Teen Health Resources

The YRBS is part of an epidemiological surveillance system that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established in 1990 to monitor the prevalence of health-risk behaviors among youth.

Advocates for Youth champions efforts to help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.

Fact sheets on adolescent sexual and reproductive health.

Honest, accurate answers about sex in response to the many questions teens and adult professionals have about this complex topic.

Free birth control support network.

Information from FamilyDoctor.org.

Supportive services for persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families.

Webpage from Rosen's Teen Health & Wellness (free for Alaskans).

Campaign by the Louisiana Public Health Institute that encourages parents to talk to teens about sex.

Information from FamilyDoctor.org.

Guide from HealthyChildren.org.

Information sheet from JAMA.

Brief, interactive role-play simulation designed to enhance healthcare providers’ ability to introduce the HPV vaccine and address hesitant parents’ concerns.

Facts, support, and resources to answer teen questions, find referrals, and get access to in-depth information about sexual health, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), healthy relationships, and more. American Social Health Association site.

Sexuality and relationship information from Planned Parenthood. Includes an "Ask the Experts" chat area staffed by health educators who give factual information about STD testing, pregnancy tests, the morning-after pill, and abortion.

Official website of MTV and the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Emmy Award winning public information campaign on HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and related sexual health issues.

Planned Parenthood put together this list of resources for parents and teens in honor of Let's Talk Month in 2014.

Information on sex, love, and relationships.

Planned Parenthood chatbot that answers awkward questions about sexual health, relationships, growing up, and more.

Independent, grassroots sexuality education and support organization and website visited by around three-quarters of a million diverse people each month worldwide, most between the ages of 15 and 25.

Website designed by teens to help answer teens' questions about sex, relationships, pregnancy, STDs, birth control, sexual orientation, and more.

Information from iknowmine.org.

Fact sheet from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Webpage from Rosen's Teen Health & Wellness (free for Alaskans).

Resources for a wide variety of audiences—from policymakers to parents, healthcare providers to teens—to ensure that everyone has access to accurate, complete, and up-to-date information about sexuality.

Practical tools and information to effectively reduce sexual risk-taking behaviors. Developed by Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention.

Information resources from MedlinePlus.

Information resources from MedlinePlus.

Information from CDC.

FAQ sheet from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, August 2015.

Mission is to advance youth health and wellness through technology.

National movement of children, youth, and adults with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) parent/s. Mission is to build community and work toward social justice through youth empowerment, leadership development, education, and advocacy.

Community research, intervention, education, and policy initiative that works to decrease major health and related risks for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth.

Information sheet from Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

Youth leadership organization that connects school-based Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) to each other and community resources through peer support, leadership development, and training.

Leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe schools for all students.

Brochure from Advocates for Youth.

Brochure for young men from Advocates for Youth.

A brochure for young women from Advocates for Youth.

Brochure from Advocates for Youth.

Mission is to advance Alaska’s LGBT community through advocacy, education, and connectivity.

Information from iknowmine.org.

Resource list from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A guide for teens from the Center for Young Women's Health.

Founded in 1972 by a mother publicly supporting her gay son, PFLAG is made up of parents, families, friends, and straight allies uniting with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Listen to this NPR obituary of PFLAG's founder, Jeanne Manford, who died January 8, 2013.

International public-private partnership in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth that is working to help schools become safe places.

Webpage from Rosen's Teen Health & Wellness (free for Alaskans).

Videos and films that capture the diversity and complexity of gender nonconforming youth.

Report by Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS).

Partnership between Advocates for Youth, Answer, and the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS).

National organization focused on adolescent health and wellbeing with an emphasis on teen pregnancy prevention, teen pregnancy, and teen parenting.

Facilitator's guide by L. Avellino & A. Eisler, 2013.

Guide from SIECUS.

Goal is to prevent unplanned pregnancy in young people.

Toolkit collaboratively developed by Advocates for Youth, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD), and School-Based Health Alliance through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent
and School Health’s (DASH),

Information from National Association of County & City Health Officials, December 2018.

Resource page from Parent Information and Resources.

Goal is to make sexuality education available to all.

Curated resources designed to help youth-serving professionals convey HIV prevention information in a youth-friendly way.