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ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LINKS ADVOCATES
FOR YOUTH
Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates provides information, training, and strategic assistance to youth-serving organizations, policy makers, youth activists, and the media in the United States and the developing world. ALAN GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE The Alan
Guttmacher Institute (AGI) is a nonprofit organization focused on sexual and
reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education. The Institute's mission is to protect the
reproductive choices of all women and men in the United States and throughout
the world. AGI’s goals include supporting the ability of men and women to
obtain the information and services needed to achieve their full human
rights, safeguard their health and exercise their individual responsibilities
in regard to sexual behavior and relationships, reproduction and family
formation. ASSOCIATION OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) is
a non-profit membership association composed of highly qualified and
committed experts in reproductive health.
ARHP and its members provide reproductive health services or
education, conduct reproductive health research, or influence reproductive
health policy. The organization reaches a broad range of healthcare
professionals in the U.S. and abroad with education and information about
reproductive health science and practice. CDC’s
DIVISION OF ADOLESCENT AND SCHOOL HEALTH (DASH) http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/index.htm The Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) seeks
to prevent the most serious health risk behaviors among children, adolescents
and young adults. Center for Adolescent Health and
Development, University of Minnesota
http://allaboutkids.umn.edu/cfahad/ CENTER
FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY (CLASP) http://www.clasp.org/index_html CLASP is an organization whose work focuses on family policy and access to civil legal assistance for low-income families. Family policy projects include welfare reform, workforce development, childcare, child support enforcement, child welfare, couples and marriage policy, and reproductive health and teen parents. Civil legal assistance projects include "general counsel" to LSC-funded programs and the Project for the Future of Equal Justice CHILD TRENDS
Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to improving the lives of children by conducting research and providing science-based information to improve the decisions, programs, and policies that affect children. In advancing this mission, Child Trends collects and analyzes data; conducts, synthesizes, and disseminates research; designs and evaluates programs; and develops and tests promising approaches to research in the field. ETR
ASSOCIATES (EDUCATION, TRAINING, & RESEARCH) RESOURCE
CENTER FOR ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION (ReCAPP) ETR is a private
non-profit health education promotion organization based in Santa Cruz,
California. We are known for our
state-of-the-art programs, professional training, and research in the area of
adolescent pregnancy prevention as well as for our publications and our
clearinghouse services. Our mission at ETR Associates
is to enhance the well-being of individuals, families and communities by
providing leadership, educational resources, training and research in health
promotion with an emphasis on sexuality and health education. ReCAPP provides practical tools and information to
effectively reduce sexual risk-taking behaviors. Teachers and Health Educators will find up-to-date, evaluated
programming materials to help with their work with teens. We want to serve as a bridge between front
line educators and the researchers who are analyzing how educational and
youth development programs can best make an impact on the rate of teen
pregnancy. We want to help make your
efforts to reduce teen pregnancy as effective as possible. GIRLS INCORPORATED
Girls Incorporated is a national
nonprofit youth organization dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong,
smart, and bold. For over 55 years, Girls Inc has provided vital educational
programs to millions of American girls, particularly those in high-risk,
underserved areas. Today, innovative programs help girls confront subtle
societal messages about their value and potential, and prepare them to lead
successful, independent, and fulfilling lives. NATIONAL ADOLESCENT HEALTH INFORMATION CENTER
(NAHIC) The overall goal of NAHIC is to
improve the health of adolescents by serving as a national resource for
adolescent health information and research and to assure the integration,
synthesis, coordination and dissemination of adolescent health-related
information. NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY ON SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CARE (NASBHC) THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT TEEN PREGNANCY
A basic tenet of the Campaign is that reducing the nation's
rate of teen pregnancy is one of the most strategic and direct means
available to improve overall child well-being and, in particular, to reduce
persistent child poverty. NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR HISPANIC HEALTH
Mission: To
improve the health and well-being of Hispanics. The National Alliance for Hispanic Health (the Alliance) is the
Nation’s oldest and largest network of NATIONAL
COUNCIL OF LA RAZA (NCLR) The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization established in 1968 to reduce poverty and discrimination, and improve life opportunities for Hispanic Americans. NCLR has chosen to work toward this goal through two primary, complementary approaches: capacity-building assistance to support and strengthen Hispanic community-based organizations; and, applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy. NATIONAL
FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ASSOCIATION (NFPRHA) The National
Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), founded in
1971, is a non-profit membership organization established to assure access to
voluntary, comprehensive and culturally sensitive family planning and
reproductive health care services and to support reproductive freedom for all. OFFICE OF
POPULATION AFFAIRS (OPA) CLEARINGHOUSE http://www.opa.osophs.dhhs.gov PHILLIBER RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
http://www.philliberresearch.com PLANNED
PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA (PPFA) TEENWIRE http://www.plannedparenthood.org The mission of Planned Parenthood
is to: provide comprehensive reproductive and complementary health care
services in settings which preserve and protect the essential privacy and
rights of each individual; advocate public policies
which guarantee these rights and ensure access to such services; provide educational
programs which enhance understanding of individual and societal implications
of human sexuality; and, promote research and the advancement of technology
in reproductive health care and encourage understanding of their inherent
bioethical, behavioral, and social implications. SEXUALITY
INFORMATIONAND EDUCATION COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES (SIECUS) SOCIOMETRICS
CORPORATION DATA
ARCHIVE ON ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AND PREGNANCY PREVENTION (DAAPPP) PROGRAM
ARCHIVE ON SEXUALITY, HEALTH AND ADOLESCENCE (PASHA) http://www.socio.com/data_arc/daappp_0.htm http://www.socio.com/PASHA.htm DAAPPP was established by the US Office of
Population Affairs (OPA) in 1982 as the repository for the best social
science data on the incidence, prevalence, antecedents and consequences of
teenage pregnancy and family planning. In 1994, the scope of DAAPPP was
expanded to include studies that focus more broadly on adolescent sexual
health issues, thereby including studies examining behavioral factors related
to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in addition to pregnancy. DAAPPP currently holds data from over 150
premiere studies (many of them longitudinal) on sexuality, health, and
adolescence. Data sets were selected as being among the best in the field by
a national panel of experts in adolescent fertility and sexual behavior. PASHA was
established by Sociometrics Corporation in 1995, with funding from the US
Office of Population Affairs. The programs represent a collection of
promising teen pregnancy and STD/HIV/AIDS prevention programs aimed at
assisting prevention practitioners around the country by identifying and
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