Adolescent Sexual Health in Europe and the U.S.—Why the Difference?  (The Facts) (Order publication - $1.00)
The United States has far worse rates of adolescent pregnancy, birth, abortion, HIV, and STIs than almost all countries in Europe. Advocates for Youth initiated study tours to France, Germany, and the Netherlands to understand the underlying causes behind these difference.

European Approaches to Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Responsibility (Report) (Order publication - $20.00)

• Full Report
• Call to Action and Executive Summary

Teen birth, abortion, and sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates in the United States are higher than in most other industrialized countries. For the last two decades, U.S. public health experts have worked to address these problems. One such effort, sponsored by Advocates for Youth and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, is the Summer Institute, a six-credit graduate course about adolescent sexuality. In 1998, the Institute initiated an international fact-finding mission to the Netherlands, Germany, and France to explore how these European nations have achieved successful adolescent sexual health indicators. In each country, the participants conducted qualitative, critical analyses of issues which research demonstrates to have an impact on adolescent reproductive and sexual health attitudes, behaviors, and outcomes. This report shares the group’s findings and suggests a course of action toward improving adolescent reproductive and sexual health in the United States.

Rights. Respect. Responsibility.® Campaign Kit (available online only)
The December 2001 issue of Transitions is Advocates' Rights. Respect. Responsibility.® (3Rs) Campaign Kit. The kit is dedicated to encouraging you—the youth-serving professional, health care provider, educator, parent, policymaker, and youth activist—to join with us in our efforts to change the way society deals with adolescent reproductive and sexual health. To read this issue, visit the 3Rs Campaign Web site.

Video: Teens & Sex in Europe: A Story of Rights, Respect & Responsibility (Order publication - Individual rate $49.95; Institutional rate $79.95)
This video, narrated by Mariette Hartley, provides a fascinating glimpse into the sexual health attitudes of Dutch, German, and French teens and their parents and into the attitudes of government officials, educators, and health care providers. European and U.S. teens speak their minds about protecting themselves within sexual relationships.  All of this is against a background of funny, frank media clips drawn from larger multimedia campaigns to reduce HIV infections and unintended pregnancy.