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Sexual And Reproductive Health - Adolescents
American Social Health Association - http://www.iwannaknow.org
Information for adolescents and parents on sexual health issues. Includes
guide to help adults discuss sensitive information with their children.
Avert - Young People's Section - http://www.avert.org/yngindx.htm
User friendly youth site with information on contraception, AIDS,
puberty, and being gay or lesbian. Includes a range of downloadable booklets
for young people. Avert is a leading UK based AIDS Education and Medical
Research charity.
Brook - http://www.brook.org.uk
Includes information on contraceptive methods suitable for young people,
questions and answers, and advice to under 16s thinking of using the service.
Children Now & Kaiser Family Foundation - http://www.talkingwithkids.org
Encourages parents to talk with their children about sexual health,
violence and drug abuse.
Diary of a Teenage Health Freak - http://www.teenagehealth.org/
Website of Drs Ann McPherson and Aidan Macfarlane, writers of the
original Diary of a Teenage Health Freak series. Aims to provide accurate
and reliable health information to teenagers 'in a contemporary, cringe-free,
entertaining and informative way'. Includes a comprehensive 'Look it up
in our A-Z' page of Doctor Ann's responses to young peoples' questions.
Get Clued Up – http://www.getcluedup.com.au/
A project run by the University of Sydney aiming to provide sexual health information to teens and encourage testing for chlamydia.
Go ask Alice - http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/index.html
Interactive site developed at Columbia University specifically for
students. Its Sexual Health and Relationships sections are the most popular
and include Sexual Health (STDs and contraception); Sexuality (anatomy,
physiology, response); and Relationships.
I Stay Safe (Queensland Health Youth site) - http://www.health.qld.gov.au/istaysafe
Sexual health site for young people. Very user-friendly with helpful
information explaining sexual and reproductive health issues, how to get
help, what to expect at a sexual health check, games and more.
Like it is (Marie Stopes International) - http://www.likeitis.org.au
Youth-friendly interactive site providing access to information about
teenage pregnancy, help and advice, periods, lovebugs (sexually transmitted
infections), sex, peer pressure, sexuality, contraception, emergency contraception
and puberty.
Somazone: a website created for young people by young people
- http://www.somazone.com.au/
Interactive site managed by Aust Drug Foundation. Includes Frequently
Asked Questions and games around decision making, counselling and relationships.
Teenwire - http://www.teenwire.com
Information about adolescent sexuality, sexual health and relationships
from Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
