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Advocates for Youth
Advocates for Youth (formerly Center for Population Options) provides information, training, and advocacy to youth-serving organizations, policy makers, and the media with the goal of promoting policies which help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their sexual and reproductive health. This site, targeted at professionals, parents, and teens, described AY's organizational structure, activities and services; and provides a list of publications with ordering information. | Planned Parenthood Federation of America
PPFA is committed to service, advocacy, education and research on human reproduction and sexuality. In addition to public policy and political action news, this site offers a variety of fact sheets and brief reports of interest to both professionals and the public. Topics include emergency contraception, chemical abortifacients, relevant Supreme Court rulings, and teen pregnancy statistics, among others. Consumer guides in both English and Spanish also are on-lne and cover such topics as reproductive health, birth control, abortion, STDs, help for teens, and guides for parents. PPFA's publications list, a roster of regional affiliates, and an extensive links page are available as well. | ReCAPP
Prevention (ReCAPP), sponsored by ETR Associates (Education, Training and Research) is designed for health educators and program coordinators. | SIECUS
SIECUS develops, collects, and disseminates information on human sexuality, promotes comprehensive education in the field, and advocates the right of individuals to make responsible sexual choices. Annotated bibliographies, the current issue of Advocates Report, fact sheets on adolescent sexuality issues, parents' publications (some in Spanish), and other related information are all available on-line. | Alan Guttmacher Institute
The AGI undertakes research, policy analysis, public education and related action with the goal of preventing unintended pregnancies, guaranteeing freedom to terminate unwanted pregnancies, and supporting healthy, wanted pregnancies. This site provides extensive information on adolescent reproductive issues through policy papers, statistical fact sheets, and extended special reports including information on teen sexuality, contraception and pregnancy. The full texts of ed articles from the current issue of Family Planning Perspectives also are on-line. | Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals is a multi-disciplinary organization for health and education professionals involved with reproductive health issues. Medical education is ARHP’s primary focus. | Healthy Teen Network (Formerly NOAPP)
The Healthy Teen Network's mission is to provide leadership, education, training, support, information, and advocacy resources to practitioners in the field and to establish a forum where divergent viewpoints can be expressed. This site describes Healthy Teen Network's services and products, gives a calendar of upcoming events, and lists ed Web links. | Kaiser Family Foundation
The KFF is an independent health care philanthropy which focuses on health policy, reproductive health, and HIV policy. In addition to a description of application procedures and summaries of previously awarded s, this site also contains a variety of on-line KFF survey reports, a number of which are relevant to adolescents. These include What Teens Don't Know About STDs Put Then At Risk, Measuring the Effects of Sexual Content in the Media, Reflections of Girls in the Media, and A Survey of Americans on Values. | National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
This is a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy group with the goal of reducing teenage pregnancy. A distinguished Board of Directors encompasses the full spectrum of perspectives and persuasions about teen sexual behavior. This site provides an extensive annotated list of Web links to national and regional youth related sites; a publications list; some limited statistics; tips for parents and for religious groups; and descriptions of the organization and its activities. |
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| Youth In Developing Countries |
FOCUS on Young Adults
FOCUS is a Pathfinder International program in partnership with The Futures Groups International and Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Its goal is to improve the health and well-being of young adults in developing countries through the creation and strengthening of effective reproductive health initiatives. Information about the program, a series of four-page briefs on ed issues in young adult reproductive health, and a training module are online. |
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