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Resources for Parents/Caregivers
Campaign For Our Children, Inc.
Provides information about adolescent health risk-taking behaviors as well as ways to speak with your children about sex and sexuality.
Talking with Kids About Tough Issues
Provides adults with tips to speaking with kids about issues related to sex, violence, drugs, alcohol, and HIV/AIDS.
Families Are Talking
La Familia Habla (in Spanish)
A SIECUS Report Supplement that offers parents and other adults with additional publication resources to assist them in speaking with children and teens about sexuality issues.
Simply click on the newsletter and topic that you would like to view.
SIECUS Resources for Families
Simply click on the link to access an archive of past newsletters on various topics such as puberty, body image and self-esteem, the media, sexuality education, HIV/AIDS, abstinence, and family
diversity. Also available in Spanish. This page also provides additional resources and publications for communicating with your children.
Kids Health
Provides both kids/adolescents and parents with health and sexuality information. This web site was developed by the Nemours Foundations Center for Children’s Health Media.
National Crime Prevention Council - Teens, Crime, and the Community
Offers information and resources for both parents and teens regarding issues related to guns, bullies, drugs, and strangers. Information in English and Spanish.
Additional Resources
Healthnet – Connecticut Consumer Health Information Network
University of Connecticut Health Center Library
This site provides a number of internet health resources and additional search engines that are helpful in searching a wide range of health and medical questions.
Planned Parenthood of Connecticut
Provides information regarding sexual health issues.
“Teen Source” – Especially for Teens
A special part of the Planned Parenthood website created especially for teens.
4 Girls Health
Developed by the Office on Women’s Health and the National Women’s Health Information Center, the web site was created for girls ages 10 to 16 and focuses on many health topics that respond to
adolescent girls’ health concerns such as . It motivates girls to choose healthy behaviors using positive, supportive and non-threatening messages.
BAM! Body and Mind
Created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this site provides information kids 9 to 13 years old about healthy lifestyle choices such as stress and physical fitness.
Girl Power!
Girl Power! is a national public health education campaign sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Targeted to 9 to 13 year old girls, this site contains positive health
messages to the needs, interests, and challenges of girls. Phone: 800-729-6686.
Teens Health, the Nemours Foundation
Website presents health information for teens and parents. Provides accurate information and advice about health, relationships, and growing up.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
FDA Consumer magazine periodically runs articles with important health information for teenagers, ranging from nutrition and sun safety to eating disorders and attention deficit disorder. Just
click on the health issue you’d like to learn more about.
Iwannaknow Web Site – American Social Health Association (ASHA)
This website is operated by the American Social Health Association (ASHA) and provides answers to questions regarding teen sexual health and Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
American Academy of Dermatology – Kids’ Connection
Kids' Connection is a special section of the American Academy of Dermatology’s web site, which provides children, ages eight through adolescence, with information about dermatology.
The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS)
Families Are Talking – For Young People
Provides information about various sexual and sexuality issues just for teens.
National Institute on Drug Abuse – NIDA for Teens
Provides valuable information about drugs especially to teens.
HealthFinder and HealthFinder Kids
Brought to you by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Service. This website provides kids with information on a wide range of health topics.
Just click the first letter of the topic you wish to read more about.
National Crime Prevention Council – Teens, Crime, and the Community
Offers information and resources for both parents and teens regarding issues related to guns, bullies, drugs, and strangers.
Division of STD Prevention (CDC)
Contains information regarding Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV.
CDC National STD and AIDS Hotline: 1-800-227-8922 (Free Call). |
