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Adolescent sexual health

Canada

• Canadian Paediatric Society
  • Adolescent sexual orientation [2013]

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • School-Based and School-Linked Sexual Health Education and Promotion in Canada [2004]

International

• International Planned Parenthood Federation
  • From evidence to action: advocating for comprehensive sexuality education [2009]

• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - UNESCO
  • Levers of success: case studies of national sexuality education programmes [2010]

• United Nations Population Fund
  • Community Pathways to Improved Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Conceptual Framework and Suggested Outcome Indicators [2007]

Nepal

• Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities
  • Sexual Risk Behaviour and Risk Preception of unwanted Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infection Amoung Young Factory Workers in Nepal [2002]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• BMC Public Health
  • A systematic review of effectiveness of school-based sexual health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa [2008]

• Reproductive Health
  • A review of studies of parent-child communication about sexuality and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa [2011]

Uganda

• Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
  • Reaching Out-of-School Youth in Uganda with Sexual and Reproductive Health Information and Services [2005]
  • Bringing Youth and Adults Together to Improve Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Uganda [2005]

United Kingdom

• British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
  • Standards for comprehensive sexual health services for young people under 25 years [2002]

• Health Technology Assessment
  • The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of behavioural interventions for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections in young people aged 13-19: a systematic review and economic evaluation [2010]
  • School-linked sexual health services for young people (SSHYP): a survey and systematic review concerning current models, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and research opportunities [2010]

• Scottish Government Health Directorates
  • Respect and Responsibility: Sexual Health Strategy Second Annual Report [2008]
  • Sex Education in Primary School in Tayside: An Evaluation of Sexuality and Relationships Training for Primary Teachers [2007]

United States of America

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Male Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Care [2011]
  • The Evaluation of Sexual Behaviors in Children [2009]
  • Care of the Adolescent Sexual Assault Victim [2008]
  • Sexuality Education for Children and Adolescents [2005]
  • Sexual Orientation and Adolescents [2004]

• CDC Adolescent and School Health
  • Sexual Behaviors

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Risk Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9--12 --- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, Selected Sites, United States, 2001--2009 [2011]

• Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
  • Sexual Health Behavior Interventions for U.S. Latino Adolescents: A Systematic Review of the Literature [2012]

• Population Reference Bureau
  • Powerful Partners: Adolescent Girls' Education and Delayed Childbearing [2007]

• RAND
  • Does Watching Sex on Television Influence Teens' Sexual Activity? [2004]
  • Understanding the Sexual Behavior of Adolescents [2002]

• Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.
  • Publications

• Society for Adolescent Medicine
  • Abstinence-only education policies and programs: A position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine [2006]

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
  • Marital Quality and Parent-Adolescent Relationships: Effects on Sexual Activity Among Adolescents and Young Adults [2008]
  • First-Year Impacts of Four Title V, Section 510 Abstinence Education Programs [2005]

WHO

• Pan American Health Organization
  • State of the Art in Development of Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs [2003]
  • Sexual Health and Development of Adolescents and Youth in the Americas: Program and Policy Implications [2003]

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents and Youths in Mongolia. A Review of Literature, Projects and Case Study 2002 [2006]
  • Investing in our future. A framework for accelerating action for the sexual and reproductive health of young people [2006]

• World Health Organization
  • The sexual and reproductive health of younger adolescents in developing countries: research issues in developing countries: background paper for consultation [2011]
  • The sexual and reproductive health of young adolescents in developing countries: reviewing the evidence, identifying research gaps, and moving the agenda: report of a WHO technical consultation, Geneva, 4-5 November 2010 [2011]
  • Promoting adolescent sexual and reproductive health through schools in low income countries : an information brief [2009]
  • Generating demand and community support for sexual and reproductive health services for young people. A review of the literature and programmes [2009]
  • Amor youth clinic network in Estonia [2009]
  • Key Issues in the Implementation of Programmes for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health [2004]
  • Towards adulthood: Exploring the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in South Asia [2003]
  • Sexual relations among young people in developing countries: Evidence from WHO case studies [2001]
  • Counselling skills training in adolescent sexuality and reproductive health [2001]

Articles in journals

• American Journal of Public Health
  • Medical Accuracy in Sexuality Education: Ideology and the Scientific Process [2008]

• Australian Family Physician
  • Sex, contraception and health [2007]

• British Medical Journal
  • Sexual health, contraception, and teenage pregnancy [2005]

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Setting research priorities for adolescent sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries [2013]

• Health Education Research
  • A systematic review of parent and family-based intervention effectiveness on sexual outcomes in young people [2011]

• Hormones and Behavior
  • The association of sexual interest and sexual behaviors among adolescent women: A daily diary perspective [2011]

• Indian Pediatrics
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health [2004]

• International Family Planning Perspectives
  • Recent Evaluations of the Peer-Led Approach in Adolescent Sexual Health Education: A Systematic Review [2008]

• International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: An Overview of Trends and Interventions [2009]

• Journal of Adolescent Health
  • A Review of Interventions With Parents to Promote the Sexual Health of Their Children [2012]

• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC)
  • Anything Goes! Teenage Sex and the Media [2008]

• Medical Journal of Australia
  • Current priorities for adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Australia [2003]

• Pediatrics
  • Interventions to Improve Parental Communication About Sex: A Systematic Review [2011]
  • Impact of the Media on Adolescent Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors [2005]

• PLoS Medicine
  • Do Abstinence-Plus Interventions Reduce Sexual Risk Behavior among Youth? [2007]

• Systematic Reviews
  • A systematic review of the role of school-based healthcare in adolescent sexual, reproductive, and mental health [2012]

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  • Adolescent health
  • Adolescent contraception