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ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

General

Davis BJ, Voegtle KH. Culturally Competent Health Care for Adolescents. Chicago IL: American Medical Association, Dept. of Adolescent Health, 1994.

Dryfoos JG. Adolescents at Risk: Prevalence and Prevention. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. A Statistical Portrait of Adolescent Sex, Contraception, and Childbearing. Washington DC: March 1998.

The Alan Guttmacher Institute. Into a New World: Young Women's Sexual and Reproductive Lives. New York: 1998. Chock-full of graphs and tables, this slim book covers the breadth of adolescent sexual activity, pregnancy, and parenting. Available through The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI): (212) 248-1111.

Abortion Access for Minors

Blum R, Resnick M, Stark T. "Factors Associated with the Use of Court Bypass by Minors to Obtain Abortions." Family Planning Perspectives 22 (1990): 158-160.

Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs. "Mandatory Parental Consent to Abortion." Journal of the American Medical Association 269, no. 1 (1993): 82-86.

Crosby M, English A. "Mandatory Parental Involvement/Judicial Bypass Laws: Do They Promote Adolescents' Health?" Journal of Adolescent Health 12 (1991): 143-147.

NARAL Foundation. "Restrictions on Minors' Access to Abortion." Who Decides: A State-by-State Review of Abortion and Reproductive Rights (1998): 154-155.

Abortion Attitudes and Practices

Cartoof V. "Adolescent Abortion: Correlates and Consequences." Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews 3 (1992): 283-298.

Donovan P. "Most Minors are Mature Enough to Make Their Own Abortion Decision." Family Planning Perspectives 24 (1992): 187-188.

King RH, Myers SC, Byrne DM. "The Demand for Abortion by Unmarried Teenagers: Economic Factors, Age, Ethnicity and Religiosity." American Journal of Economics and Sociology 51 (1992): 223-235.

Marsiglio W, Shehan C. "Adolescent Males' Abortion Attitudes: Data from a National Study." Family Planning Perspectives 25 (1993): 162-169.

Abstinence

Patton D, Kolasa K, West S, et al. "Sexual Abstinence Counseling of Adolescents by Physicians." Adolescence 30, no. 120 (1995): 963-969.

Condom Use

Brown LK, DiClemente RJ, Park T. "Predictors of Condom Use in Sexually Active Adolescents." Journal of Adolescent Health 13, no. 8 (1992): 651-657.

Epstein J, Dusenbury L, Botvin G. "Determinants of Intentions of Junior High School Students to Become Sexually Active and Use Condoms: Implications for Reduction and Prevention of AIDS Risk." Psychological Reports 75 (1994): 1043-1053.

Contraceptive Behavior

DuRant R, Jay S, Seymore C. "Contraceptive and Sexual Behavior of Black Female Adolescents." Journal of Adolescent Health Care 11, no. 4 (1990): 326-334.

Marsiglio W. "Adolescent Males' Orientation toward Paternity and Contraception." Family Planning Perspectives 25 (1993): 162-169.

Factors Influencing Early Sexual Behavior

Hovell M, Sipan C, Blumberg E, et al. "Family Influences on Latino and Anglo Adolescents' Sexual Behavior." Journal of Marriage and the Family 56 (1994): 973-986.

Ku LC, Sonenstein F, Pleck JH. "Factors Influencing First Intercourse for Teenage Men." Public Health Reports 108 (1993): 680-694.

Luster T, Small S. "Factors Associated with Sexual Risk Taking Behaviors among Adolescents." Journal of Marriage and the Family 56 (1994): 622-632.

Pregnancy Prevention Programs

Carrera M. "Involving Adolescent Males in Pregnancy and STD Prevention Programs." Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews 3 (1992): 269-281.

Psychosocial Aspects of Adolescent Medicine

Adams GR, Montemayor R, Gullotta TP (eds). Psychosocial Development During Adolescence. Advances in Adolescent Development, Vol 8. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 1996.

Teen Pregnancy

Henshaw SK. "Teenage Abortion and Pregnancy Statistics by State, 1992." Family Planning Perspectives 29 (1997): 115-122.

Last updated July 19, 2000.