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Adolescents

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Highlighted research articles

Consequences of Sex Education on Teen and Young Adult Sexual Behaviors and Outcomes [PDF]
Laura Duberstein Lindberg and Isaac Maddow-Zimet
Journal of Adolescent Health, March 2012

Teens Reflect on Their Sources of Contraceptive Information [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones, Ann E. Biddlecom, Luciana Hebert and Ruth Milne
Journal of Adolescent Research, March 2011

The More Things Change...: The Relative Importance of the Internet as a Source of Contraceptive Information for Teens [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones and Ann E. Biddlecom
Sexuality Research and Social Policy, February 2011

Unintended pregnancy among U.S. adolescents: accounting for sexual activity [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer, Ph.D.
Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 46, Issue 4, April 2010

Changing Behavioral Risk for Pregnancy among High School Students in the United States, 1991-2007 [PDF]
John S. Santelli, MD, MPH, Mark Orr, PhD, Laura D. Lindberg PhD, and Daniela C. Diaz
Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 44, Issue 7, July 2009

Non-coital sexual activities among adolescents [PDF]
Laura Duberstein Lindberg, Rachel Jones and John S. Santelli
Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 43, Issue 3, September 2008

Top Resources on Adolescents

Are you IN THE KNOW
Test your knowledge on contraception, pregnancy, abortion and teens with the Guttmacher Institute's most requested questions and answers. You might be surprised by what you learn. (January 2012)

Facts on American Teens' Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF version] ( February 2012)

U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity [PDF] ( January 2010)

State Policies on Minor's Right to Consent to Healthcare [PDF] (Updated Monthly)

Facts on the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescent Women in the Developing World [PDF] ( June 2010)

 
 

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