Abstinence Education
 

Abstinence Education Links

LINKS

Links
 
ABSTINENCE/EDUCATION/CURRICULA WEBSITES

WAIT Training A non profit organization that trains  and mobilizes communities  in abstinence and relationship skills and curricula.

FACT Foundation (Foundational Advice Concerning Teens) is a community based abstinence and relationship initiative promoting healthy choices for youth in Grand Junction Colorado and acoss Mesa County.

Abstinence and Marriage Partnership- A dynamic group that links abstinence education and healthy marriage formation.

www.waittraining.org

 

www.thefactfoundation.org

 

 

www.ampartnership.org

Aim for Success, Inc.- A non-profit educational organization that promotes sexual abstinence until marriage www.aimforsuccess.org
Best Friends - a youth development program curriculum for character education for girls in grades 5-12 www.bestfriendsfoundation.org
Camp Blaze - a community-base, non-profit organizaiton. www.campblaze.org
Choosing the Best - research based, medical learning abstinence model www.choosingthebest.com
Colorado Dept. of Public Health, Governor's Initiative www.saynoway.net
Everyone is NOT doing it - Mike Long has trained over 17,000 teachers in ways to implement abstinence education. Also includes Happeninings - 4 part directive character education videotape series for teens & youth. www.mikelong.com & www.happenings.org
Friends First - promotesabstinence & healthy life choices www.friendsfirst.org
Game Plan - A.C. Green's abstinence program www.ACGREEN.com
Gateway Films www.visionvideo.com
Lakita Garth - Sex Education Character Support (SECS). A program that works through the school system to reach young people. Lakita is a former Ms. America and motivational speaker. www.clubvarsity.org/speaker1.shtml
National Abstinence Clearinghouse (NAC) www.abstinence.net
Professional and Olympic athletes who are committed to living lives of virtue, abstienence and respect for life. (Pledge based) www.lifeathletes.org
SAGE Inc. Sexual Abstinence & Family Education Inc. www.safeinc.org
Sex Respect - a leading abstinence program www.sexrespect.com
SHARE (Sexuality, Health and Relationship Education) - a non-profit edcuation program. www.share-program.com
Straight Talk - promotes the benefits of chastity education www.straight-talk.com

The Art of Loving Well - curriculum for teens

Weld County Dept. of Public Health   

www.bu.edu/education/lovingwell

www.weldwaits.com  

SPEAKERS WAIT TRAINING RECOMMENDS

Doug Herman    

Rick & Barb Wise

Luiz Galdamez.

Lakita Garth

www.dougherman.com

www.wisechoices.com

www.enlightencom.com/galdamez.htm

www.clubvarsit.org/speakers4.shtml

FAITH-BASED ABSTINENCE SITES
Ambassadors - provides Christian speakers www.ambassadoragency.com
Focus on the Family www.family.org
Group Publishing, Inc. www.grouppublishing.com
Helps in selecting an effective curriculum - review ideas - Family Research Council www.frc.org/infocus/if95k2ab
The Family Research Council - reaffirms and promotes nationally the traditional family unit and the Jede0-Christian value system www.frc.org
True Love Waits commitment based www.trueloveWAITs.com
   
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CHARACTER EDUCATION
Character Development Foundation character@juno.com
Character Development Group respect96@aol.com
Essentials for life www.essentials4life.com
Ethics Resource Center www.ethics.org
STARS (Students Taking a Right Stand) www.cyi-stars.org
   
MARRIAGE CURRICULA - REVIEWS
Connections: Relationships and marriage DibbleFund@aol.com
Marriage curriculum is covered well www.americanvalues.org
Smart Marriages www.smartmarriages.com
   
COMPREHENSIVE "SAFER SEX" SITES (CONTRACEPTION)
Advocates for Youth www.advocatesforyouth.org
Alan Guttmacher Institute www.agi-usa.org
Contraceptive Research and Development Program www.conrad.org
Family Health International www.fhi.org
Institute for Sex Research (Kinsey Institute) http://www.indiana.edu/~kinsey/
International Planned Parenthood Federation www.ippf.org
Pathfinder International www.pathfind.org
Planned Parenthood www.plannedparenthood.org
Population Council www.popcouncil.org
Sex, Etc. (teen site) www.sexetc.org
SIECUS www.siecus.org
Teen Wire (Teens Planned Parenthood) www.teenwire.com
UNDP/UNFPA/World Health - Family Planning www.who.int/hrp/
   
Most Popular Teen Sites (jup.com; media metrix 6/00)
 
   
Girls ages 12-17 in descending order of most popular
Seventeen magazine/webzine www.seventeen.com
Teen "social environment", hyperlinks, conversations www.alloy.com
Teen socializing www.delias.com
Teen people Magazine www.teenpeople.com
American Eagle Outfitters/Apparel www.AE.com
Teen music & musical groups, hyperlinks www.Nsync.com
Abercrombie & Fitch clothing co. www.Abercrombie.com
Teen music www.lyrics.com
Site catering to female adolescents, Q&A www.Gurlpages.com
Boys ages 12-17 in decending order of most popular  
Games www.Cheatcc.com
Games www.CMGSCCC.com
Games www.Gamesages.com
Hip Hop Lyrics/Music www.OHHLA.com
Games www.gameshark.com
Games www.Gamefaqs.com
Games www.Nintendo.com
Games www.Gamewinners.com
Games www.cheatplanet.com
Games www.Game-revolution.com
 
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GENERAL/MEDIA/INFO ON REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Fox News - Health www.foxnews.com/health/index
Kaiser Daily/Reproductive Health www.report.kff.org/repro/
MMWR Weekly/CDC press links www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/mmwrnews
NBC new search www.msnbc.com/news/NEWS_Front.asp
Yahoo - Reuters www.dailynews.yahoo.com
National fatherhood initiative - information for fathers www.fatherhood.org
   
MEDIA REVIEWS
Focus on the Family - Plugged in media review magazine www.family.org/pluggedin
GIST offers general opinions on TV shows www.tv1.com
Organization that advocates more "wholesome" media/reviews www.dove.org
Parents Television Council (PTC) - review TV shows www.parentstv.org
   
STATISTICS/INFORMATION
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_wk.html
National Vital Statistics System www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm
Statistical resources on the web (Univ Mich.) www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/sthealth.html
STD Trends & epidempics in the US www.cdc.gov
The National Center for Health Statistics www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhcs.htm
US Census Bureau www.census.gov
International & Global Information  
CDC Global Health Activities Report www.your-nation.com
Global Reproductive Health Forum www.hsph.harvard.edu/organizations/healthnet
Population Reference Bureau www.prb.org
Trends in Europe & North America www.unece.org/stats/trend/trend_h.htm
WHO Statistical Information System www.who.int/whosis/
 
SURVEY SITES
AddHealth National Long Study www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth/
Child Trends www.childtrends.org
Kids Count 2000 www.aecf.org/kidscount/kc2000
Marital Status and Living Arrangements www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/ms-la.html
National Survey of Family Growth www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg.htm
   
SEARCH ENGINES (key word search on a search engine may yield X-rated information. Be careful)
Dogpile www.dogpile.com
Google www.google.com
PubMed www.ncbe.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
WebMD www.webmd.com



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Abstinence Education, Sexual Abstinence, Healthy Teen and Adult Relationships & Healthy Marriage Initiative from WAIT Training Educational Resources