To Parents, Grandparents, Mentors and Guardians:
Your children need you to guide them in making smart choices about their health and future. 4Parents.gov is a guide hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help you and your teen discuss important, yet difficult, issues about healthy choices, sex and relationships.
www.4Parents.gov
Alan Guttmacher Institute
120 Wall Street
21st Floor
New York, NY 10005
Phone: (212) 248-1111
Fax: (212) 248-1951
E-mail: info@guttmacher.org
Web site: www.agi-usa.org/
Alan Guttmacher Institute provides extensive information about research and statistics in the area of pregnancy, contraception, sexual behavior, STD's, youth, and law/public policy.
The Bureau for At-Risk Youth
135 Dupont Street
P.O. Box 760
Plainview, NY 11803
Phone: (800) 99-YOUTH
Fax: (800) 262-1886
E-mail: info@at-risk.com
Web site: www.at-risk.com
The Bureau for At-Risk Youth provides resources for youth, parents, and educators on a variety of issues, including adolescent sexuality and pregnancy.
Campaign For Our Children
120 West Fayette Street, Suite 1200
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410) 576-9015
Web site: www.cfoc.org
Campaign For Our Children integrates media advertising, public relations, and in-school programs to influence attitudes and behaviors about sexuality.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Adolescent and School Health
E-mail: HealthyYouth@cdc.gov
Web site: www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Adolescent and School Health provides a variety of resources, including statistics on pregnancy, birth and STD rates by State, guidelines for comprehensive school health education, and funding opportunities for school health programs.
Center for Assessment and Policy Development
111 Presidential Boulevard, Suite 234
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 19004
Phone: (610) 664-4540
Fax: (610) 664-6099
Web site: www.capd.org
Center for Assessment and Policy Development helps institutions, communities, and public systems craft and execute thoughtful responses to pressing social issues, particularly, improving outcomes for children, adolescents, and families.
Child Trends
4301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: (202) 362-5580
Fax: (202) 362-5533
Web site: www.childtrends.org
Child Trends provides lists of available publications, reports, and papers, many of which cover the topic of teen pregnancy. The site also provides national and State statistics on teen pregnancy and links to related sites.
Girl Power!
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
P.O. Box 2345
Rockville, MD 20847-2345
Phone: (800) 729-6686
Espanol: (877) 767-8432
TDD: (800) 487-4889
Fax: (301) 468-6433
E-mail: gpower@health.org
Web site: www.girlpower.gov
Girl Power! is a multimedia public education program that focuses on drug prevention and increasing girls' self-esteem? Subsequent phases of this campaign will address related issues, such as premature sexual activity, physical activity, nutrition, and mental health.
The National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 478-8500
Fax: (202) 478-8588
E-mail: campaign@teenpregnancy.org
Web site: www.teenpregnancy.org
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is a campaign whose mission is to improve the well being of children, youth, and families by reducing teen pregnancy. The web site provides listings of available publications and statistics on teen pregnancy.
National Center for Health Statistics
Division of Data Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
6525 Belcrest Road
Hyattsville, MD 20782
Phone: (301) 458-4636
Web site: www.cdc.gov/nchs
National Center for Health Statistics has an online database of studies and statistics on a variety of health issues related to teen pregnancy, STD's, maternal mortality, child health, pregnancy risk factors, and others.
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB#8120, University Square
123 West Franklin Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-2524
Phone: (919) 966-2157
Fax: (919) 966-6638
E-mail: addhealth@unc.edu
Web site: www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth/
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health contains information on the largest and most comprehensive study of youth health in the United States.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
Floor 12
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Web site: www.plannedparenthood.org
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. provides answers to commonly asked questions about sexuality, sexual and contraceptive behavior, and pregnancy and childbearing among teens.
Urban Institute
2100 M Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: (202) 833-7200
E-mail: paffairs@ui.urban.org
Web site: www.urban.org
Urban Institute is a non-profit policy and research think-tank that provides information, reports, and research on a wide range of topics, in addition to adolescent issues.
National Prevention Information Network
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
P.O. Box 6003
Rockville, MD 20849-6003
Phone: (800) 458-5231
E-mail: info@cdcnpin.org
Web site: www.cdcnpin.org
The CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) is the nation's largest collection of information and resources on HIV and AIDS (HIV/AIDS), sexually transmitted diseases (STD's), and tuberculosis (TB). NPIN is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention.
Adolescent Sexual Health Programs
109 Governor Street,
8th FL-East
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact Us
Phone: (804) 864-7310
Fax: (804) 864-7722
