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News
Teens Have Misconceptions about Safe Sex
Overviews
Especially for Teens: Having a Baby (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
Having a Healthy Pregnancy (Nemours Foundation)
MedlinePlus: Pregnancy (National Library of Medicine)
When Children Have Children (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Also available in: Spanish
Anatomy/Physiology
Guide to the Reproductive System (Nemours Foundation)
Diagnosis/Symptoms
JAMA Patient Page: How Do I Know if I'm Pregnant? (American Medical Association)
Prevention/Screening
Birth Control: What You Need to Know (Nemours Foundation)
Ten Tips for Parents to Help Their Children Avoid Teen Pregnancy (National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Thinking about the Right-Now: What Teens Want Other Teens to Know about Preventing Pregnancy (National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Coping
Pregnancy in Your Teens (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
When Your Teen Is Having a Baby (Nemours Foundation)
Related Issues
Can a Girl Get Pregnant if She Has Sex During Her Period? (Nemours Foundation)
Not Just Another Single Issue: Teen Pregnancy Prevention’s Linked to Other Critical Social Issues (National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy) - Links to PDF File
Pregnancy Choices: Raising the Baby, Adoption and Abortion (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
Talking Back: Ten Things Teens Want Parents to Know about Teen Pregnancy (National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Also available in: Spanish
Teen Pregnancy - So What? (National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Test Your Knowledge (National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Why Some Teens Want to Get Pregnant (Adolescent Wellness and Reproductive Education Foundation)
Research
American Opinion on Teen Pregnancy and Related Issues 2003 (National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy) - Links to PDF File
Dads Make a Difference (National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Parental Influence and Teen Pregnancy (National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy) - Links to PDF File
Directories
ACOG's Physician Directory (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
Organizations
Adolescent Wellness and Reproductive Education Foundation
March of Dimes (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Newsletters/Print Publications
Adolescent Prenatal Care (National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health)
Statistics
Facts and Stats (National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Facts You Should Know about Teenage Pregnancy (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish
FASTATS: Teen Births (National Center for Health Statistics)
Sharing Medication among Teenage Girls: Potential Danger to Unplanned/Undiagnosed Pregnancies (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities) - Links to PDF File
Teen Birth Rate Continues to Decline; African-American Teens Show Sharpest Drop (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
U.S. Birth Rate Reaches Record Low: Births to Teens Continue 12-Year Decline; Cesarean Deliveries Reach All-Time High (National Center for Health Statistics)
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