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Protecting the Next Generation: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health - United States, Canada and Western Europe

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Fact sheets

Facts on Sex Education in the United States  [PDF version]
January 2007

Facts on American Teens' Sexual and Reproductive Health  [PDF version]
September 2006

Teenagers' Sexual and Reproductive Health: Developed Countries  [PDF version]
February 2002

Highlighted policy articles

Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Family Planning Clinics in Providing the HPV Vaccine  [PDF version]
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review, August 2007

The Case for a New Approach to Sex Education Mounts; Will Policymakers Heed the Message?  [PDF version]
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review, May 2007

Teen Pregnancy: Trends And Lessons Learned  [PDF version]
Heather Boonstra
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, February 2002

Highlighted research articles

Changes in Formal Sex Education: 1995-2002  [PDF version]
Laura Duberstein Lindberg, John S. Santelli and Susheela Singh
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue 4, December 2006

Do U.S. Family Planning Clinics Encourage Parent-Child Communication? Findings from an Exploratory Survey  [PDF version]
Rachel K. Jones
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue 3, September 2006

Confidential Reproductive Health Services for Minors: The Potential Impact of Mandated Parental Involvement for Contraception  [PDF version]
Rachel K. Jones and Heather Boonstra
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 36, Issue 5, September/October 2004

Differences in Teenage Pregnancy Rates Among Five Developed Countries: The Roles of Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use  [PDF version]
Jacqueline E. Darroch, Susheela Singh, Jennifer J. Frost and the Study Team
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 33, Issue 6, November/December 2001

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Adolescents in Developed Countries  [PDF version]
Christine Panchaud, Susheela Singh, Dina Feivelson and Jacqueline E. Darroch
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 32, Issue 1, January/February 2000

Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing: Levels and Trends in Developed Countries  [PDF version]
Susheela Singh and Jacqueline E. Darroch
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 32, Issue 1, January/February 2000

Reports

Teenage Sexual and Reproductive Behavior in Developed Countries: Can More Progress Be Made? [PDF]
Jacqueline E. Darroch, Jennifer J. Frost, Susheela Singh and The Study Team
November 2001

Slide shows

Teenage Sexual and Reproductive Health in Developed Countries: Can More Progress be Made?
December 2001

Protecting the Next Generation
Adolescent couple in tent
Focusing on adolescents' sexual
and reproductive health