In its over-ten year history, the National Campaign has produced hundreds of pieces on teen and unplanned pregnancy. In order to simplify the search process, we have attempted to group our resources into several categories; because many publications deal with multiple topics, some titles are listed twice.
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Unless otherwise noted, all publications were authored by National Campaign staff.
20-Somethings
The Changing Twenties (2008)
The Changing Twenties presents what William A. Galston, Ph.D.—National Campaign Board member, Brookings Institution scholar, and one of the nation’s preeminent social scientists—offered at the event on this most interesting issue.
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Unplanned Pregnancy Fact Sheets
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Abstinence
Do Abstinence-Only Programs Delay the Initiation of Sex Among Young People and Reduce Teen Pregnancy? (2002)
by Douglas Kirby, Ph.D.
This report addresses the important question: Do there now exist studies with good evidence demonstrating that one or more abstinence-only programs delay sex and/or reduce teen pregnancy?
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Evaluating Abstinence-Only Interventions (1998)
This publication contains two parts: (1) a set of recommendations by the Campaign's Task Force on Effective Programs and Research to the federal government about how to conduct the national evaluation of abstinence-only programs funded by provisions in the welfare reform act, and (2) a summary of a meeting of experts about some of the special methodological and political challenges involved in evaluating abstinence-only programs in general.
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Not Yet: Programs to Delay First Sex Among Teens (2004)
Produced in partnership with Child Trends, Not Yet describes programs that have been proven, through rigorous evaluation, to postpone sexual activity among participants.
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Adolescent Behavior
14 and Younger: The Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents (2003)
This report answers some lingering questions concerning this age group's sexual activity, pregnancy rate, contraceptive use, dating patterns, and communication with their parents about sex and related issues.
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The Adolescent Brain: A Work in Progress (2005)
The authors of this volume explore adolescent neurological development, and recommend incorporating their research into discussions on adolescent sexual behavior and pregnancy.
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Freeze Frame: A Snapshot of America’s Teens (2005)
This report covers it all when it comes to teens: from health, to sense of self, eating habits, and STDs, Freeze Frame is a vital resource for anyone interested in the current state of American teens.
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African-American Community
Faith Matters: How African-American Faith Communities Can Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy (2004)
To highlight the strong connection between faith and preventing teen pregnancy, the National Campaign and the National Coalition of Pastors’ Spouses have developed a new guide, Faith Matters: How African-American Faith Communities Can Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Religious organizations, faith leaders, youth ministers, and pastors’ spouses are in a unique and powerful position to make a difference in preventing teen pregnancy. The new guide for African-American faith communities provides practical tips to help young people navigate the difficult issues of love, sex, and relationships and avoid too-early pregnancy and parenthood.
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This Is My Reality: The Price of Sex. An Inside Look at Black Urban Youth Sexuality and the Role of the Media (2004)
For many low-income Black urban youth, sex is seen as little more than a transaction and mainstream messages about sex, love, and relationships are having little impact in the inner city, according to a new report from Motivational Educational Entertainment Productions (MEE). The extraordinarily frank report summarizes findings from 40 focus groups conducted in ten cities in 2002, and offers many sobering insights from low-income Black youth on their views about sex, relationships, marriage, pregnancy, and parenthood.
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Boys/Young Men
It's Guy Thing: Boys, Young Men, and Teen Pregnancy Prevention (2006)
Although girls have traditionally been the major focus of efforts to prevent teen pregnancy, the importance of targeting teen boys and young men is increasingly apparent to researchers, practitioners, parents, and others who work with youth. One of the many reasons for this new focus is that the substantial reductions in teen pregnancy and birth rates in recent years can be attributed, in part, to dramatic shifts in the sexual behavior of boys.
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Not Just for Girls: The Roles of Boys and Men in Teen Pregnancy Prevention (1997)
This two-chapter report includes a summary of the roundtable meeting co-sponsored by the Family Impact Seminar and the National Campaign on involving boys and men in teen pregnancy prevention held in the winter of 1996, as well as a recent analysis of National Survey of Family Growth data, Partners, Predators, Peers, Protectors, on the various roles that boys and men play in causing and preventing teen pregnancy.
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Children
Playing Catch-Up: How Children Born to Teen Mothers Fare (2005)
Children of teen mothers aged 17 and younger begin kindergarten with lower levels of school readiness than those children born to older mothers, according to new research published by the National Campaign. The report also notes that children born to mother aged 18-19 do not perform much better on most measures than children born to mothers 17 and younger.
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Contraception
The Next Best Thing: Helping Sexually Active Teens Avoid Pregnancy (2000)
A reader-friendly pamphlet that highlights what the National Campaign considers the most compelling issues in the challenge to convince sexually active teens to use contraception consistently and carefully every time.
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Protection as Prevention: Contraception for Sexually Active Teens (2000)
A review of research on contraceptive use by teens, programs and services for sexually active teens, and policy issues.
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What Helps in Providing Contraceptive Services for Teens? (2007)
What helps in providing contraceptive services for teens? Over the years, the National Campaign has produced and disseminated a number of detailed reports and publications designed to answer this question. Here, in shorthand form, is an overview of what is known about carefully evaluated clinic interventions that help prevent teen pregnancy.
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Education
Partners in Progress: The Education Community and Preventing Teen Pregnancy (2001)
Because the relationship between academic failure and teen pregnancy is so strong, and because young people spend so much of their time in school, the education community and the teen pregnancy prevention community should see themselves as natural allies. This document offers simple ideas on ways the education community can help prevent teen pregnancy without sacrificing its core mission of education.
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Effective Program Research
A Good Time: After-School Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy (2004)
Produced in partnership with Child Trends, A Good Time provides detailed descriptions of those after-school programs that have been shown through careful research to have a positive impact on adolescent behavior.
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Another Chance: Preventing Additional Births to Teen Mothers - Full Report (2004)
by Lorraine Klerman, Dr.P.H.
This report summarizes what is known about additional births to teen mothers, the dimensions of the problem, the factors that seem to increase the chances of such births occurring to teen mothers, their consequences, and the potential for prevention. The primary focus of the 49-page report (a summary pamphlet is also available) is a critical review and assessment of programs. The report closely examines what types of programs are most effective in preventing additional pregnancies and births to teen mothers.
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Another Chance: Preventing Additional Births to Teen Mothers Summary - Stand Alone Summary (2004)
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Building the Ideal Community or Youth Program (2000)
This study, based on a survey of 99 professionals, identifies desirable characteristics of community and youth programs.
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Copy That: Guidelines for Replicating Programs to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (2006)
Copy That makes clear that a key step to lowering teen pregnancy rates further is to extend the reach of teen pregnancy prevention programs that have been shown to have positive results. Replicating programs proven to work is an important strategy to continuing recent progress.
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Emerging Answers 2007: New Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy - Full Report (2007)
by Douglas Kirby, Ph.D.
This comprehensive review of evaluation research offers practitioners and policymakers reviews research on a wide range of programs, including curriculum-based sexuality and abstinence education for teens and pre-teens, sex education for parents, contraceptive and family planning clinics and programs, early childhood programs, youth development and service learning programs, and community-based, multiple-component initiatives.
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Emerging Answers 2007: New Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy - Stand Alone Summary (2007)
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Making the List: Understanding, Selecting, and Replicating Effective Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs (2004)
This report helps those working with young people to navigate lists of effective teen pregnancy prevention programs and make informed decisions about how to select the best one(s) for a particular community and population.
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No Time to Waste: Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy Among Middle School-Aged Youth (2004)
Produced in partnership with Child Trends, No Time to Waste provides detailed descriptions of those programs for middle school-aged youth that have been shown through careful research to have a positive impact on adolescent sexual behavior. The publication provides detailed descriptions of program curriculum, costs, and evaluation results.
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Not Yet: Programs to Delay First Sex Among Teens (2004)
Produced in partnership with Child Trends, Not Yet describes programs that have been proven, through rigorous evaluation, to postpone sexual activity among participants.
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Progress Pending: How to Sustain and Extend Recent Reductions in Teen Pregnancy Rates (2003)
By Douglas Kirby, Ph.D. and Karen Trocoli, MPH
While this nation as a whole has made significant progress in reducing rates of teen pregnancy and birth, examination of selected states, cities, and groups show instances where teen pregnancy and birth rates are stagnate or even increasing. Progress Pending explores why certain areas and groups continue to have high rates and what can be done to extend successes to these areas. The publication includes a chapter by Douglas Kirby, Ph.D., that explores what we know about the effectiveness of teen pregnancy prevention programs for various groups of teens and what role these programs might have in bringing down stubbornly high rates of teen pregnancy.
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What Helps in Providing Contraceptive Services for Teens? (2007)
What helps in providing contraceptive services for teens? Over the years, the National Campaign has produced and disseminated a number of detailed reports and publications designed to answer this question. Here, in shorthand form, is an overview of what is known about carefully evaluated clinic interventions that help prevent teen pregnancy.
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What Works: Curriculum-Based Programs That Prevent Teen Pregnancy (2006)
This 19-page pamphlet presents a succinct overview of what is known about carefully evaluated interventions that help prevent teen pregnancy, including a list of effective programs, selected program effects, contact information, as well as direct links to resources providing additional program and evaluation information. The pamphlet offers advice on how to choose a program, catalogs the characteristics of effective programs, and offers some words of caution about what an effective program actually can accomplish.
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En Español
Consejos a los padres: Para prevenir el embarazo en la adolescencia (2000)
Consejos a los padres para ayudar a sus hijos evitar el embarazo en la adolescencia. Estos consejos fueron creados específicamente para padres latinos.
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El poder de los padres: Lo que los padres deben saber y hacer para ayudar prevenir el embarazo en los adolescentes (2003)
Aunque puede ser difícil de creer, los padres ejercen una influencia muy importante sobre sus hijos, especialmente cuando se trata de prevenir el embarazo. El Poder de los Padres ofrece buenas noticias a los padres y a las personas que cuidan o trabajan con jóvenes, o que hacen estudios sobre ellos. Recopila mucho de lo que se sabe sobre las influencias paternales y ofrece a los padres consejos prácticos para ayudar a sus hijos a posponer la actividad sexual y evitar el embarazo en la adolescencia. El mensaje sencillo y convincente de El Poder de los Padres es que las familias importan mucho. (Disponible en inglés como Parent Power.)
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Fe, esperanza y amor: Cómo pueden las comunidades religiosas latinas ayudar prevenir el embarazo entre los adolescentes (2005)
Creada en colaboración con un grupo distinguido de asesores, esta guía provee a los líderes espirituales que sirven a las familias latinas ideas para ayudar a los jóvenes evitar el embarazo y la paternidad en la adolescencia. (Disponible en inglés como Faith, Hope, and Love: How Latino Faith Communities Can Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy.)
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Los jóvenes responden: Diez cosas que desean que los adultos sepan sobre el embarazo en la adolescencia (2002)
Este recurso contesta la pregunta: Si pudieras ofrecer a tus padres y a otros adultos consejos sobre cómo ayudarte a tí y a tus amigos evitar el embarazo, ¿cuáles serían? Presentado como 12 consejos, Los jóvenes responden deja en claro que los jóvenes sí quieren escuchar de sus padres sobre el sexo, el amor, las relaciones, y los valores, aún si no siempre demuestren su interés. (Disponible en inglés como Talking Back.)
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Nueve consejos para ayudar a lideres espirituales (1998)
Escrito bajo la orientación de la Comisión de Religión y Principios Públicos de la Campaña Nacional, compuesta de líderes espirituales y seculares, este folleto presenta consejos prácticos para ayudar a los líderes espirituales y sus comunidades ayudar a los jóvenes evitar el embarazo en la adolescencia. (Disponible en inglés como Nine Tips for Faith Leaders.)
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Un puente entre dos mundos (2006)
Aunque las tasas de embarazo y natalidad entre las adolescentes latinas han bajado en los últimos diez años, han declinado a un ritmo mucho más lento que en otros grupos raciales o étnicos de EE.UU. Con esta publicación, esperamos brindar más información e ideas a los diversos programas comunitarios que trabajan directamente con la juventud latina. Esta publicación ofrece: datos demográficos; una perspectiva general de los programas de prevención que han mostrado su eficacia con latinos; conocimientos clave desde el campo; y opiniones de los mismos adolescentes latinos. (Disponible en inglés como Bridging Two Worlds.)
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Faith and Religion
Faith Matters: How African-American Faith Communities Can Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy (2004)
To highlight the strong connection between faith and preventing teen pregnancy, the National Campaign and the National Coalition of Pastors’ Spouses have developed a new guide, Faith Matters: How African-American Faith Communities Can Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Religious organizations, faith leaders, youth ministers, and pastors’ spouses are in a unique and powerful position to make a difference in preventing teen pregnancy. The new guide for African-American faith communities provides practical tips to help young people navigate the difficult issues of love, sex, and relationships and avoid too-early pregnancy and parenthood.
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Faith, Hope, and Love: How Latino Faith Communities Can Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy (2005)
Created in partnership with a distinguished group of advisors, this guide provides faith leaders serving Latino families ideas to help young people avoid too-early pregnancy and parenthood. (Available in Spanish as Fe, Esperanza y Amor: Cómo pueden las comunidades religiosas latinas ayudar a prevenir el embarazo entre los adolescents.)
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Keeping the Faith: The Role of Religion and Faith Communities in Preventing Teen Pregnancy (2001)
by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Brian L. Wilcox, and Sharon Scales Rostosky
A two-chapter report, which explores some of the barriers between the faith and secular communities around issues of adolescent sexuality and examines what research says about the role religion plays in teens' sexual attitudes and behavior.
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Nine Tips to Help Faith Leaders and Their Communities Address Teen Pregnancy (2005)
Written under the guidance of the Campaign's Task Force on Religion and Public Values, made up of religious and secular leaders, this pamphlet presents practical tips to help religious leaders and their communities help young people avoid too-early pregnancy.
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Snapshots from the Front Line III: Lessons from Faith-Based Efforts to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (2001)
A brief description of innovative faith-based programs working to prevent teen pregnancy.
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Foster Care
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Fostering Hope: Preventing Teen Pregnancy Among Youth in Foster Care (2005)
This 28-page report developed with UCAN provides (1) quantitative research on the high rates of teen pregnancy among foster care youth, (2) important new qualitative research presenting findings from Chicago-area focus groups in which foster care youth (some who are already teen parents) and foster parents were asked about their perspective on teen pregnancy, and (3) results of an online survey of Chicago-area child welfare service providers.
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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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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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Fun Stuff
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Funding
Ready Resources I: Investing Welfare Funds in Teen Pregnancy Prevention (2000)
This report makes the argument for teen pregnancy prevention as a critical strategy for reducing child poverty and further reducing the welfare rolls. It offers practical guidance on how states and communities can use available Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) money to fund traditionally cash-strapped initiatives to prevent teen pregnancy - illustrated by compelling and concrete examples from a few states. Based in part on a meeting cosponsored by the National Campaign, the Center for Law and Social Policy, the American Public Human Services Association, and the Welfare Information Network, this report includes a chapter by National Campaign President Isabel V. Sawhill.
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Ready Resources II: Promising Partnerships Between Teen Pregnancy Prevention and the Workforce Investment Act (2002)
This report is the second in a series of publications the Campaign has developed on programs and funding sources outside the traditional realm of teen pregnancy prevention. This report provides an overview of why WIA is an important potential partner in teen pregnancy prevention, spotlights examples of collaborative efforts, and offers tips for those interested in undertaking similar initiatives.
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Girls/Young Women
Good-Bye to Girlhood: What's Troubling Girls and What We Can Do About It (1999)
This report, based in part on a roundtable meeting co-sponsored by the Family Impact Seminar and the National Campaign, discusses how the school, media, physical and cultural environments that girls live in affect teen pregnancy, and how prevention efforts can work within this "culture of girlhood."
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Hispanic Community
Bridging Two Worlds: How Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs Can Better Serve Latino Youth (2006)
Although teen pregnancy and birth rates have declined in the Latino community, they have not declined nearly as rapidly as they have among other racial/ethnic groups. This report summarizes research, provides guidance on effective programs for Latino youth, provides advice from those working with Latino teens, as well as the advice of Latino teens themselves. (Also available in Spanish)
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Faith, Hope, and Love: How Latino Faith Communities Can Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy (2005)
Created in partnership with a distinguished group of advisors, this guide provides faith leaders serving Latino families ideas to help young people avoid too-early pregnancy and parenthood. (Available in Spanish as Fe, Esperanza y Amor: Cómo pueden las comunidades religiosas latinas ayudar a prevenir el embarazo entre los adolescents.)
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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. (Audiocassette also available.)
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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 new 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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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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Marriage and Healthy Relationships
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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Making a Love Connection: Teen Relationships, Pregnancy, and Marriage (2006)
by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and Marline Pearson
This report makes a compelling case for decreasing teen pregnancy as one means to increase the proportion of children who grow up in healthy, married families. Discusses the increasingly prolonged passage from adolescence to adulthood and the extent to which young people are bombarded by sexual messages and note that many young people are in the dark about the economic and social benefits of a low-conflict and long-lasting marriage for men, women, and children. Whitehead and Pearson describe what they call the “success sequence”—the optimal timing of sex, marriage, and parenthood. They also outline ways to help teens develop positive expectations for their current and future relationships.
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Media
Media and The Message: Lessons Learned from Past Public Service Campaigns - Full Report (1998)
By William DeJong, Ph.D., and Jay Winsten, Ph.D, the Harvard School of Public Health
Drawing on the traditions of commercial marketing, advertising, and public relations, as well as public health practice, the authors present an overview of lessons learned from evaluations of past public service campaigns, summarize current thinking and research on how the mass media can be used in social change movements, and articulate a set of guidelines that can help the development of future campaigns.
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Media and The Message: Lessons Learned from Past Public Service Campaigns - Stand Alone Summary (1998)
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Parents
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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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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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 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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Parents Matter: Tips for Raising Teens (2000)
A joint project of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 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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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 (2007)
This publication offers practical advice on how to involve parents in programs to prevent teen pregnancy.
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Polling/ Focus Groups
Are Peers Getting a Bad Rap? (1999)
Results from a public opinion poll conducted in 1999 by International Communications Research and commissioned by the National Campaign.
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The Cautious Generation? Teens Tell Us About Sex, Virginity, and "The Talk" (2000)
Results from a public opinion poll conducted in 2000 by International Communications Research and commissioned by the National Campaign.
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Faithful Nation: What American Adults and Teens Think About Faith, Morals, Religion, and Teen Pregnancy (2001)
Faithful Nation provides the results of a nationally-representative survey of adults and teens conducted in September 2001.
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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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Not Just Another Thing to Do: Teens Tell Us About Sex, Regret, and the Influence of their Parents (2000)
The poll highlights teens' attitudes on regret about having sex too early, where teens get their information about sex, and who influences their sexual decision making.
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Public Opinion Polls and Teen Pregnancy (1997)
Results from a public opinion poll conducted in 1997 by Princeton Survey Research Associates and commissioned by the National Campaign and the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals. Also includes a summary of ten years of polling on teen pregnancy prevention and related issues.
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Risky Business: A 2000 Poll. Teens Tell Us What They Really Think About Contraception and Sex (2000)
Results from a public opinion poll conducted in 2000 by International Communications Research and commissioned by the National Campaign. Also includes a summary of past Campaign polls.
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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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With One Voice: America’s Adults and Teens Sound Off About Teen Pregnancy 2007
An semi-annual nationally-representative survey of adults and teens developed, commissioned, and released by the National Campaign.
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Replication
Copy That: Guidelines for Replicating Programs to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (2006)
Copy That makes clear that a key step to lowering teen pregnancy rates further is to extend the reach of teen pregnancy prevention programs that have been shown to have positive results. Replicating programs proven to work is an important strategy to continuing recent progress.
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States and Communities
By the Numbers: the Public Costs of Teen Childbearing (2006)
by Saul Hoffman, Ph.D.
Teen childbearing in the United States costs taxpayers (federal, state, and local) at least $9.1 billion. Most of the costs of teen childbearing are associated with negative consequences for the children of teen mothers, including increased costs for health care, foster care, and incarceration.
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Snapshots from the Front Line: Lessons About Teen Pregnancy Prevention From States and Communities (1997)
The 10 most important things the National Campaign has learned from its first year of visits to states and local communities. Includes the "agree to disagree" Tillamook, Oregon model and interesting new male involvement initiatives.
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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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Snapshots from the Front Line III: Lessons from Faith-Based Efforts to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (2001)
A brief description of innovative faith-based programs working to prevent teen pregnancy.
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Sustaining Progress
Halfway There
On the occasion of its fifth anniversary, the National Campaign warns against complacency in the wake of declining rates of teen pregnancy. It challenges the nation to move beyond traditional disagreements and think about this issue in new ways. It also offers specific recommendations to parents, the media, and policymakers about what the Campaign thinks it will take to further reduce rates of teen pregnancy. Scattered throughout the paper are the intriguing results of a new nationally-representative survey of adults and teens.
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Teen Pregnancy Costs and Connections to Other Issues
By the Numbers: the Public Costs of Teen Childbearing (2006)
by Saul Hoffman, Ph.D.
Teen childbearing in the United States costs taxpayers (federal, state, and local) at least $9.1 billion. Most of the costs of teen childbearing are associated with negative consequences for the children of teen mothers, including increased costs for health care, foster care, and incarceration.
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The What If? Project (2005)
Declining teen birth rates have significantly improved overall child well-being in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to this state-by-state analysis. Specifically, declines in the teen birth rate have had a direct impact on improving child poverty in all 50 states. The National Campaign produced detailed fact sheets and press releases for each states and the District of Columbia as well as charts showing state rankings and racial and ethnic breakdowns.
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Why It Matters (2007)
Teen pregnancy is closely linked to a number of other critical issues, including overall child and family well-being. Simply put, if more children in this country were born to parents who are ready and able to care for them, we would see a significant reduction in a host of social problems in the United States, from school failure and crime to child abuse and neglect. This series of fact sheets discusses several common social issues and how they are impacted by teen pregnancy.
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Teens
Freeze Frame: A Snapshot of America’s Teens (2005)
This report covers it all when it comes to teens: from health, to sense of self, eating habits, and STDs, Freeze Frame is a vital resource for anyone interested in the current state of American teens.
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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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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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Start Early, Stay Late: Linking Youth Development and Teen Pregnancy Prevention (1998)
This reader-friendly publication offers a concise look at what those in the teen pregnancy prevention community can learn from youth development programs. Based in part on a youth development conference sponsored by the National Campaign, the National Urban League, and Girls, Inc., the booklet offers several general principles and specific strategies from youth development programs and includes a foreword by Douglas Kirby, Ph.D.
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Thinking About the Right-Now: What Teens Want Other Teens to Know About Preventing Pregnancy (1999)
When it comes to teen pregnancy, teens get loads of advice from adults, but they aren’t often asked to offer their own. The advice in this pamphlet is for teens, from teens.
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Revised edition available in Spring 2008
Unplanned Pregnancy
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