Adolescent Pregnancy

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Adolescent Pregnancy

National Organizations

Advocates for Youth
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org
Advocates for Youth creates programs and promotes policies which help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their sexual and reproductive health. They provide information, training, and advocacy to youth-serving organizations, policy-makers, and the media in the United States and around the world.

Their Web site offers information on adolescent pregnancy prevention. They have also developed a Clearinghouse that researches, documents, and shares information on successful pregnancy prevention strategies, interventions, and initiatives throughout the country. The Clearinghouse fields requests from youth-serving professionals, community providers, policy-makers, the media, and students for pregnancy-related technical assistance and information.

Advocates for Youth has selected model programs that show promising results in delaying the onset of sexual intercourse, reducing the frequency of sexual intercourse, and/or increasing the use of contraceptives.

The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI)
http://www.guttmacher.org
AGI’s mission is to protect the reproductive choices of women and men in the United States and around the world. The organization provides information on sexual behavior, reproduction, and family formation. AGI has published fact sheets that provide statistics and other information on adolescent pregnancy.

Teen Sex and Pregnancy

U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics with Comparative Statistics for Women Aged 20-24

Teen Pregnancy: Overall Trends and State-by-State Information

ETR Associates
http://www.etr.org
ETR Associates is a non-profit organization that provides leadership, educational resources, training, and research in health promotion with an emphasis on sexuality and health education. ETR offers information on resource development, publishing, and distribution; research and evaluation; program development and training; and clearinghouse services.

Their Web site provides information on reproductive health, high-risk sexual behavior, STD/HIV/AIDS prevention, and comprehensive school health. ETR’s Research Department conducts a wide range of qualitative and quantitative studies, including both local and statewide surveys of adolescent risk-taking and healthful behaviors. Their Training Department administers the Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (ReCAPP), an online resource that provides practical tools and information to enable teachers and health educators to most effectively reduce teen sexual risk-taking behaviors.

Girls Incorporated
http://www.girlsinc.org
Girls Incorporated is national youth organization that provides educational programs. They have developed research-based and informal education programs that address pregnancy prevention and adolescent health.

The Web site provides information about the organization’s Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy program. This program goes beyond traditional sexuality education to focus on girls’ motivation to avoid early pregnancy.

Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www2.kff.org
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation focuses on the major health care issues that affect the nation. They provide resources, facts, and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public. The Foundation has created an adolescent pregnancy fact sheet to provide general information on adolescent pregnancy.

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
http://www.teenpregnancy.org
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy aims to prevent teen pregnancy by supporting values and stimulating actions consistent with a pregnancy-free adolescence.

The Web site provides state-by-state statistics on adolescent pregnancy, campaign updates, an online newsletter, resources, and publications. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy has also developed a teen section which also includes weekly messages from teens that provide, surveys, facts, figures, and important teen tips.

National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA)
http://www.nfprha.org
NFPRHA is a non-profit membership organization which assures access to voluntary, comprehensive, and culturally sensitive family planning and reproductive health care services.

Their Web site offers information on legislative affairs, fact sheets on family planning, articles on reproductive health, monthly facts on reproductive health, reports, publications, and links to related sites.

Healthy Teen Network (formerly NOAPPP)
http://www.healthyteennetwork.org
Healthy Teen Network provides leadership, education, training, information, and advocacy resources to practitioners in the field of adolescent pregnancy, parenting, and prevention.

Their Web site offers education and technical assistance, an online newsletter, research on first-time adolescent pregnancy, a directory of coalitions, advocacy, and ongoing initiatives in collaboration with other organizations. In addition, the Web site provides information on upcoming conferences, publications, resources, and links to related sites.

National School Boards Association (NSBA)
http://www.nsba.org
NSBA is a nonprofit federation that represents school boards across the country. NSBA’S HIV/AIDS and School Health Programs provide technical assistance designed to foster school board members’ awareness of teen pregnancy and school health issues and to motivate them to support effective and appropriate teen pregnancy policies and programs. The programs include a School Health Resource Database that contains materials on policy development, confidentiality, school staff training, community support, and program evaluations and curricula. Selections from this database as well as more related information are available online.

National Education Association (NEA) - Health Information Network (HIN)
http://www.nea.org & http://www.neahin.org
The Health Information Network (HIN) is a non-profit affiliate of the National Education Association. HIN provides NEA members with information and training geared toward developing health-enhancing behaviors, reducing health risks, and promoting a safe and healthy environment. HIN has developed programs designed to help school personnel address unintended pregnancy, HIV, and sexual health in their roles as educators and as employees.

The Web site includes information on these programs as well other HIN such as a newsletter and a video for teens on contraceptive choice.

National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
http://www.nasbe.org
NASBE represents state and territorial education boards and provides trainings, conferences, and resource materials. NASBE’s School-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative, a new addition to the Healthy Schools Project, provides an opportunity for members to participate in discussions on effective strategies to reduce adolescent pregnancy. NASBE provides policy updates and issue briefs on teen pregnancy prevention along with current research on effective school-based programs.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America
http://www.plannedparenthood.org
Planned Parenthood supports a range of activities designed to reduce adolescent pregnancy and childbearing. They include expanded sexuality education, increased service accessibility, enhanced public awareness, behavioral research, and the development of contraceptive methods suited to adolescents. Planned Parenthood has created a number of fact sheets which provide up-to-date information on adolescent sexual activity, pregnancy, and childbearing.

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
http://www.siecus.org
SIECUS is a 40 year old nonprofit organization that believes that sexuality is a natural and healthy part of life and that all people have the right to the information, skills, and services they need to make responsible sexual choices. SIECUS provides health care professionals and educators as well as parents with the most reliable information on sexuality. SIECUS’ School Health Project provides state and local education agencies with the best training and resources on HIV/AIDS prevention as well as sexuality education. As part of this project SIECUS publishes SHOP Talk, a biweekly fax and electronic newsletter that focuses on HIV prevention issues in school age youth. SIECUS’ Mary S. Calderone Library is the largest sexuality education clearinghouse in the country open to the public for on-site and electronic research and assistance. The Library also houses the National School Health Education Clearinghouse which provides information on model programs and policies, curricula and curricula evaluations, guidelines for HIV/STD prevention and sexuality education, teacher training and preparation information, and other school health related resources. For more information on SIECUS programs, see the links to the left.

Sociometrics Corporation
http://www.socio.com
Sociometrics Corporation is a research and development firm specializing in social science research applications. Sociometrics' research focuses on a variety of contemporary social issues including teenage pregnancy and parenthood, AIDS, and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Sociometrics’ Web site provides materials to facilitate the implementation and evaluation of pregnancy-prevention programs. Each of Sociometrics’ programs are archived by the Program Archive on Sexuality, Health and Adolescence (PASHA), which is a collection of pregnancy and STD/HIV/AIDS prevention programs. Sociometrics also provides a Data Archive on Adolescent Pregnancy and Pregnancy Prevention (DAAPPP) established by the U.S. Office of Population Affairs (OPA). DAAPPP has data from over 130 studies on sexuality, health, and adolescence.

Web Master: siecus@siecus.org