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Related Literature

American Journal Public Health
Editorial: "Getting Political: Racism and Urban Health"


AP News Article on FDA Approval
of HPV Vaccine


City of Milwaukee Health Department:
"Just the Facts: Teen Risky Sexual Behavior in Milwaukee"



Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes:
"Sexual Risk Reduction Interventions Do Not Inadvertently Increase the Overall Frequency of Sexual Behavior"


Journal of Contemporary Ethnography:
"Being Part of the World:
Detroit Women's Perceptions of Health and the Social Environment"


Medscape
US Adults Prefer Comprehensive Teaching of Sex Education in Public Schools 
[Medscape Continuing Education Activity]



Milbank Quarterly:
"Segregation, Poverty, and Empowerment: 
Health Consequences for African Americans"


Milwaukee Community Collaboration on Healthcare Quality & Milwaukee Health Department
STD Screening, Testing & Treatment Recommendations 


Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"They've done no crime, but they do time: juveniles locked up when placements are scarce"


Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Rreport:
"Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Diagnoses of HIV/AIDS --- 33 States, 2001--2004"


Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance -- United States, 2005


Mount Sinai Medical Center Adolescent Health Center
[see Policy Reports 1 & 2 in "Resources & Reports"]


National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy:
Copy That: Guidelines for Replicating Programs to Prevent Teen Pregnancy


National Minority AIDS Council Report:
African Americans, Health Disparities and HIV/AIDS:
Recommendations for Confronting the Epidemic in Black America


New York Times:
"Patterns of Deceit Raise Concerns About Teenage Sex Surveys"



New York Times 
Circumcision Article


San Francisco's Adolescent Health Working Group:
Resources for Providers and Youth


San Francisco Health Department
Web-Based Electronic Partner Notification


San Francisco Health Department
Sex-Info: Text Messaging Service for At-Risk, Sexually Active Adolescents


Sexual Health: An Adolescent Provider Toolkit


United Way of Greater Milwaukee. If Truth Be Told: Teen Pregnancy, Public Health, and the Cycle of Poverty, 2006.
Executive Summary
Full Report


Washington Post Series on Teen Sex, Pregnancy, and Contraception


 
"Birth, Abortion and Pregnancy Rates for Developed Countries, Ages 15-19" 
(Washington Post [1], 5/16)

 "Compare Birth Rates, Abortion Rates and Number of Partners" 
(Washington Post [2], 5/16) 

"Examples of Interventions: Programs From Five Developed Countries Aim at Affecting Adolescents' Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors Through School-Based Sexuality Education" 
(Washington Post [3],5/16)

"In the United States"
Washington Post [4], 5/16


 "Teenage Sex and Pregnancy"
(Washington Post [5], 5/16.

"In Western Europe " 
(Agnvall [1], Washington Post, 5/16).

"Is Teen Sex Bad? Americans and Western Europeans Don't Agree on What's Normal and
Acceptable. But Many Health Experts Do" 
(Agnvall [3], Washington Post, 5/16).

"What Can Parents Do?" 
(Agnvall [4], Washington Post, 5/16).

"Virginity Pledges Can't Be Taken on Faith"
(Boodman, Washington Post, 5/16).


Washington Post:
"Unintended Pregnancies of Poor Women on the Rise"


World Health Organization
Health Impact Assessment


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