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National Campaign Materials
Publications
Consejos a los padres: Para prevenir el embarazo en la adolescencia (2000)
Consejos a los padres para ayudara sus hijos evitar el embarazo en la adolescencia. Estos consejos fueron creados específicamente para padres latinos.
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Del corazón de los jóvenes: What Latino teens are saying about love and relationships (2008)
Rarely are teens themselves asked to share their thoughts and beliefs about issues that affect them. Del corazón de los jóvenes—which in English roughly translates to “youth speak from the heart”—gives both teens and parents a snapshot of what Latino teens themselves say about relationships. This document is based on findings from a nationally-representative survey of Latino teens and adults, focus groups with Latino teens, and research previously published by The National Campaign.
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Families Talking Together: Creating Healthy Family Conversations to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: Community Health Worker Curriculum
This curriculum will teach community health workers/promotores de salud how to educate Latino parents in delivering an evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention intervention. Both the curriculum and the intervention are available online in English and Spanish. The Families Talking Together curriculum is available here. The community health worker curriculum is available online in English and Spanish.
Parent-Adolescent Communication about Sex in Latino Families: A Guide for Practitioners (2008)
By Vincent Guillamo-Ramos, Ph.D., LCSW and Alida Bouris, MSW
This publication not only assesses available information of parent-teen communication in Latino families, but also pinpoints the research findings that are most useful to practitioners. In addition, the publication gives communication tips for Latino parents in both English and Spanish.
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Talking Back: Ten Things Teens Want Adults to Know About Teen Pregnancy (2010)
For 15 years now The National Campaign has asked teens from all over the country a fairly simple question: If you could give your parents or other important adults advice about how to help you and your friends avoid pregnancy, what would it be? Here are the answers we have heard most often.
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Ten Tips for Parents To Help Their Children Avoid Teen Pregnancy (2008)
Revised in 2008, this research-based list of practical tips is designed to help parents and adults help the young people in their lives avoid pregnancy and pass safely through adolescence.
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Thinking About Our Future: Latino Teens Speak Out about Teen Pregnancy (2009)
The pamphlet is intended to provide insight into what Latino youth are saying about teen pregnancy and related issues and highlights the ideas and experiences of Latino teens enrolled in the Pathways/Senderos Center. Thinking About Our Future—a pamphlet created by The National Campaign in partnership with the Pathways/Senderos Center, puts the voice of Latino teens front and center.
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Toward a Common Future: Latino Teens and Adults Speak Out About Teen Pregnancy (2009)
Given the high rates of Latina teen pregnancy and the incredible diversity of the Latino community, many researchers and service providers have identified a need for more specific information on the many subgroups that compose the Latino population to better address the needs of the community. For this and other reasons, The National Campaign and the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) commissioned this nationally representative survey of Latino youth and adults.
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Voices Heard: Latino Adults and Teens Speak Up About Teen Pregnancy (2007)
Teen pregnancy and birth rates among all teens have declined by about one-third since the early 1990s. Even so, the Latino teen pregnancy rate is almost twice the national average and has declined about half as fast as the national rate according to a new summary analysis prepared by The National Campaign.
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What Research Tells Us About Latino Parenting Practices and their Relationship to Youth Sexual Behavior (2008)
By Michele Allen, MD, MS, Maria Veronica Svetaz, MD, MPH, Rachel Hardeman, MPH, and Michael D. Resnick, Ph.D.
This second research review examining Latino parent-teen communication describes research assessing the ways that Latino parents’ values, beliefs, and parenting practices shape their adolescent children’s sexual behaviors.
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With One Voice: America’s Adults and Teens Sound Off About Teen Pregnancy (2012)
With One Voice 2012--a nationally-representative survey of adults and teens--offers interesting insights about teen sex and pregnancy, factors that might influence teens, decisions about sex, and advice to parents, program leaders, and policymakers. This publication is the seventh in The National Campaign's With One Voice series.
For the first time ever, we are also making every chart in With One Voice 2012 available for public use. Visit the With One Voice 2012 web portal for more information.
Includes information on Latinos.
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Fact Sheets
Fast Facts: Latino Teens' Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use (2011)
Fast Facts: Teen Pregnancy and Childbearing Among Latino Teens (2011)
Science Says #35: Acculturation and Sexual Behavior among Latino Youth
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Demasiado Joven (2013)
This 5 minute video, originally released in 2011 and updated with new data in 2013, is an informative, candid, emotionally hopeful, and uplifting look at teen pregnancy in the Latino community, as told by Latino teen parents. It show s how teen pregnancy is connected to other social issues and is a powerful discussion-starter.
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Other Materials
Please note: the materials in this section have not been evaluated by nor imply endorsement from The National Camapaign. To view a list of interventions that have some evidence of success in changing behavior related to teen pregnancy and have been evaluated by the Campaign, please visit our Effective Programs Database; to view programs for Latinos, use the search box and select "Latino" under Race/Ethnicity.
The Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions project (DEBI)
The Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) project was designed to bring science-based, community, group, and individual-level HIV prevention interventions to community-based service providers and state and local health departments. The following program mentioned in the DEBI database was tested on target populations that include but not limited to Latinos.
Community Promise
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Poder de Hablar/Power 2 Talk
This is a web-based resource for parents that includes talking points, guidance, and fact sheets. While this program has not been evaluated, it does provide resources in Spanish for parents.
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A Question of Hope
This Telly-Award Winning 22-minute video was created by The Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health and the Center on Social Disparities in Health. The video highlights that the future of young Latinas is part of the picture in addressing teen pregnancy. Without hope and with many barriers to overcome, the future presents minimal opportunities for young Latinas apart from early motherhood. A Spanish version of the video is also available.
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Real Life. Real Talk. Hablemos con la verdad
Sex Ed for Parents is a free course on teen romance, sex, and friendships in the 21st century. It offers parents a glimpse into the reality of teen life and provides expert advice on communication so that parents can keep their children safe. The course is offered in Spanish and English. The overall program was evaluated, but not specifically for Latino parents.
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Talk with your Kids/Hable con sus Hijos
This parent guide was developed by Children Now and The Kaiser Family Foundation. The guide provides tips and techniques to help parents talk easily and openly with young children ages 8 to 12 about some very tough topics. While the guide wasn’t specifically created for Latinos, it is available in Spanish.
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