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Briefly - Policy Brief: Promoting Responsible Fatherhood through Pregnancy Planning and Prevention (2009)
More than half of pregnancies reported by unmarried men in their 20s are unplanned. Although there has been growing recognition that responsible fatherhood is an important part of promoting child well-being and healthy families, there is still relatively little policy focus on delaying early or unplanned fatherhood in the first place. At a time when there is also increasing interest in improving the education and employment prospects of low-income young men, it is more important than ever to recognize that an unplanned pregnancy or the responsibilities of becoming a parent can derail a young man’s education or training, making it harder for him to get the skills needed to succeed in the 21st century economy.
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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 Matter: A Research Synthesis of Family Influences on Adolescent Pregnancy (1998)
by Brent C. Miller, Ph.D.
This report synthesizes research on the relationship between adult/parent actions and sexual risk-taking among teenagers and is accompanied by some new data on what parents actually do with their kids in the area of communication about sexuality and related issues.
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Fathers Too Soon (2000)
In coordination with the Channel One Network, The National Campaign has developed two three-part educational DVDs based on a series originally created and aired on the Channel One Network. The video, "Fathers Too Soon" explore the lives of several teen parents.
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It All Starts At Home: Hispanic Parents Speak Out on Preventing Teen Pregnancy (2000)
In an effort to better understand what Hispanic parents think about teen pregnancy and how to prevent it, The National Campaign conducted a series of focus groups in 2000 with Hispanic parents nationwide. The results are reported in It All Starts at Home.
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iPlan: Tips from Teens for Teens about Life, Love, and Not Getting Pregnant (2009)
When it comes to sex, teens get tons of advice from adults, but they aren’t often asked to offer their own. Crazy right? So we asked teens from all over the country what they thought about relationships, sex, and pregnancy. Here are the 13 answers and opinions that we heard most often.
This product replaces the English version of Thinking About the Right-Now: What Teens Want Other Teens to Know About Preventing Pregnancy (the Spanish version is available here in the original format)
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Kiss and Tell: What Teens Say About Love, Trust, and Other Relationship Stuff (2007)
Teens tend to get advice on all kinds of issues from parents, teachers, and other adults but rarely are young people themselves asked to describe their own thoughts and beliefs. We hope to balance the equation just a bit with Kiss and Tell, a snapshot of what teens are thinking about love and relationships. This brochure is a compilation of findings taken from a national survey of young people, key themes and quotes that emerged from a survey conducted on The National Campaign website, and from focus group research conducted in 2007 throughout the United States.
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Mothers Too Soon (2000)
In coordination with the Channel One Network, The National Campaign has developed two three-part educational DVDs based on a series originally created and aired on the Channel One Network. This DVD, "Mothers Too Soon", explore the lives of several teen parents and runs for approximately 15 minutes. "Mothers Too Soon" provides a first-hand look at how a teen pregnancy impacts the lives of these teens, their children, and their families.
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Our Story, Our Words: Youth Speak Out on Sex, Love, and Teen Pregnancy (2007)
Teens get lots of advice from adults, but they usually aren't asked to offer their own. That's why The National Campaign asked teens growing up in foster care to tell us what they wanted to know about teen pregnancy prevention and what advice they would give to their peers. This handy, magazine-style brochure tells what teens have to say in their own words.
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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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Parent Power: What Parents Need to Know and Do to Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy (2001)
Whether they believe it or not, parents have a very important influence on whether their teenagers become pregnant or cause a pregnancy. Parent Power offers good news for parents and those who work with, care for, and write about, young people. It compiles much of what is known about parental influences and offers parents practical things they can do to help their children delay sexual activity and avoid teen pregnancy. The simple and compelling message of Parent Power is that families matter. A lot. (Available in Spanish as, El poder de los padres: Lo que los padres deben saber y hacer para ayudar a prevenir el embarazo en los adolescents.)
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Parental Influence
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Parents Matter: Tips for Raising Teens (2000)
A joint project of The National Campaign, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the National Campaign Against Youth Violence, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Parents Matter makes clear that whether you're concerned about drinking, drugs, violence, trouble in school, smoking, or sex (or all of the above), the best advice for parents is the same: stay closely connect to your teenage sons and daughters.
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Parents Portal
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Relationship Redux: Tips and Scripts for Talking to Your Kids About Relationships (2009)
Let’s face it, having meaningful conversations with your children about relationships is not for the faint of heart. This short publication provides some thoughts on what to say to your children about relationships
and underscores why it is so important to discuss the topic. We hope that it provides parents with encouragement to get the relationship conversations started. Right away.
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Science Says #8: Parental Influence and Teen Pregnancy (2004)
This Science Says brief makes the case that — even in a culture that bombards young people with conflicting and often-confusing messages about sex and pregnancy — parents remain powerful. This brief compiles much of what is known from research about parental influence and offers parents and others suggestions for how to help children delay sexual activity and avoid teen pregnancy.
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Science Says #25: Parent-Child Communication About Sex and Related Topics (2006)
This Science Says issue brief explores parent-child communication about sex and related issues using data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) 2002. The NSFG is the premier source of national information on teen sexual behavior, contraceptive use, and pregnancy. The NSFG surveys teens aged 15-19 and results are usually reported for this age group. Readers should note, however, that the results reported in this research brief reflect those teens who say they had a conversation with their parents about a particular topic by the time they reached age 18.
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Snapshots from the Front Line II: Lessons From Programs That Involve Parents and Other Adults in Prevention Teen Pregnancy (1998)
A brief description of several programs around the country that are trying to increase the involvement of parents and adults in preventing teen pregnancy and in having a larger role in the lives of adolescents generally.
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Talking Back: Ten Things Teens Want Adults to Know About Teen Pregnancy (2003)
This report answers the question: If you could offer your parents and other adults advice about how to help you and your friends avoid pregnancy, what would it be? Presented as 12 “tips,” Talking Back makes clear that young people really do want to hear from their parents about sex, love, relationships, and values, even if they don’t always act like it. (Available in Spanish as Los Jóvenes Responden: Diez Cosas Que Desean Que Los Adultos Sepan Sobre El Embarazo En La Adolescenci.)
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Ten Tips for Foster Parents (2006)
Youth in foster care are at significant risk for teen pregnancy. This brief, user-friendly guide offers some ideas to help foster parents strengthen their relationships with foster youth and how best to communicate about sex, love, and relationships. It reflects input from foster parents as well as practitioners who work with them.
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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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Terms of Engagement: How to Involve Parents in Programs to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (2006)
This publication offers practical advice on how to involve parents in programs to prevent teen pregnancy.
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That's What He Said: What Guys Think About Sex, Love, Contraception, and Relationships (2010)
To date, much of the research on teen and unplanned pregnancy—its causes and remedies—has focused on girls and women. But the nearly 1.5 million teen girls and single women in their early 20s who find themselves unintentionally pregnant every year don’t get there by themselves. The National Campaign partnered with Seventeen magazine to better understand what guys think about these issues.
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Thinking About Our Future: Latino Teens Speak Out about Teen Pregnancy (2009)
When it comes to relationships, sex, contraception, and teen pregnancy, teens are seldom asked to offer their own thoughts and advice. Many Latino teens say they rarely see or hear themselves in messages and materials designed to prevent teen pregnancy. 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. 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.
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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 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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Why It Matters: Teen Pregnancy and Responsible Fatherhood (2007)
Reducing teen pregnancy is closely connected to the goal of promoting responsible fatherhood. Research shows that involved and committed fathers are important to the well-being of their children. Unfortunately, children born to teen parents are often denied a close connection with their father because the relationship between their parents frequently dissolves over time.
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