General Information Links
Located in Baltimore, MD, Healthy Teen Network has been making a difference in the lives of teens and young families since its founding in 1979. Healthy Teen Network is the only national membership network that serves as a leader, a national voice, and a comprehensive educational resource to professionals working in the area of adolescent reproductive health - specifically teen pregnancy prevention, teen pregnancy, teen parenting and related issues.
ETR Associates is a nonprofit organization uniquely positioned to meet your health promotion and health education needs. ETR is a leading publisher of patient education, health promotion and health education pamphlets and other materials.
ETR Associates is a nonprofit organization uniquely positioned to meet your health promotion and health education needs. ETR is a leading publisher of patient education, health promotion and health education pamphlets and other materials.
Offers separate sites for parents, teens and kids.
The American Social Health Association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health of individuals, families, and communities, with a focus on sexually transmitted diseases. They also offer a teen website, www.iwannaknow.org, and a website in Spanish www.quirosaber.org.
The Sexual Health Network is dedicated to providing easy access to sexuality information, education, support and other resources.
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy was founded in 1996 to work exclusively on decreasing teen pregnancy in America, and at the outset challenged the nation to reduce the teen pregnancy rate by one third over the next decade.
Sexually Transmitted Infection Sites
Site that offers information on STDs.
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers a significant amount of information and printable handouts related to STDs.
AVERT is an international AIDS charity. Their website offers information on STDs including statistics, testing and prevention.
Sites for Teens
This site is directed at young African-American men, providing information regarding STDs and teen pregnancy prevention. The website is known as “The Official Condom of the Hip Hop Kulture”.
A site developed by the Office on Women’s Health for girls ages 10-16. It features information on stress, nutrition, substance abuse, becoming a woman, leading a balanced, healthy and informed life.
Advocates for Youth champions efforts that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates believes it can best serve the field by boldly advocating for a more positive and realistic approach to adolescent sexual health.
Sex, etc. is a website on sexual health that is written by teens, for teens. There are blogs, forums and chat rooms where teens can interact. They also produce a magazine of the same name.
MySistahs is a Web site created by and for young women of color to provide information and offer support on sexual and reproductive health issues through education and advocacy. Through monthly features, message boards, and online peer education young women receive information on activism, culture and sexual health.
Sites for Parents
In the documentary, "Oral Sex Is the New Goodnight Kiss," girls as young as 11 years old talk about having sex, going to sex parties and -- in some extreme situations -- crossing into prostitution by exchanging sexual favors for money, clothes or even homework and then still arriving home in time for dinner with the family.
Answer, part of the Center for Applied Psychology at Rutgers University, is a national organization dedicated to providing comprehensive sexuality education to young people and the adults who teach them.
Go Ask Alice! is the health question and answer Internet resource produced by the Alice!, Health Promotion Program at Columbia University — a division of Health Services at Columbia.
Tips for parents on how to talk with teens about sex.
Information on HPV vaccine
Find more information on Gardasil, the vaccine for HPV types 6, 11, 16, 18 go to or get more information at www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/STDFact-HPV-vaccine.htm
Information on Birth Control Methods
This is the company website, which contains extensive information about emergency contraception.
Company website for NuvaRing.
www.fda.gov/Fdac/features/1997/babytabl.html
FDA website containing information on all approved forms of birth control in the US.
Company website for Ortho Tri-cyclen Lo, a brand of oral contraceptive.
Information on different forms of birth control.
Information About Pregnancy
The American Pregnancy Association is a national health organization committed to promoting reproductive and pregnancy wellness through education, research, advocacy and community awareness.
The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology website offers robust information on pregnancy, women’s health, and where to find an obstetrician.