The Source: Volume 2, Issue 2, December 1998/January 1999

The Source: Volume 2, Issue 2, December 1998/January 1999

New Reports

Abortion

National Survey: Views of Americans and Health Care Providers on Medical Abortion: What They Know, What They Think, and What They Want
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
This survey was conducted to gain insight on knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding mifepristone and methotrexate. These two drugs can be used within a specific period of time to terminate a pregnancy.
1998; Free; The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2400 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025; Phone: 800/656-4533; Web site: http://www.kff.org

Abstinence-Only Programs Evaluating Abstinence-Only Interventions
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
This publication will help policymakers focus on the pressing need to evaluate abstinence-only programs. It consists of two parts. Part one includes recommendations to the federal government on conducting the national evaluation of abstinence-only programs funded by provisions in the Welfare Reform Act. Part two includes a summary of a meeting of experts about some of the special methodological and political challenges involved in evaluating abstinence-only programs.
1998; $10.00; The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 1776 Massachusetts Ave, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20036; Phone: 202/478-8500; Fax: 202/478-8588; Web site: http://www.teenpregnancy.org

Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

While the Adults Are Arguing: The Teens Are Getting Pregnant Overcoming Conflict in Teen Pregnancy Prevention
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
This publication is the result of two years of work by the Campaign’s Task Force on Religion and Public Values, a diverse group of religious and secular leaders. Its purpose is to provide a short, usable description of competing moral and religious beliefs and to explain the interaction between these beliefs and empirical evidence in the debate over what to do about teen pregnancy. The publication also describes the Campaign’s new program to reduce tensions about teen pregnancy issues in local communities and to encourage collaborative efforts. Piloted recently in California, this "structured community dialogue" is the practical application of the theoretical ideas advanced in the Task Force’s paper.
1998; $10.00; The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 1776 Massachusetts Ave, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20036; Phone: 202/478-8500; Fax: 202/478-8588; Web site: http://www.teenpregnancy.org

Health

What’s the Diagnosis? A Series of Three Reports on Latinos, Media & Health
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
This series, which consists of three reports, provides new insight into how health issues are covered by national and key regional Latino-oriented media.

The three reports include:

Results of a national and three-region survey of Latinos’ use of the media both general market, Spanish-language, and other Latino-oriented media as health information resources.

A content analysis of Latino-oriented newspapers, television, and radio news that examines the priority given to health issues that includes six major U.S. markets with large Latino populations.

A content analysis of Latino-oriented women’s and teen magazines that examines coverage of reproductive and sexual health issues.

1998; Free; The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2400 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025; Phone: 800/656-4533; Web site: http://www.kff.org

HIV/AIDS

Protecting Youth, Preventing AIDS: A Guide for Effective High School Prevention Programs
Academy for Educational Development (AED)
This guide is based largely on the experiences of the HIV/AIDS Education and Condom Availability Program in New York City public high schools. It includes findings of the AED’s three-year evaluation of the program. The guide is designed for school administrators, teachers, health care workers, parents, and students who want to help prevent HIV, STDs, and unwanted pregnancy among young people.
1998; Free; Academy for Educational Development, 100 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011; Phone: 212/243-1110.

Reproductive Health

Into a New World: Young Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Lives
The Alan Guttmacher Institute
This report provides current information on young people; the timing of sexual intercourse and marriage; teen childbearing; contraceptive knowledge and practice; and exposure to reproductive health risks.
1998; $30.00; The Alan Guttmacher Institute; 120 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005; Phone 212/248-1111; Fax: 212/248-1951; Web site: http://www.guttmacher.org

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Policymaker’s Guide and Summary of State Laws
National Conference of State Legislatures
This guide provides information about STDs and discusses roles policy makers can play in STD prevention, treatment, and control. It also includes a summary of STD state statutes through 1997.
1998; $25.00; National Conference of State Legislatures, 1560 Broadway, Suite 799, Denver, CO 80202; Phone: 303/830-2200; Fax: 303/863-8003.

Survey of Men and Women on Sexually Transmitted Diseases
The 1998 Kaiser Family Foundation Glamour
This survey is one of the first national random-sample surveys to ask men, in addition to women, about their knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to STDs other than HIV/AIDS.
1998; Free; The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2400 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025; Phone: 800/656-4533; Web site: http://www.kff.org

New Books

Adolescents

Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships, Expanded 3^rd Edition
Ruth Bell
This newly updated book for teenagers provides information on such subjects as "Changing Bodies," "Changing Relationships," "Changing Sexuality," "Emotional Health Care," "Eating Disorders," "Substance Abuse," "Living with Violence," "Physical Health Care," "Sexually Transmitted Diseases," "Protecting Yourself: Safer Sex and Birth Control," "So You Think You Might Be Pregnant," and "Changing Things."
1998; $23.00; ISBN 0-8129-2990-X; Random House, Inc., 400 Hahn Road, Westminster, MD 21157; Phone: 800/793-2665; Fax: 800/659-2436; Web site: http://www.randomhouse.com

Communities Responding to the Challenge of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
Advocates For Youth
This five-volume series is for program planners, service providers, health and sexuality educators, community leaders, and youth advocates. It provides resources and information to address the multifaceted nature of teenage pregnancy, using lessons learned from research and promising programs across the United States.
1998; $115.00, five-volume set; $25.00, individual volumes; Advocates for Youth, 1025 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005; Phone: 202/347-5700; Fax: 202/419-3420; Web site: http://www.advocatesforyouth.org

"The Go Ask Alice Book of Answers" A Guide to Good Physical, Sexual, and Emotional Health
Columbia University’s Health Education Program
This book provides youth with knowledge and advice on a variety of frequently asked questions from the "Go Ask Alice!" Web site at Columbia University. Topics include relationships; sexuality; sexual health; emotional health, fitness and nutrition, alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs; and general health questions.
1998; $15.95; ISBN 0-8050-5570-3; VHPS, 16365 James Madison Highway, Gordonsville, VA 22942; Phone: 888/330-8477; Fax: 540/672-7542; http://www.columbia.edu/cu/healthwise/

Principles of Developmental Sexology
John Money
This book is a summation of the author’s life work, much of it devoted to pediatric sexology. It covers the developmental sexology of childhood and adolescence.
1997; $59.50; ISBN 0-8264-1026-X; Cassell and Continuum, P.O. Box 605: Herndon, VA 20172; Phone: 800/561-7704; Fax: 703/661-1501.

Upcoming Conferences

Healthy People 2010: Regional Meeting, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is scheduled for Dec 9-10 in Sacramento, CA. The breakout group topics include: eliminating health disparities, selecting leading health indicators, improving healthy behaviors, priorities for healthy communities, building partnerships for health improvement activities, and strengthening public health infrastructure. There is no registration fee.

For more information:

Healthy People 2010
P.O. Box 11077
Washington, DC 20008
800/367-4725
202/232-5669 fax
http://web.health.gov/healthypeople

Fourth Annual Rural Minority Health Conference, sponsored by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA), is scheduled for Dec 10-12 in Santa Fe, NM. Session topics will include the six priority areas in President Clinton's "Initiative on Race" to eliminate health disparities: HIV/AIDS, cancer, infant mortality, cardiovascular disease, immunization, and diabetes. Registration: member/$99; non-member/$120.

For more information:

National Rural Health Association
1 W. Armour Boulevard, Suite 203
Kansas City, MO 64111
816/756-3140
816/756-3144 fax
http://www.NRHArural.org

The Psychology of Authenticity: Revisioning the Therapist’s Role, sponsored by In the Family, is scheduled for Jan. 15-17, 1999 in San Francisco, CA. This multidisciplinary gathering of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and straight-ally therapists offers workshops including: "Race, Class and HIV Risk Among Latino Gay Men," "Relationship Counseling for Bisexual Women, Bisexual Men and Their Partners," "Beyond Forever After: Alternative Intimacy Styles for Ourselves and our Clients," "Working with Straight Clients," "The Other Family: How Friendships Change Our Lives," "What’s Sex Got to Do With It? De-Mythologizing Lesbian Sexuality," "After Conversion Therapy," "Understanding the Nature of Transgenderism," and "Multiple Jeopardies Helping Clients Juggle Sexual Orientation, Race, Class, Religion and Ethnicity" among others. Registration fee before Dec. 8, $215.

For more information:

In The Family
P. O. Box 5387
Takoma Park, MD 20913
301/270-4771

Children ’99 Countdown to the Millennium, sponsored by the Child Welfare League of America, is scheduled for Feb. 24-26, 1999, at the Grand Hyatt Washington, Washington, DC. This is a national conference that will address CWLA’s traditional public policy agenda: strengthening the system for at-risk children and families, reclaiming/building on what works, enhancing the transfer of information and communication, supporting and strengthening the community, and advocation at the federal, state, and local levels for children and families. Early registration $200; Registration after Jan. 29, 1999 $225.

For more information:

Children ‘99
CWLA
440 First Street, N.W., 3^rd Floor
Washington, DC 20001-2085
202/942-0305
202/638-4004 Fax
http://www.cwla.org