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Teen Sex/Pregnancy/Parenting
2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
— June 2010
News release at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website
A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Early Developmental Prevention Programs in At-Risk Populations on Non-Health Outcomes in Adolescence
— Apr. 2010
Journal abstract at Children and Youth Services Review website
Births: Preliminary Data for 2008
— Apr. 2010
Current Pediatrician Practices in Identifying High-Risk Behaviors of Adolescents
— Apr. 2010
Significant Multiple Risk Behaviors Among U.S. High School Students
— Mar. 2010
Efficacy of a Theory-Based Abstinence-Only Intervention Over 24 Months
— Feb. 2010
It's Your Game: Keep It Real: Delaying Sexual Behavior with an Effective Middle School Program
— Feb. 2010
Long-Term Effects of Prenatal and Infancy Nurse Home Visitation on the Life Course of Youths: 19-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Trial
— Jan. 2010
U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity
— Jan. 2010
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention: Choosing an Effective Program that Fits
— Dec. 2009
Efficacy of Sexually Transmitted Disease/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Sexual Risk-Reduction Intervention for African American Adolescent Females Seeking Sexual Health Services
— Dec. 2009
Teens and Sexting
— Dec. 2009
The California Index of Child and Youth Well-Being
— Dec. 2009
What Works for Parent Involvement Programs for Adolescents: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Social Interventions
— Dec. 2009
What Works for Parent Involvement Programs for Children: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Social Interventions
— Dec. 2009
Screening Adolescents for Substance Use–Related High-Risk Sexual Behaviors
— Nov. 2009
Facts at a Glance: A Fact Sheet Reporting National, State, and City Trends in Teen Childbearing
— Sep. 2009
Religiosity and Teen Birth Rate in the United States
— Sep. 2009
Socio-Economic and Family Characteristics of Teen Childbearing
— Sep. 2009
A School-Based Program to Prevent Adolescent Dating Violence
— Aug. 2009
Long-Term Effects of Drug Prevention on Risky Sexual Behavior Among Young Adults
— Aug. 2009
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009
— July 2009
Depression, Sexually Transmitted Infection, and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Young Adults in the United States
— July 2009
Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Youth Who Ever Lived in Foster Care
— July 2009
Sexual and Reproductive Health of Persons Aged 10-24 Years in the United States, 2002-2007
— July 2009
NIDA Study Shows School-Based Prevention Program Reduces Problem Behaviors in Fifth-Graders by Half
— June 2009
Trends in Sexual Experience, Contraceptive Use, and Teenage Childbearing: 1992-2002
— May 2009
Infidelity, Trust, and Condom Use Among Latino Youth in Dating Relationships
— Apr. 2009
Trends in Sexual Risk Behaviors, by Nonsexual Risk Behavior Involvement, U.S. High School Students, 1991-2007
— Apr. 2009
Births: Preliminary Data for 2007
— Mar. 2009
Teen Births: Examining the Recent Increase
— Mar. 2009
Resilient Girls—Factors that Protect Against Delinquency
— Jan. 2009
The Validity of Teens' and Young Adults' Self-Reported Condom Use
— Jan. 2009
2009 KIDS COUNT Data: Overall State Rankings
— 2009
Does Watching Sex on Television Predict Teen Pregnancy? Findings From a National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
— Nov. 2008
Fertility Effects of Abortion and Birth Control Pill Access for Minors
— Nov. 2008
Condom Use and Consistency Among Male Adolescents in the United States
— Oct. 2008
Sexual and Reproductive Health Behavior Among Teen and Young Adult Men
— Oct. 2008
Sexual Health of Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States
— Sep. 2008
The Impact of Abstinence and Comprehensive Sex and STD/HIV Education Programs on Adolescent Sexual Behavior
— Sep. 2008
Trends in the Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions, 1974 to 2004
— Sep. 2008
Trends in HIV- and STD-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students
— Aug. 2008
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008
— July 2008
Evaluation of Talking Parents, Healthy Teens, A New Worksite Based Parenting Programme to Promote Parent-Adolescent Communication About Sexual Health
— July 2008
Reducing Unplanned Pregnancies through Medicaid Family Planning Services
— July 2008
Teen Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use: Data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2007
— June 2008
What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?
— May 2008
Abstinence Education: Assessing the Accuracy and Effectiveness of Federally Funded Programs
— Apr. 2008
Abstinence-Only and Comprehensive Sex Education and the Initiation of Sexual Activity and Teen Pregnancy
— Apr. 2008
Effectiveness of an Intensive, School-Based Intervention for Teen Mothers
— Apr. 2008
Estimated Pregnancy Rates by Outcome for the United States, 1990-2004
— Apr. 2008
Parent Education
— Apr. 2008
Support for Comprehensive Sexuality Education: Perspectives from Parents of School-Age Youth
— Apr. 2008
Local Health Departments and Adolescent HIV Prevention: Challenges, Successes, and Implications for Practice and Policy
— Mar. 2008
Prenatal Care Initiation Among Pregnant Teens in the United States: An Analysis Over 25 Years
— Mar. 2008
Contraceptive Use Patterns Across Teens' Sexual Relationships
— Feb. 2008
Association Between Sex Education and Youth's Engagement in Sexual Intercourse, Age at First Intercourse, and Birth Control Use at First Sex
— Jan. 2008
Predicting Sexual Initiation in a Prospective Cohort Study of Adolescents
— Jan. 2008
Social and Emotional Consequences of Refraining From Sexual Activity Among Sexually Experienced and Inexperienced Youths in California
— Jan. 2008
2007 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey Overview
— 2008
2008 Fact Sheet on Demographics: Adolescents and Young Adults
— 2008
Science and Success, Second Edition: Sex Education and Other Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections
— 2008
Trends in the Prevalence of Selected Risk Behaviors for All Students National YRBS: 1991-2007
— 2008
Births: Preliminary Data for 2006
— Dec. 2007
Recent Trends in Teenage Pregnancy in the United States
— Dec. 2007
The Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents
— Dec. 2007
Emerging Answers 2007: Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
— Nov. 2007
Long-Term Impact of Adolescent Dating Violence on the Behavioral and Psychological Health of Male and Female Youth
— Nov. 2007
Onset of Sexual Intercourse among Female Adolescents: The Influence of Perceptions, Depression, and Ecological Factors
— Oct. 2007
Repeat Teen Childbearing: Differences Across States and by Race and Ethnicity
— Oct. 2007
2007 Child Well-Being Index Special Focus Report on International Comparisons
— July 2007
2007 KIDS COUNT Data Book
— July 2007
Effective and Promising Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs for Latino Youth
— July 2007
Association Between Condom Use at Sexual Debut and Subsequent Sexual Trajectories: A Longitudinal Study Using Biomarkers
— June 2007
Impacts of Four Abstinence Education Programs
— Apr. 2007
Growing Proportion of Teens Say Parents Most Influence Their Decisions About Sex
— Mar. 2007
Development of a Screening Tool to Identify Adolescents Engaged in Multiple Problem Behaviors: The Adolescent Risk Behavior Screen (ARBS)
— Feb. 2007
Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls
— Feb. 2007
2007 Fact Sheet on Reproductive Health: Adolescents & Young Adults
— 2007
Recent Trends in Teenage Pregnancy in the United States
— Dec. 2006
Delaying Second Births Among Adolescent Mothers
— Oct. 2006
STD-Prevention Counseling Practices and Human Papillomavirus Opinions Among Clinicians with Adolescent Patients
— Oct. 2006
Teen Contraceptive Use
— Sep. 2006
Exposure to Degrading Versus Nondegrading Music Lyrics and Sexual Behavior Among Youth
— Aug. 2006
Trends in HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students
— Aug. 2006
Depressive Symptoms as a Longitudinal Predictor of Sexual Risk Behaviors Among U.S. Middle and High School Students
— July 2006
2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book
— June 2006
Fertility, Contraception, and Fatherhood: Data on Men and Women from the National Survey of Family Growth
— May 2006
Television Viewing and Risk of Sexual Initiation by Young Adolescents
— Apr. 2006
African-American and Hispanic Adolescents’ Intentions to Delay First Intercourse: Parental Communication as a Buffer for Sexually Active Peers
— Mar. 2006
Teens' Attitudes Towards Pregnancy and Childbearing
— Mar. 2006
Teens' Sexual Experience, 1995-2002
— Mar. 2006
Sexual Content on TV
— Nov. 2005
Sexual Activity Among Adolescents in Romantic Relationships with Friends, Acquaintances, or Strangers
— Sep. 2005
Teens and Oral Sex
— Sep. 2005
Predicting Adolescents' Longitudinal Risk for Sexually Transmitted Infection
— July 2005
Worksite-Based Parenting Programs to Promote Healthy Adolescent Sexual Development
— June 2005
Teens' Attitudes Toward Nonmarital Childbearing
— May 2005
Teens' Attitudes Toward Sexual Activity
— May 2005
After the Promise: The STD Consequences of Adolescent Virginity Pledges
— Apr. 2005
Intimate Partner Abuse and the Reproductive Health of Sexually Active Female Adolescents
— Apr. 2005
Oral Versus Vaginal Sex Among Adolescents: Perceptions, Attitudes, and Behavior
— Apr. 2005
Acculturation as a Predictor of the Onset of Sexual Intercourse Among Hispanic and White Teens
— Mar. 2005
Adolescents' Use of Sexual Health Services and Reactions to Mandated Parental Notification for Prescription Contraception
— Jan. 2005
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2005
— 2005
Rates and Risk Factors for Sexual Violence Among an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Adolescents
— Dec. 2004
Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing Among U.S. Teens
— Dec. 2004
With One Voice: U.S. Adults and Teens Sound Off on Teen Pregnancy
— Dec. 2004
Births to 10-14 Year-Old Mothers: Trends and Health Outcomes (1990-2002)
— Nov. 2004
The Safer Choices Intervention and Sexual Behaviors of High School Students
— Nov. 2004
Randomized Trial of a Parent Intervention
— Oct. 2004
Adolescents Who Watch a Lot of TV with Sexual Content Have Sex Sooner
— Sep. 2004
Another Chance: Preventing Additional Births to Teen Mothers
— Sep. 2004
Dating Violence and Associated Sexual Risk and Pregnancy Among Adolescent Girls in the U.S.
— Aug. 2004
2003 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
— May 2004
Effects of Two Prevention Programs on High-Risk Behaviors Among African American Youth
— Apr. 2004
National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse IX: Teen Dating Practices and Sexual Activity
— Apr. 2004
Parents' Beliefs About Condoms and Oral Contraceptives: Are They Medically Accurate?
— March/April 2004
Reduced School Dropout Rates Among Adolescent Mothers Receiving School-Based Prenatal Care
— Mar. 2004
Initiation of Sexual Intercourse Among Middle School Adolescents: The Influence of Psychosocial Factors
— Feb. 2004
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Young Americans Call for Realistic Approach
— Feb. 2004
U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Rate Drops for 10th Straight Year
— Feb. 2004
More Than One-Third of Teens Never or Inconsistently Used Contraceptives During Their First Sexual Relationship
— Jan. 2004
Sex, Drugs, and Delinquency in Urban and Suburban Public Schools
— Jan. 2004
Teen Births in America's Largest Cities: 1990 and 2000
— Jan. 2004
With One Voice 2003: America's Adults and Teens Sound off About Teen Pregnancy
— Dec. 2003
Entertainment Television as a Healthy Sex Educator: The Impact of Condom-Efficacy Information in an Episode of 'Friends'
— Nov. 2003
Facts at a Glance: Teen Birth Rate
— Nov. 2003
Reduced Low Birth Weight for Teenagers Receiving Prenatal Care at a School-Based Health Center
— Nov. 2003
U.S. Pregnancy Rate Down from Peak; Births and Abortions on the Decline
— Oct. 2003
The First Time: Characteristics of Teens' First Sexual Relationships
— Aug. 2003
How Children Are Doing: The Mismatch Between Public Perception and Statistical Reality
— July 2003
Births to Teens Continue 12-Year Decline
— June 2003
The Case for the Cautious Generation
— June 2003
Where and When Teens First Have Sex
— June 2003
One in Five Have Sex Before Their 15th Birthday
— May 2003
Strong Religious Views Decrease Teens' Likelihood of Having Sex
— Apr. 2003
Infrequent Parental Monitoring Predicts Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Low-Income African American Female Adolescents
— Feb. 2003
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2003
— 2003
National Survey of Adolescents and Young Adults: Sexual Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Experiences
— 2003
'Births: Final Data for 2001' Shows More Moms Get Prenatal Care
— Dec. 2002
The Effect of Volunteer Home Visitation for Adolescent Mothers on Parenting and Mental Health Outcomes
— Dec. 2002
When and Where Do Youths Have Sex? The Potential Role of Adult Supervision
— Dec. 2002
Youth Who "Age Out" of Foster Care: Troubled Lives, Troubling Prospects
— Dec. 2002
Building a Better Teenager: A Summary of "What Works" in Adolescent Development
— Nov. 2002
Do Abstinence-Only Programs Delay the Initiation of Sex Among Young People and Reduce Teen Pregnancy?
— Oct. 2002
Teen Birth Rates: Facts at a Glance
— Sep. 2002
Teens Making More Responsible Decisions: Fewer Teens Using Tobacco, Marijuana, Engaging in Risky Sexual Behavior
— June 2002
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance: United States, 2001
— June 2002
Preventing Teenage Pregnancy, Childbearing, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: What the Research Shows
— May 2002
The Multiple Dimensions of Child Abuse and Neglect: New Insights into an Old Problem
— May 2002
Substance Use and Sexual Health Among Teens and Young Adults in the U.S.
— Feb. 2002
Understanding the Sexual Behavior of Adolescents
— 2002
Teen Birth Rate Hits Record Low
— July 2001
Births Outside of Marriage: Perceptions vs. Reality
— Apr. 2001
Adult Communication and Teen Sex: Changing a Community
— Mar. 2001
A Century of Children's Health and Well-Being
— Dec. 1999
Trends in Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use Among Teens
— 1999
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