The Source: Volume 8, Issue 2, December 2004/January 2005

The Source: Volume 8, Issue 2, December 2004/January 2005

BOOKS

Adolescent Sexual Development and Sexuality: Assessment and Interventions
Donna A. Gaffney and Carol Roye (Editors)
This new resource addresses key issues that professionals such as educators, nurses, clinicians, psychologists, and counselors face when working with teens today. Topics explored include cognitive development, sexual behavior, teens with disabilities, and legal issues, as well as clinical practice and educational program initiatives.
2003; $133.95; ISBN 1887554394; Civic Research Institute; http://www.civicresearchinstitute.com

Great Sex: A Man's Guide to the Secret Principles of Total-Body Sex
Michael Castleman
This manual for heterosexual men provides in-depth coverage of many topics related to sexuality, including the impact nutrition, exercise, and other lifestyle choices can have on sexual function and pleasure; a total-body approach to sex instruction including kissing, touching, and ejaculatory control; and research into women's sexuality and pleasure. Heterosexual focus.
2004; $24.95; ISBN 1579547362; Rodale; http://www.rodale.com

Handbook of Sexuality Research Training Initiatives
Diane di Mauro, Gilbert Herdt, and Richard Parker (Editors)
This handbook provides an overview of international training models and initiatives for sexuality researchers, highlighting the challenges and rewards of collaborative, interdisciplinary work. It includes a variety of formalized opportunities that provide training, both general and specialized in focus, including graduate education, summer institutes, training grants, institutional consortiums, and programs targeting community-based organizations.
2003; Free; Social Science Research Council; Available online at http://nsrc.sfsu.edu/Index.cfm?Page=18&PageID=1 or in print from Diane di Mauro at dimauro@ssrc.org

The Surrender: An Erotic Memoir
Toni Bentley
In this New York Times "Notable Book", writer and former New York City Ballet dancer Bentley presents her sexual memoirs and celebrates the pleasure she takes in anal sex, an activity still considered by many to be rare and taboo among women. This explicitly honest exploration of one woman's sexuality and sexual obsessions has generated much attention in the literary press.
2004; $24.95; ISBN 0060732466; HarperCollins; http://www.harpercollins.com

REPORTS

2002 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The latest data from this periodic nationwide survey is now available. The survey collects information on a range of behaviors among women and men aged 15-44, including sexual behavior, contraceptive use, and pregnancy and birth.
2004; Free; Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg.htm

Not Yet: Programs to Delay First Sex among Teens
Jenifer Manlove, Angela Romano Papillio, and Erum Ikramullah
A product of a partnership between the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and Child Trends, this report provides detailed descriptions of prevention programs that have been shown through careful research to have delayed first sex among teens.
2004; $10 or free online at http://www.teenpregnancy.org/works/pdf/NotYet.pdf; The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; http://www.teenpregnancy.org

The Content of Federally Funded Abstinence-Only Education Programs
Representative Henry A. Waxman
This new congressional report evaluates the content of the most popular abstinence-only curricula used by grantees of the largest federal abstinence initiative, SPRANS (Special Programs of Regional and National Significance Community-Based Abstinence Education). Through SPRANS, the Department of Health and Human Services provides grants to community organizations that teach abstinence-only programs to youth. The report finds that over 80% of the abstinence-only curricula, used by over two-thirds of SPRANS grantees in 2003, contain false, misleading, or distorted information about reproductive health.
2004; Free; Available online at http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/20041201102153-50247.pdf

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

The Center for Sexuality and Religion (CSR) now offers a college-level distance learning continuing education course. It will soon be accredited for continuing education units by the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT). This 13-week course, starting January 24, 2005, will assist persons involved in ministry as they deal with issues of sexuality. Only 10 registrants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. The cost of the course is $500.00.

For more information:

Dr. Paul Rimassa
CSR Executive Director
Phone: 610/995-0341
Email: psrimassa@ctrsr.org
Website: http://www.ctrsr.org

CONFERENCES

The Family Planning Advocates' 28th Annual Conference is scheduled for January 24-25, 2005, at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, NY. Workshops on January 24 will address topics such as sexuality education controversies, emergency contraception, and funding for reproductive health care. A Youth Conference will also be held on January 24. The FPA Day of Advocacy on January 25 will include special programming and a resource room for advocates and lobbyists. Registration fees are available at http://www.fpaofnys.org/about/conference.html.

For more Information:

Family Planning Advocates of New York State, Inc.
17 Elk Street
Albany, NY 12207
Phone: 518/436-8408
Fax: 518/436-0004
Email: info@fpaofnys.org
Website: http://www.fpaofnys.org

Contraceptive Technology's Annual Conference is scheduled for March 9-12, 2005, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, in San Francisco, CA, and April 6-9, 2005, at the Hilton Washington, in Washington, DC. General sessions will include "Emergency Contraception: Update 2005," "Strategies for Involving Teen Boys," "Big Questions Leading to Wise Decisions: Helping Women Choose the Best Method of Birth Control," and "Lesbian Health Care: Sorting through the Myths and Facts about Contraception and Other Important Issues." Registration fees are available at http://www.contemporaryforums.com.

For more Information:

Contemporary Forums
11900 Silvergate Drive
Dublin, CA 94568-2257
Phone: 800/377-7707, Ext. 3
Fax: 800/329-9923
Email: info@cforums.com
Website: http://www.cforums.com

TRAINING PROVIDERS

AIDS-Related Community Services (ARCS), Elmsford, NY
For a list of upcoming trainings, call 914/785-8364.

Center for Health and Behavioral Training, Rochester, NY
For a list of upcoming trainings, call 585/530-4382 or visit http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/chbt

Center for Health Training, Austin, TX
For a list of upcoming trainings, call 512/474-2166 or visit http://www.centerforhealthtraining.org

Center for Health Training, Oakland, CA
For a list of upcoming trainings, call 510/835-3700 or visit http://www.centerforhealthtraining.org

Center for Health Training, Seattle, WA
For a list of upcoming trainings, call 206/447-9538 or visit http://www.centerforhealthtraining.org

Harm Reduction Training Institute, New York, NY
For a list of upcoming trainings, call 212/683-2334 or visit http://www.harmreduction.org

Harm Reduction Training Institute, Oakland, CA
For a list of upcoming trainings, call 510/444-6969 or visit http://www.harmreduction.org

Planned Parenthood of New York City's Robert and Harriet Heilbrunn Center for Community Outreach, Education, and Training
For a list of upcoming trainings go to http://www.ppnyc.org/new/events.html#training