TOPIC: Teen Pregnancy and Prevention

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Center Developed Documents, Resources and Tools

• Teen Pregnancy Prevention Support (Introductory Packet)

Other Relevant Documents, Resources, and Tools on the Internet

Prevention

• Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention- Knowledge Path (Maternal & Child Health Library)
• Effective HIV/STD and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs for Young Women of Color
• National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Homepage
• A National Strategy to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
• Not Just Another Single Issue: Teen Pregnancy Prevention
• Parent-Child Connectedness: New Interventions for Teen Pregnancy Prevention
• Parents Matter: The Role of Parents in Teens’ Decisions About Sex
• Pregnancy Prevention 2010-2015 (Center for Disease Control)
• Preventing Teenage Pregnancy (US Dept of Health and Human Services)
• Three Policy Strategies Central to Preventing Teen Pregnancy
• What Works: Curriculum-Based Programs that Prevent Teen Pregnancy
• What Works: Preventing Teen Pregnancy in Your Community

Education

• Comprehensive v. Abstinence-Only Sex Ed (National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities)
• A Pregnancy Test for Schools: The Impact of Education Laws on Pregnant and Parenting Students
• Promoting Healthy Teens Brochure
• The Responsible Education About Life, Act, formerly the Family Life Education Act
• Sex Education in America (An NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School Poll reported on National Public Radio
• Why it Matters Campaign

Fact Sheets

• CDC: Sexual Risk Behaviors
• The National Cost of Teen Pregnancy
• Quickstats: Birth Rates Among Females Aged 15-19 years, by State
• Sexually Active Teens
• U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race

Local and National Support Services

• Arapahoe County,CO Teen/Parent Programs
• California Department of Education: Expecting & Parenting Students
• Children's Hospital Boston
• Civil Rights of Pregnant and Parenting Teens in California
• Designing and Implementing a Parent Resource Center for Tenns and Their Families
• LASUD Teen Parent Program
• Insights:Portland Based Support System
• Involving Families in Programs for Pregnant Teens: Consequences for Teens and Their Families
• Massachusetts Teen Parent Programs
• Portland Public Schools:Teen Parent Services

Resources for Fathers

• National Fatherhood Initiative
• Dad's Guide to Patrenting

Other/General Info

• Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting in California
• Approaching the Adolescent- Headed Family:A Review of Teen Parenting
• Career Aspirations and Pregnancy Intentions in Pregnant Teens
• Child Welfare League of America
• Early Head Start and Teen Parent Families: Partnership for Success
• Michigan Abstinence Partnership Material
• Overview of Trends in Adolescent Pregnancy
• Promising Strategies and Existing Gaps in Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Teens
• Teen age pregnancy prevention: Programs for replication

Related Agencies and Websites
• Advocates for Youth
• Alan Guttmacher Institute
• Bureau for At-Risk Youth
• Child Trends, Inc.
• Child Welfare League of America
• Healthy Teen Network Evidence-Based Resource Center
• The Kaiser Family Foundation
• Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention and Parenting
• National Adolescent Health Information Center
• National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
• Healthy Teen Network
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Sex Etc. newsletter
• Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
• Society for Prevention Research
• Sociometrics Corporation
• Teen Pregnancy Resources

Relevant Publications That Can Be Obtained through Libraries
• Adolescent Pregnancy: Policy and Prevention Services. Farber, N. (2009). Springer Publishing Co.
• Adolescent Sexuality: Disentangling the Effects of Family Structure and Family Content. Davis, E.C. and L.V. Friel, (2001). Journal of Marriage and Family, 63(3):669-81.
• Can government policies help adolescents avoid risky behavior? Bishai, D.M.,D. Mercer, and A. Tapales. (2005). Prev Med, 40(2):197-202.
• Community effects on youth sexual activity. Baumer, E.P. & S.J. South. (2001) Journal of Marriage & the Family 63(2): p.540-554.
• "I wanna Have a Good Future": Teen Mother's Rise in Educational Aspirations, Competing Demands, and Limited Schools Support. SmithBattle, L., Youth and Society Vol. 38 No.3 March 2007
• Multi-ethnic comparison of risk and protective factors for adolescents pregnancy. Berry, E.H., et al., (2000). Child Adolesc Soc Work J. April 2000,17(2):79-96.
• Parental monitoring, negotiating unsupervised time, and parental trust: The role of perceived parenting practices in adolescent health risk behaviors. Borawski, E., et al., (2003).. Journal of Adolescent Health, 33:60-70.
• Promising Outcomes in Teen Mothers Enrolled in a School-Based Parent Support Program and Child Care Center. Clemmens, D.A., Grey, Margaret, G., Sadler, L.S. et all. Journal of School Healht March 2007, Vol.77, No.3. American Student Health Association
• Serving Teen Parents: From Literacy to Life Skills. By Klor, E. & Lapin, S. (2011). Libraries Unlimited.
• Sexual trajectories of abused and neglected youths. Brown, J., et al., (2004). J Dev Behav Pediatr, 25(2):77-82.
• Social capital as a predictor of adolescents' sexual risk behavior: A state-level exploratory study. Crosby, R.A., et al., (2003). AIDS Behav, 7(3):245-52.
• Teen Pregnancy and Education: Politics of Knowledge, Research, and Practice. Pillow, W.Educational Policy Vol. 20 No.1 January and March 2006. pgs. 59-84
• The amount and timing of parent-adolescent sexual communication as predictors of late adolescent sexual risk-taking behaviors. Clawson, C.L. and M. Reese-Weber. (2003). The Journal of Sex Research, 40 (3):256-265.
• The effects of race/ethnicity, income, and family structure on adolescent risk behaviors. Blum, R.W.,et al., (2000). American Journal of Public Health, 90(12):1879-84.
• Teen Parents and Academic Success. Perrin, K.M., Dorman, K.A. The Journal of School Nursing Vol.19, No.5 October 2003.
• The sexual debut of girls in early adolescence: the intersection of race, pubertal timing, and friendship group characteristics. Cavanagh, S.E. (2004). Journal of Research on Adolescence,14(3):285-312.
• What do Adolescents Think about Teen Parenting? Herman, J. W., Waterhouse, J.K. Western Journal of Nursing ResearchVol. 3 No.4. 2011. pgs. 577-592
• When and where do youths have sex? The potential role of adult supervision. Cohen, D.A. et al. (2002). Pediatrics,110(6):e66.

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