Society Useful Links

Socity Partners

Association  of Maternal and Child Health  Programs  - www.amchp.org

National  Coalition of STD Directors - http://www.ncsddc.org/index.xml

National  Alliance of  State and Territorial AIDS Directors   (NASTAD)  - www.nastad.org

Directors  of Health Promotion and Education - http://dhpe.org/

National   Association of Chronic Disease Directors - http://www.chronicdisease.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1

Sexuality Education Resources

Our  Whole Lives: Sexuality Curriculum - Our Whole Lives  link: http://www.uua.org/religiouseducation/curricula/ourwhole/index.shtml

Effective  Interventions
    (CDC programs tested in communities, i.e. Many Men,  Many Voices; Sista; Street SMART w/   adaptations)  -  http://www.effectiveinterventions.org/

Office  of Adolescent Health: Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs - http://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/prevention/research/programs/index.html

answer:  sex ed, honestly - http://answer.rutgers.edu/

SEXETC
    (Web site by and for teens; teens can submit questions to a sexuality expert  and receive a personal response) www.sexetc.org

Advocacy Resources

Advocates  for Youth - www.advocatesforyouth.org

Future  of Sex Ed Project - http://www.futureofsexed.org/ 

LGBTQ Resources

For  Latino GLBTQ youth - www.ambientejoven.org

American Psychological Association - www.apa.org

San  Francisco Unified School District LGBTQ Support Services Website  - http://healthiersf.org/LGBTQ/index.cfm

Safe Schools Coalition  web site -  www.safeschoolscoalition.org

For  Latino GLBTQ youth - www.ambientejoven.org

Research & Policy Resources

Sexuality  Information and Education Council of the US (SIECUS)  - www.siecus.org

Population Specific Resources

APICHA  - Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS in NYC  - www.apicha.org

Working  with Native American Youth -  http://www.nativeout.com/

For  young women of color - www.mysistahs.org

Useful E-mail Lists

Advocates  for Youth - monthly e-newsletter on youth  reproductive health  issues
 Sign up at http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/mailinglist_signup.asp

Association   of Reproductive Health Professionals
    periodic  resource e-mails focused on more clinical aspects of reproductive  health
   Sign up at https://secure.arhp.org/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=319&tab=1

CHEN   (Comprehensive Health Education Network) List
    listserve  for people working in school health and  health education sponsored by the  American School Health Association (ASHA)
   E-mail Marjorie Benjamin at ASHA (mbenjamin@ashaweb.org)  and ask to be  subscribed

Child  Trends
    periodic research updates  focused  on various issues related to child and adolescent health and  well-being  (including adolescent reproductive health)
   Sign up at www.childtrends.org - enter e-mail   address in top right corner where it says "Join our e-newsletter"

Children's Safety Network list
    listserve for  discussion of  injury prevention and MCH issues coordinated by Children's Safety  Network
   E-mail Ellen Schmidt at Children's Safety Network (eschmidt@edc.org) and ask to be subscribed

Guttmacher   Institute -
    offers 3 lists that may  be  useful, including periodic Guttmacher Updates on the Institute's latest   research in reproductive health; State News Quarterly, quarterly updates  on  state activities related to reproductive health; and News Providers  Can Use, a  quarterly newsletter geared toward reproductive health providers
   Sign up at http://www.guttmacher.org/listserv/
   
   Healthy Teen   Network Updates
   monthly  e-newsletter focused  on youth reproductive and other health issues
   Sign up at www.healthyteennetwork.org -  enter e-mail address in box on right side under "Not a  Member?  Get Monthly Updates FREE!" 

Kaiser   Network Subscriptions
    includes  various useful  reports such as a Daily Health Policy Report, a Daily HIV/AIDS  Report, a  Weekly Health Disparities Report, and other resource e-mails
   Sign up at http://profile.kff.org/

MCH  Alert
    weekly  e-mail of MCH resources from the MCH Library at  Georgetown
   Sign up at http://list.mchgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/mchalert

National   Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) lists
    NACCHO  has weekly and bi-weekly lists focused on a  variety of useful topics,  including MCH, HIV/STI, and adolescent health
   Sign up for the MCH list at http://www.naccho.org/topics/HPDP/mch/distributionlist.cfm
   Sign up for the HIV/STI list at http://www.naccho.org/topics/hpdp/infectious/hiv/distributionlist.cfm
   Sign up for the adolescent health list at http://www.naccho.org/topics/HPDP/adolescent/Distributionlist.cfm 

National   Partnership for Women and Families Daily Women's Health Policy Report
    daily  e-newsletter focused on a wide range of women's  and reproductive health  policy issues
    Sign up here.