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Parents: Talk to Your Teen
It isn't easy to talk with your teen about sex and relationships, but there are
resources that can help. For information about the issues surrounding teen sex
and for tips on how you, as a parent or concerned adult, can talk with your children
about sex and abstinence, visit:
http://www.talktothem.org/
Substance Abuse
A great site for teens about alcohol and how to say no:
http://www.thecoolspot.gov/
When Teens Have Sex: Issues and Trends
Get statistics and profiles by state! Shows national and state demographical information
on teen births, pregnancies, and STDS
http://www.aecf.org/cgi-bin/teen.cgi?
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance - provides information on a variety of different
youth behaviors including sex
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/
Teen Pregnancy and Births
Visit the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy website for the latest facts:
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/default.asp
For fast statistics on teen births, visit:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/teenbrth.htm
Sexually Transmitted Infections - Information and Prevention
For general information about STIs, check out:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/disease_info.htm
For information on the occurrence and treatment of STIs, visit:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/dstdp.html
For information about specific STIs, visit:
http://www.medinstitute.org/medical/index.htm
See the National Institutes of Health’s fact sheet on STIs and how they’re
spread:
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdinfo.htm
The Henry Kaiser Family Foundation
This site has information on health issues related to families and communities.
http://www.kff.org
Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs
A website about the program that provides grant money to organizations like us!
http://opa.osophs.dhhs.gov/titlexx/oapp.html
Adolescent Risk Behaviors
Has good research data on alcohol, drug, smoking, and other adolescent risk behaviors
http://www.casacolumbia.org/
Abstinence Sites:
Abstinence Clearinghouse
The biggest site for abstinence, take a look at their Teen Café to learn
what’s new in teen abstinence.
http://www.abstinence.net/TeenCafe.cfm
Not Me Not Now
A cool site for teens making smart choices about sex.
http://www.notmenotnow.org/welcome.cfm
SHARE Program - Teen Central
An easy to use site all about abstinence!
http://www.share-program.com/teen.htm
It’s Great to Wait
Want to hear what other teens are saying? Visit this website for answers to your
questions and to see why it’s great to wait!
http://www.greattowait.com
Talk to Them
For a great online resource for parents about talking with their children
about sex, visit:
www.talktothem.org
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