The Office of Adolescent Health has identified the following resources on Reproductive Health. Please click below to learn more:
General
Dating and Sexual Relationships
Teen Pregnancy and Childbearing
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Contraceptive and Condom Use
General
- Births: Preliminary Data for 2010 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
- Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data from the January-September 2011 National Health Interview Survey (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Educating Teenagers About Sex in the United States (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
- Guidance for Preventing Birth Defects (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities)
- Health Risks Among Sexual Minority Youth (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Menstruation and the Menstrual Cycle Fact Sheet (HHS, Office on Women’s Health)
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) Fact Sheet (HHS, Office on Women’s Health)
- Sexual and Reproductive Health of Persons Aged 10-24 Years, United States, 2002-2007 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service)
- Sexual Behavior, Sexual Attraction, and Sexual Identity in the United States: Data from the 2006-2008 National Survey of Family Growth (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
- Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing. National Survey of Family Growth, 2006-2010 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
- Trends in the Prevalence of Sexual Behaviors and HIV Testing National YRBS: 1991–2011 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey - United States, 2011 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health)
Dating and Sexual Relationships
- Office on Violence Against Women: Dating Violence (Office on Violence Against Women, Department of Justice)
- Understanding Teen Dating Violence: Fact Sheet (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, HHS)
Teen Pregnancy and Childbearing
- Abortion Surveillance, United States 2008 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service)
- Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbirth --- United States, 1991--2008 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
- At A Glance 2011: Improving the Lives of Young People and Strengthening Communities by Reducing Teen Pregnancy (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
- Births: Final Data for 2009 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
- Births: Preliminary Data for 2010 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
- Birth Rates for U.S. Teenagers Reach Historic Lows for All Age and Ethnic Groups (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
- Estimated pregnancy rates by outcome for the United States, 1990–2008 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
- Pregnancy Tests Fact Sheet (HHS, Office on Women’s Health)
- Preventing Teen Pregnancy, 2010-2015 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
- Q&A: New Trends in Teen Pregnancy Prevention (HHS, Family and Youth Services Bureau, National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth)
- State Disparities in Teenage Birth Rates in the United States. (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
- Teen Pregnancy: The Importance of Prevention (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Unintended Pregnancy Prevention: Contraception (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Vital Signs: Teen Pregnancy --- United States, 1991—2009 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Act Against AIDS (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Vaccines for Children Program - Vaccines to Prevent Human Papollomavirus (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Bringing High-Quality HIV and STD Prevention to Youth in Schools (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Condoms and STDs: Fact sheet for public health personnel (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Diagnosis of HIV Infection and AIDS among Adolescents and Youth Adults in the US and Five US Dependent Areas 2006-2009 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Downloadable STD fact sheets, by STD (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Genital herpes- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fact sheet (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Genital HPV- The Facts (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Genital HPV Infection-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fact sheet (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- HIV/AIDS Prevention and Service Provider Locator (HHS, White House)
- HIV Among Youth (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention)
- HIV, Other STD, and Pregnancy Prevention Education in Public Secondary Schools — 45 States, 2008–2010 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention)
- HIV Surveillance Report (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- HIV and Young Men Who Have Sex With Men (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
- HPV Resources for Health Professionals and Educators (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- National Estimates Show Not Enough Young Women Tested for Chlamydia (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention)
- National Resource Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention among Adolescents (HHS, Office of Adolescent Health)
- NCHHSTP Atlas – STD Trend Tracking (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,)
- Previous HIV Testing Among Adults and Adolescents Newly Diagnosed with HIV Infection — National HIV Surveillance System, 18 Jurisdictions, United States, 2006–2009 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Question s & Answers for Parents of Pre-teens and Teens about Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and the HPV Vaccine (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Reportable STDs in yYoung People 15-24, by State (Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis)( HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- New Hope for Stopping HIV (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention)
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services)
- STDs in Adolescents and Young Adults (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention)
- STD Awareness- Reaching Young People (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention)
- Syphilis- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fact Sheet (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Trends in HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students – United States, 1991-2011 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service)
- Trichomoniasis- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fact Sheet (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Contraceptive and Condom Use
- Birth Control Methods Fact Sheet (HHS, Office on Women’s Health)
- Condoms and STDs: Fact sheet for Public Health Personnel (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Sexual Experience and Contraceptive Use Among Female Teens — United States, 1995, 2002, and 2006–2010 (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
- Unintended Pregnancy Prevention: Contraception (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Use of contraception in the United States: 1982-2008. (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
