Research

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/114/3/e280
This article posits that Watching Sex on Television Predicts Adolescent Initiation of Sexual Behavior

http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1031002160.html
Close Parental Relationships could delay adolescent sex

http://aspe.hhs.gov/HSP/cyp/xsteesex.htm
US Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) review of research and interventions

http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/05/abstinence2/report.pdf
Impact of Heritage Keepers life skills component, evaluation by HHS

http://www.siecus.org/policy/states/index.html
A Portrait of Sexuality Education and Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs in the States

http://missourifamilies.org
University of Missouri Extension website with resources and scholarly answers to tough questions about young, adolescents and families.

There are also websites that specialize in providing online research or help.

http://www.guttmacher.org/
A non-profit corporation advocating for sexual education for teens

http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/yrbs/
The Center for Disease Control’s YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

http://www.siecus.org/
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org
Information and reality for reproductive health

http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu
Comprehensive, up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and policy from the University of California San Francisco

http://www.statehealthfacts.org
A great website that has individual states health statistics, sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation

The Center on Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy and Parenting is part of University of Missouri’s College of Human Environmental Sciences (HES) Extension and the Department of Human Development and Family Studies.

We receive grant funding from MO Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, MO Department of Social Services and the US Department of Health and Human Services.