultural Competence

  • Adolescent Sexual Health and the Dynamics of Oppression: A Call for Cultural Competency (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Tips and Strategies for Taking Steps to Cultural Fairness (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • A Youth Leader's Guide to Building Cultural Competence [html] [pdf]

Curricula and Lesson Plans

  • Cómo planear mi vida: un programa para el desarrollo de la juventud latinoamericana [download the full document or by chapter]
  • Creating Safe Space for GLBTQ Youth: A Toolkit [html] [pdf]
  • Guide to Implementing TAP (Teens for AIDS Prevention): A Peer Education Program to Prevent HIV and STI [download the full document or by chapter]
  • Life Planning Education: A Youth Development Program [download the full document or by chapter]
  • Parent-Child Communication Basics: An Education Program to Enhance Parent-Child Communication [html]
  • There's No Place Like Home … for Sex Education [html] [pdf]
    • en español—No hay lugar como el hogar … para la educación sexual [html] [pdf]
    • NEW! Also available for Native Americans [html] (page to open in new window)

Emergency Contraception

  • An Emergency Option for Preventing Pregnancy after Sex (Pamphlet) [html] [pdf]
  • Emergency Contraception: A Safe & Effective Contraceptive Option for Teens (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Teens and Emergency Contraceptive Pills: Issues for Health Care Providers & Educators (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]

GLBTQ Youth

  • Adolescent Sexual Health and the Dynamics of Oppression: A Call for Cultural Competency (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Creating Safe Space for GLBTQ Youth: A Toolkit [html] [pdf]
  • GLBTQ Youth (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • HIV/STD Prevention and Young Men Who Have Sex with Men (Issues at a Glance) [html]
    • en español—La prevención del VIH/ETS y los hombres jóvenes que tienen relaciones sexuales con hombres [html]
  • I Think I Might Be Bisexual, Now What Do I Do? (Pamphlet) [html] [pdf]
  • I Think I Might Be Gay, Now What Do I Do? (Pamphlet) [html] [pdf]
  • I Think I Might Be Lesbian, Now What Do I Do? (Pamphlet) [html] [pdf]
  • I Think I Might Be Transgender, Now What Do I Do? (Pamphlet) [html] [pdf]
  • NEW! The Impact of Homophobia and Racism on GLBTQ Youth of Color (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Respecting the Rights of GLBTQ Youth, A Responsibility of Youth-Serving Professionals (Transitions) [html] [pdf]
  • Tips and Strategies for Addressing the Challenges that Face Transgender Youth (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Tips and Strategies for Addressing Harassment (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Tips and Strategies for Assessing Youth Programs and Agencies (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Tips and Strategies for Creating Inclusive Programs (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Tips and Strategies for Creating a Safe Space for GLBTQ Youth: Recommendations from the Safe Space Resource Circle (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Tips and Strategies for Meeting the Needs of GLBTQ Youth of Color (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Tips and Strategies for Meeting the Needs of Transgender Youth (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Tips and Strategies for Taking Steps to Cultural Fairness (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Young Men Who Have Sex with Men: At Risk for HIV and STDs (The Facts) [html]
    • en español—Hombres jóvenes que tienen relaciones sexuales con hombres: en riesgo de contraer el VIH y otras ETS [html]
  • Young Women Who Have Sex with Women: Falling through Cracks for Sexual Health Care (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • A Youth Leader's Guide to Building Cultural Competence [html] [pdf]

Harrassment and Violence

  • Child Sexual Abuse I: An Overview (The Facts) [html]
  • Child Sexual Abuse II: A Risk Factor for HIV/STDs and Teen Pregnancy (The Facts) [html]
  • Dating Violence among Adolescents (The Facts) [html]
  • Sexual Abuse and Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa (The Facts) [html]
  • Tips and Strategies for Addressing Harassment (From Research to Practice) [html]

HIV and STIs

  • Adolescents and HIV/AIDS (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Adolescents—At Risk for Sexually Transmitted Infections (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • America's Least Wanted: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Pamphlet) [html]
  • Child Sexual Abuse II: A Risk Factor for HIV/STDs and Teen Pregnancy (The Facts) [html]
  • Creating Successful Public Education Campaigns to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and HIV (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Guide to Implementing TAP (Teens for AIDS Prevention): A Peer Education Program to Prevent HIV and STI [download the full document or by chapter]
  • HIV and Young American Indian/Alaska Native Women (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • The HIV Prevention Act of 2007 (Policy Brief) [html] [pdf]
  • HIV Vaccine Research: Creating Support Among Communities of Color (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
    • en español—Investigación de la vacuna contra el VIH: Creación de apoyo entre las comunidades de color [html] [pdf]
  • HIV/AIDS and the Young African American Woman: Get Your Talk On (Pamphlet) [html]
  • The HIV/AIDS Pandemic among Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa (The Facts) [html]
  • HIV/STD Prevention and Young Men Who Have Sex with Men (Issues at a Glance) [html]
    • en español—La prevención del VIH/ETS y los hombres jóvenes que tienen relaciones sexuales con hombres [html]
  • Improving U.S. Global AIDS Policy for Young People: Assessing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief [pdf]
  • Improving U.S. Global HIV Prevention for Youth—A Critique of the Office of Global AIDS Coordinator’s ABC Guidance (Policy Brief) [html] [pdf]
  • Integrating Efforts to Prevent HIV, Other Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Pregnancy among Teens (Issues at Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Integrating Efforts to Prevent HIV, Other STIs, and Pregnancy among Teens in Developing Countries: Three Case Studies (Issues at Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Integrating Efforts to Prevent HIV, Other STIs, and Pregnancy among Teens in Minnesota (Issues at Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Male Circumcision as HIV Prevention (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Overcoming Challenges in HIV Prevention among Youth (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
    • en español—Superando los Retos en la Prevención de VIH entre los Jóvenes [html] [pdf]
  • Peer to Peer: Youth Preventing HIV Infection Together [pdf]
  • Protection Against Transmission of HIV for Women and Youth Act of 2007 (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • NEW! Science and Success, Second Edition: Sex Education and Other Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV & Sexually Transmitted Infections [full study report html] [full study report pdf]
  • Science and Success in Developing Countries: Holistic Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV & Sexually Transmitted Infections [full study report html] [full study report pdf]
  • Science-Based Practices in Teen Pregnancy and HIV/STI Prevention: Selected Annotated Bibliography (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • Serving HIV-Positive Youth (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Will the Politics of Teen Sex Stop a Cancer Vaccine? [html] [pdf]
  • Young African American Women and HIV (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • Young Men Who Have Sex with Men: At Risk for HIV and STDs (The Facts) [html]
    • en español—Hombres jóvenes que tienen relaciones sexuales con hombres: en riesgo de contraer el VIH y otras ETS [html]
  • Young Women of Color and the HIV Epidemic (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Young Women of Color and Their Risk for HIV and Other STIs (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Youth and the Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
    • en español: Los Jóvenes y la Pandemia Global de VIH/SIDA [html] [pdf]

International Issues

  • Acortando distancias entre proveedores de salud y adolescentes y jóvenes: Servicios de salud amigables en Bolivia, Ecuador y Perú [download the full document or by chapter]
  • NEW! Adolescent Maternal Mortality: An Overlooked Crisis (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Adolescent Reproductive Health in Nigeria (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa (The Facts) [html]
  • NEW! Adolescents: Missing from Programs for the World’s Orphans and Vulnerable Children (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Advocacy Kit for Growing Up Global: the Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries [html] (Advocates for Youth and Population Reference Bureau)
  • Advocating for Adolescent Reproductive Health in Eastern Europe and Central Asia [pdf]
  • Advocating for Adolescent Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa [html] [pdf]
    • en français—Guide de plaidoyer sur la sante reproductive des adolescents en Afrique sub-Saharienne [pdf]
  • Affirming the Rights of Young People at United Nations World Summits and Conferences: A Guide for Youth Advocates (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
    • en español—Afirmando los Derechos de los Jóvenes en las Cumbres y Conferencias Mundiales de las Naciones Unidas: Una Guía para Jóvenes Abogadores [html] [pdf]
  • Creating Youth-Friendly Sexual Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Cyber Cafés, A How-to Manual: Including Designing a Web Site and Implementing an Online Peer Education Program [html] [pdf]
    • en español—Los Cibercafés, Un Manual de Procedimientos: Incluye cómo diseñar un sitio Web e implementar un Programa en Línea de Educadores Pares [html] [pdf]
    • em português—Cyber Cafés, Um Manual de Instruções: Inclui Informações Sobre a Criação de um Website e Implementação de um Programa On-line de Conselhería Par [html] [pdf]
  • Cyber Cafés: Improving Access to Information for Youth in High Risk Situations (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Funding the Future: Resources for Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health Programs in Developing Countries [pdf]
  • Gender Bias: Perspectives from the Developing World (The Facts) [html]
    • en español—Tendencia a favorecer al sexo masculino sobre el femenino: perspectivas desde el mundo en vías de desarrollo [html]
    • en français—Genre Biais: Perspectives du Tier Monde [html]
  • Giving Up Harmful Practices, Not Culture (Issues at a Glance) [html]
    • en español—Renunciar a las prácticas nocivas, no a la cultura [html]
    • en français—Abandonner les pratiques nuisibles et non la culture [html]
  • Guía para abogar por la salud integral de los/las adolescentes, con énfasis en salud sexual y reproductiva [pdf]
  • The HIV/AIDS Pandemic among Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa (The Facts) [html]
  • Impact of Early Pregnancy and Childbearing on Adolescent Mothers and Their Children in Latin America and the Caribbean (The Facts) [html]
    • en español—Las repercusiones del embarazo y la procreación prematuros en las madres adolescentes y sus hijos en América Latina y el Caribe [html]
  • Improving U.S. Global AIDS Policy for Young People: Assessing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief [pdf]
  • Improving U.S. Global HIV Prevention for Youth—A Critique of the Office of Global AIDS Coordinator’s ABC Guidance (Policy Brief) [html] [pdf]
  • Improving Youth's Access to Contraception in Latin America (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
    • en español—Mejorando el Acceso de los Jóvenes a los Métodos Anticonceptivos en América Latina [html] [pdf]
  • Integrating Efforts to Prevent HIV, Other STIs, and Pregnancy among Teens in Developing Countries: Three Case Studies (Issues at Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • The IOM Report on PEPFAR Implementation (Policy Brief) [html] [pdf]
  • Male Circumcision as HIV Prevention (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Overcoming Challenges in HIV Prevention among Youth (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
    • en español—Superando los Retos en la Prevención de VIH entre los Jóvenes [html] [pdf]
  • Powerful Partnerships: Linking IEC and Services for Adolescent Sexual Health (Issues at a Glance) [html]
    • en español—Alianzas poderosas: vinculación de los proyectos de IEC y los servicios de salud sexual de los adolescentes [html]
    • en français—Relier l'IEC et les services de santé sexuelle des adolescents [html]
  • Protection Against Transmission of HIV for Women and Youth Act of 2007 (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Science and Success in Developing Countries: Holistic Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV & Sexually Transmitted Infections [full study report html] [full study report pdf]
  • Serving the Future: An Update on Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health Programs in Developing Countries (not available online in English)
    • en español—Al servicio del futuro: Una actualización acerca de los programas de salud reproductiva y sexual de los adolescentes en países en desarrollo [pdf]
    • en français—Servir l'avenir : Une mise à jour des programmes de santé reproductive et sexuelle des adolescents dans les pays en développement [pdf]
  • Sexual Abuse and Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa (The Facts) [html]
  • The Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young People in Latin America and the Caribbean (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
    • en español—La Salud Sexual y Reproductiva de los Jóvenes en América Latina y el Caribe [html] [pdf]
  • The Sexual and Reproductive Health of Youth: A Global Snapshot (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • South-to-South Collaboration to Improve Programs for Youth (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Youth and the Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
    • en español: Los Jóvenes y la Pandemia Global de VIH/SIDA [html] [pdf]
  • Youth and their Communities Take Charge to Improve Youth Reproductive and Sexual Health in Burkina Faso
    • Program Summary [html] [pdf]
    • en français—Synthèse du programme: Les Jeunes et Leurs Communautes Prennent en Charge la Sante Reproductive et Sexelle des Jeunes au Burkina Faso [html] [pdf]
    • en français—Les Jenues se Prennent en Charge: Synthese du Programme de Participation Communautaire Pour la Sante Reproductive et Sexuelle des Jeunes au Burkina Faso [pdf]
  • Youth Reproductive and Sexual Health in Jamaica (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Youth's Reproductive Health: Key to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals at the Country Level (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Youth's Reproductive Health Targets Must Be Included in the Millennium Declaration (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]

Organizational Development

  • Approaching Foundations (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • Building an Effective Board of Directors: Selected Annotated Bibliography (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • Building Leadership for an Effective Organization: Selected Annotated Bibliography (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • Building Local Coalitions to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Communities Responding to the Challenge of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
    • Volume I: Mobilizing for Action [pdf]
    • Volume II: Building Strong Foundations, Ensuring the Future [pdf]
    • Volume III: Designing Effective Family Life Education Programs [pdf]
    • Volume IV: Improving Contraceptive Access for Teens [pdf]
      • en español—Mejora del acceso de los adolescentes a los métodos anticonceptivos (Las comunidades responden al desafío de la prevención del embarazo de adolescentes, Volumen IV) [pdf]
    • Volume V: Linking Pregnancy Prevention to Youth Development [pdf]
  • NEW! Creating and Using a Memorandum of Agreement [html] [pdf]
  • Cultivating Individual Donors (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • NEW! Curriculum Controversy: Lessons from the Field (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]
  • Ensuring Financial Sustainability: Selected Annotated Bibliography (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • NEW! Ensuring Organizational Sustainability: A Guide for State Teen Pregnancy Prevention Organizations (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]
  • Fund-Raising Tips for Local Organizations (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • Funding the Future: Resources for Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health Programs in Developing Countries [pdf]
  • NEW! Hot Potatoes: Keeping Cool in the Midst of Controversy (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf] The Heart of Fund-Raising (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • NEW! Institutionalizing and Sustaining Support for Science-Based Approaches: A Guide for State Teen Pregnancy Prevention Organizations (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]
  • NEW! Managing Controversy in Pressure Cooker Situations (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]
  • NEW! The Seven Components of Organizational Sustainability: A Guide for State Teen Pregnancy Prevention Organizations (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]
  • Tips and Strategies for Assessing Youth Programs and Agencies (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Tips and Strategies for Creating Inclusive Programs (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Tips and Strategies for Creating a Safe Space for GLBTQ Youth: Recommendations from the Safe Space Resource Circle (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Youth Involvement in Prevention Programming (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
    • en español—Involucramiento de los jóvenes en la programación de la prevención [html]
    • en français—Participation des jeunes aux programmes de prévention [html] [pdf]

Pamphlets

  • America's Least Wanted: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Pamphlet) [html]
  • An Emergency Option for Preventing Pregnancy after Sex (Pamphlet) [html] [pdf]
  • HIV/AIDS and the Young African American Woman: Get Your Talk On (Pamphlet) [html]
  • I Think I Might Be Gay, Now What Do I Do? (Pamphlet) html] [pdf]
  • I Think I Might Be Lesbian, Now What Do I Do? (Pamphlet) [html] [pdf]
  • I Think I Might Be Bisexual, Now What Do I Do? (Pamphlet) [html] [pdf]
  • I Think I Might Be Transgender, Now What Do I Do? (Pamphlet) [html] [pdf]
  • Resources for Young People Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth (Pamphlet) [html] [pdf]
  • Your Guide to the Clinic (Pamphlet) [html]

Parent-Child Communication

  • NEW! 2008 Good Parenting Calendar [calendar]
    Produced by JA-STYLE, Jamaica*s Solution to Youth Lifestyle and Empowerment, a United States Agency for International Development-funded project (Contract No.532-C-00-05-00029-00) managed by University Research Co., LLC in partnership with Advocates for Youth, Health Strategies International, LLC, and Population Media Center.
  • Are You an Askable Parent? (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • Let's Talk Month Planning Guidebook [guidebook pdf] [sample materials pdf]
  • Parent-Child Communication: Promoting Sexually Healthy Youth (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Parent-Child Communication Basics: An Education Program to Enhance Parent-Child Communication [html]
  • Parents: It's Time to Talk [poster] [calendar]
  • Raising Healthy Kids: Families Talk About Sexual Health [video]
  • Raising Sexually Healthy Youth: Rights. Respect. Responsibility.® & Parent-Child Communication (Transitions) [the Web site] [pdf]
  • Replicating Successful Programs: Focus on Plain Talk (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • Resources for Families on Parent-Child Communication (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • Resources for Sex Educators and Trainers: Parent-Child Communication about Sexuality for Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, and Native American Families [pdf]
  • Talking With TV: A Guide to Starting Dialogue With Youth [html]

Peer Education

  • Components of Promising Peer Led Sexual Health Programs (Issues at a Glance) [html]
  • Cyber Cafés, A How-to Manual: Including Designing a Web Site and Implementing an Online Peer Education Program [html] [pdf]
    • en español—Los Cibercafés, Un Manual de Procedimientos: Incluye cómo diseñar un sitio Web e implementar un Programa en Línea de Educadores Pares [html] [pdf]
    • em português—Cyber Cafés, Um Manual de Instruções: Inclui Informações Sobre a Criação de um Website e Implementação de um Programa On-line de Conselhería Par [html] [pdf]
  • Guide to Implementing TAP (Teens for AIDS Prevention): A Peer Education Program to Prevent HIV and STI [download the full document or by chapter]
  • Peer Education: Promoting Healthy Behaviors (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Peer to Peer: Youth Preventing HIV Infection Together [pdf]

Policy Issues

  • NEW! Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs: Ineffective, Unethical, and Poor Public Health (Policy Brief) [html] [pdf]
  • Five Years of Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Education: Assessing the Impact [html] [pdf]
  • The HIV Prevention Act of 2007 (Policy Brief) [html] [pdf]
  • Improving U.S. Global AIDS Policy for Young People: Assessing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief [pdf]
  • Improving U.S. Global HIV Prevention for Youth—A Critique of the Office of Global AIDS Coordinator’s ABC Guidance (Policy Brief) [html] [pdf]
  • The IOM Report on PEPFAR Implementation (Policy Brief) [html] [pdf]
  • Medical Organizations Support Condom Use (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Protection Against Transmission of HIV for Women and Youth Act of 2007 (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Responsible Education about Life (REAL) Act (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Rights. Respect. Responsibility.®—The Fix the GAP Campaign (Campaign Toolkit) [html] [pdf]
  • Rights. Respect. Responsibility.®—The Keep it REAL Campaign (Campaign Toolkit) [html] [pdf]
  • Science or Politics? George W. Bush and the Future of Sexuality Education in the United States (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • The Social Conservatives’ War on Condoms (Policy Brief) [html] [pdf]
  • Toward a Sexually Healthy America: Roadblocks Imposed by the Federal Government's Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Education Program [pdf]
  • Will the Politics of Teen Sex Stop a Cancer Vaccine? [html] [pdf]
  • Youth's Reproductive Health: Key to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals at the Country Level (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Youth's Reproductive Health Targets Must Be Included in the Millennium Declaration (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]

Posters and Postcards

  • NEW! 2008 Good Parenting Calendar [calendar]
    Produced by JA-STYLE, Jamaica*s Solution to Youth Lifestyle and Empowerment, a United States Agency for International Development-funded project (Contract No.532-C-00-05-00029-00) managed by University Research Co., LLC in partnership with Advocates for Youth, Health Strategies International, LLC, and Population Media Center.
  • Talk About, 1 Respect My Right to Be Responsible, and 1 Respete Mi Derecho a Ser Responsable) [poster]
  • Parents: It's Time to Talk [poster] [calendar]
  • Raising Healthy Kids: Families Talk About Sexual Health [video]
  • Respect My Right to Be Responsible [poster]
    • en español—Respete Mi Derecho a Ser Responsable [afiche]
  • Rights. Respect. Responsibility. Condom Campaign [posters and postcards]
  • Sex: It's Not So Hard to Talk About [poster]
  • Teens & Sex in Europe: A Story of Rights, Respect & Responsibility [video]
  • When My Momma Talks... [poster] (page opens in new window)
  • You're Young, Black, Beautiful and Going Places [poster] (page opens in new window)
  • You're Young, Black, Beautiful and Going Places [postcards] (page opens in new window)

School-Based Health Centers

  • Guide to Programs for School-Based and School-Linked Health Care
    • Volume III: Potential Sources of Federal Support for School-Based & School-Linked Health Services [pdf]
    • Volume V: Introduction to Legal Issues for School-Based and School-Linked Health Centers [pdf]
    • Volume VI: Introduction to Managed Care [pdf]
  • How to Use Site Monitoring Teams to Evaluate School-Based and School-Linked Health Centers [pdf]
  • The Facts—School-Based Health Centers [html]
  • Issues at a Glance—Contraceptive Access at School-Based Health Centers: Three Case Studies [html]
  • Issues at a Glance—Legal Issues and School-Based and School-Linked Health Centers [html]
  • Issues at a Glance—The School-Linked Health Center: A Promising Model of Community-Based Care for Adolescents [html]

Sex Education

  • Condom Effectiveness (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Effective Sex Education (formally Sex Education: Curricula and Programs) (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • European Approaches to Adolescent Sexual Behavior & Responsibility [full study report pdf]
    • Executive Summary & Call to Action [html] [pdf]
  • The Librarian's Guide To Sex Education Resources: Audiovisual, Print, and Web-based Materials for Youth, Parents, and Youth-Serving Professionals [pdf]
  • NEW! Myths & Facts about Sex Education (The Facts) [html]
  • Resource Guide for Sex Educators: Basic Resources that Every Sex Educator Needs to Know About [pdf]
  • Resources for Sex Educators and Trainers: Parent-Child Communication about Sexuality for Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, and Native American Families [pdf]
  • Responsible Education about Life (REAL) Act (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Rights. Respect. Responsibility.® (3Rs) Campaign Kit. (Transitions) To read this issue, visit the 3Rs Campaign Web site.
  • Rights. Respect. Responsibility.®—The Keep it REAL Campaign (Campaign Toolkit) [html] [pdf]
  • NEW! Science and Success, Second Edition: Sex Education and Other Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV & Sexually Transmitted Infections [full study report html] [full study report pdf]
  • Science or Politics? George W. Bush and the Future of Sexuality Education in the United States (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Sex Education for Physically, Emotionally, and Mentally Challenged Youth (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • Speaking Out! Connecticut's Parents and Other Adults Want Comprehensive Sex Education in Schools [html] [pdf]
  • Teens & Sex in Europe: A Story of Rights, Respect & Responsibility [video]
  • There's No Place Like Home … for Sex Education [html] [pdf]
    • en español—No hay lugar como el hogar … para la educación sexual [html] [pdf]
    • NEW! Also available for Native Americans [html] (page to open in new window)

Teen Pregnancy

  • Adolescents and Abortion (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Adolescent Childbearing and Educational Economic Attainment (The Facts) [html]
  • Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing in the United States (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Building Local Coalitions to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Child Sexual Abuse II: A Risk Factor for HIV/STDs and Teen Pregnancy (The Facts) [html]
  • Communities Responding to the Challenge of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
    • Volume I: Mobilizing for Action [pdf]
    • Volume II: Building Strong Foundations, Ensuring the Future [pdf]
    • Volume III: Designing Effective Family Life Education Programs [pdf]
    • Volume IV: Improving Contraceptive Access for Teens [pdf]
      • en español—Mejora del acceso de los adolescentes a los métodos anticonceptivos (Las comunidades responden al desafío de la prevención del embarazo de adolescentes, Volumen IV) [pdf]
    • Volume V: Linking Pregnancy Prevention to Youth Development [pdf]
  • Components of Promising Teens Pregnancy Prevention Programs (Issues at a Glance) [html]
  • Creating Successful Public Education Campaigns to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and HIV (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • NEW! Curriculum Controversy: Lessons from the Field (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]
  • NEW! Ensuring Organizational Sustainability: A Guide for State Teen Pregnancy Prevention Organizations (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]
  • NEW! Hot Potatoes: Keeping Cool in the Midst of Controversy (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]
  • NEW! Institutionalizing and Sustaining Support for Science-Based Approaches: A Guide for State Teen Pregnancy Prevention Organizations (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]
  • Integrating Efforts to Prevent HIV, Other Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Pregnancy among Teens (Issues at Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Integrating Efforts to Prevent HIV, Other STIs, and Pregnancy among Teens in Developing Countries: Three Case Studies (Issues at Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Integrating Efforts to Prevent HIV, Other STIs, and Pregnancy among Teens in Minnesota (Issues at Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • NEW! Managing Controversy in Pressure Cooker Situations (Strategies for Organizational Success) [html] [pdf]
  • National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (NTPPM) Planning Guidebook [guidebook pdf] [sample materials pdf]
  • Pregnancy and Childbearing Among Younger Teens (The Facts) [html]
  • NEW! Science and Success, Second Edition: Sex Education and Other Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV & Sexually Transmitted Infections [full study report html] [full study report pdf]
  • Science and Success in Developing Countries: Holistic Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV & Sexually Transmitted Infections [full study report html] [full study report pdf]
  • Science-Based Practices: A Guide for State Teen Pregnancy Prevention Organizations (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • Science-Based Practices in Teen Pregnancy and HIV/STI Prevention: Selected Annotated Bibliography (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • NEW! The Seven Components of Organizational Sustainability: A Guide for State Teen Pregnancy Prevention Organizations [html] [pdf]
  • Teenage Pregnancy, The Case for Prevention [html] [pdf]

Television amd the Internet

  • Cyber Cafés, A How-to Manual: Including Designing a Web Site and Implementing an Online Peer Education Program [html] [pdf]
    • en español—Los Cibercafés, Un Manual de Procedimientos: Incluye cómo diseñar un sitio Web e implementar un Programa en Línea de Educadores Pares [html] [pdf]
    • em português—Cyber Cafés, Um Manual de Instruções: Inclui Informações Sobre a Criação de um Website e Implementação de um Programa On-line de Conselhería Par [html] [pdf]
  • Cyber Cafés: Improving Access to Information for Youth in High Risk Situations (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Finding and Evaluating Information on the Internet (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • Talking With TV: A Guide to Starting Dialogue With Youth [html]
  • Television and the Internet: Important Sources of Sexual Health Information for Youth (The Facts) [html] [pdf]

Youth-Adult Partnerships

  • Community Participation: Partnering with Youth (Transitions) [html] [pdf]
  • Rights. Respect. Responsibility.®: Building Youth-Adult Partnerships (Transitions) [html] [pdf]

Youth Development

  • Communities Responding to the Challenge of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention: Volume V: Linking Pregnancy Prevention to Youth Development [pdf]
  • Life Planning Education: A Youth Development Program [download the full document or by chapter]
  • Life Skills Approaches to Improving Youth's Sexual and Reproductive Health (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Youth Development: Strengthening Prevention Strategies (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Youth Involvement in Prevention Programming (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
    • en español—Involucramiento de los jóvenes en la programación de la prevención [html]
    • en français—Participation des jeunes aux programmes de prévention [html] [pdf]

Youth Leadership

  • Affirming the Rights of Young People at United Nations World Summits and Conferences: A Guide for Youth Advocates (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
    • en español—Afirmando los Derechos de los Jóvenes en las Cumbres y Conferencias Mundiales de las Naciones Unidas: Una Guía para Jóvenes Abogadores [html] [pdf]
  • Components of Promising Peer Led Sexual Health Programs (Issues at a Glance) [html]
  • Youth Involvement in Prevention Programming (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
    • en español—Involucramiento de los jóvenes en la programación de la prevención [html]
    • en français—Participation des jeunes aux programmes de prévention [html] [pdf]
  • A Youth Leader's Guide to Building Cultural Competence [html] [pdf]

Youth of Color

  • Adolescent Sexual Health and the Dynamics of Oppression: A Call for Cultural Competency (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • HIV and Young American Indian/Alaska Native Women (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • HIV Vaccine Research: Creating Support Among Communities of Color (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
    • en español—Investigación de la vacuna contra el VIH: Creación de apoyo entre las comunidades de color [html] [pdf]
  • HIV/AIDS and the Young African American Woman: Get Your Talk On (Pamphlet) [html]
  • NEW! The Impact of Homophobia and Racism on GLBTQ Youth of Color (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Latina Adolescent Health (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Resources for Sex Educators and Trainers: Parent-Child Communication about Sexuality for Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, and Native American Families [pdf]
  • Serving Youth of Color (Transitions) [html] [pdf]
  • The Sexual Health of Asian—American/Pacific Islander Young Women: Focus on Assets (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • The Sexual Health of Latina Adolescents—Focus on Assets (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • Tips and Strategies for Meeting the Needs of GLBTQ Youth of Color (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • Tips and Strategies for Taking Steps to Cultural Fairness (From Research to Practice) [html]
  • When My Momma Talks... [poster] (page opens in new window)
  • Young African American Women and HIV (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
  • Young Women of Color and the HIV Epidemic (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Young Women of Color and Their Risk for HIV and Other STIs (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
  • You're Young, Black, Beautiful and Going Places [poster and postcards] (page opens in new window)
  • A Youth Leader's Guide to Building Cultural Competence [html] [pdf]
  • Youth of Color—At Disproportionate Risk of Negative Sexual Health Outcomes (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
  • Walk in My Shoes: A Black Activist’s Guide to Surviving the Women’s Movement [html] [pdf]

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