Fact Sheets

Costs of Teen Pregnancy in Florida [1]
Florida Healthy Teens Campaign Fact Sheet

Floridians Agree: Teens Need Comprehensive Sex Education [2]
Florida Healthy Teens Campaign Fact Sheet

Sex Education Programs: Definitions and Point-by-Point Comparison [3]
A fact sheet from Advocates for Youth comparing comprehensive vs. abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. An excellent resource.

Reports

Sexuality Education in Florida: Content, Context and Controversy [4]
This study, conducted by Dr. Brian Dodge, et al. found that there are no statewide standards for sex education in the state of Florida, and that sex education is afforded too little time and occurs too late in students' academic career

Links

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy [5]
The mission of the Campaign is to improve the well-being of children, youth, and families by reducing teen pregnancy.

Teen Wire [6]
Teenwire.com is an award-winning sexual health web site forteens created by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. This siteprovides honest and nonjudgmental information about sexuality in a format andlanguage that teens can understand. Informative quizzes, games and videos makethe subject matter interesting. The Activities for Educators [7] page contains classroom activities.

SexEdLibrary [8]
A resource of SIECUS. SexEdLibrary is the most comprehensive online sex education resource in the nation. SexEdLibrary compiles hundreds ofup to date and relevant lesson plans from various sources that have beenanalyzed by SIECUS.

StayTeen.org [9]
A project of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen andUnplanned Pregnancy. This site for teens is interactive with much of thecontent created by teens, for teens. [10]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America [11]
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is the nation's largestand most trusted voluntary reproductive health care organization.Planned Parenthood affiliates nationwide provide medical services andsexuality education for millions of women, men, and teenagers everyyear.

Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) [12]
GLSEN's Educator Resources Page contains lesson plans, curricular tools, information on teacher training programs and more.

Advocates for Youth [13]
Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs andadvocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsibledecisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates providesinformation, training, and strategic assistance to youth-serving organizations,policy makers, youth activists, and the media in the UnitedStates and the developing world.

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) [14]
SIECUS has served as the national voice for sexuality education, sexualhealth, and sexual rights for over 40 years. SIECUS works to secure sound public policies on sexuality-relatedissues by developing targeted educational resources for policymakers,providing thoughtful analysis and bringing together key organizations to move forward aproactive agenda on the national, state, and local levels.

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