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For Youth
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Sex Education
Organizations


General

The Health Living Project - Kansas City
www.4healthyliving.org

The Center for Disease Control
1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)
- HIV: www.cdc.gov/hiv/
- STD: www.cdc.gov/std/default.htm
- Daily News Updates: www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/listserv/prevention_news.asp

 

HIV Testing information

Condom Instructions

Free Condoms Sites

Presentations:
-Combined HIV & STDs
    Power Pt (4 MB)
    PDF file (8 MB)
-HIV & STD Jeopardy PPt

Downloadable Flyers:
-Testing, Stats, Bowls
-Combo:Testing, Stats
-Free Condom Sites
-Testing Info
-Stats for Women

The Body: U.S. National AIDS Hotlines & Resources
www.thebody.com/hotlines/national.html

The Body: Center for Women
www.thebody.com/women/resource/

The HIV/AIDS Search Engine
www.hivaidssearch.com/
The world's largest search engine specifically for HIV/AIDS information.

Kaiser Family Foundation: HIV/AIDS
www.kff.org/hivaids/index.cfm

HPV Resource Center by American Social Health Assoc.
www.ashastd.org/hpv/hpv_learn.cfm

U.S. Global AIDS Program
www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/gap/about.htm

The HIV/AIDS Epidemic: 20 Years in the U.S.
www.whitehouse.gov/onap/facts.html

National HIV/AIDS Observance Days
www.omhrc.gov/hivaidsobservances/

Tweakends
www.apla.org/tweakends/

WorldVision
Take the AIDS test.

The ONE Campaign
one.org/

Kansas Department of Health and Environment
www.kdheks.gov/hiv/index.html

The AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA)
www.acria.org

Broadway Cares Online Store: Red Ribbon Items
broadwaycares.stores.yahoo.net/redribbonitems.html

CDC
www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/
A reliable resource that gives information on how HIV is transmitted as well as some risk behaviors and how those who are HIV+ are sometimes coinfected with other STDs. 

HPV Info
www.hpvinfo.com
With the presence of the new vaccine for HPV and the findings that it could cause cervical cancer it is important for young women to be educated about this STD. 


For Youth

Healthy Youth! by the CDC
www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth
One of the best resources for general health information, statistics and other resources.
 
Talking With Kids About Tough Issues
www.talkingwithkids.org
Children Now is a nonpartisan research and advocacy organization working to raise children's well-being to the top of the national policy agenda. Can sign up for email tips!

Teens Health
www.kidshealth.org/teen/

General health site with lots of information. Companion parent and kid sites as well.

Healthy Teen Network
www.healthyteennetwork.org

We are a national organization focused on adolescent health and well-being with an emphasis on teen pregnancy prevention, teen pregnancy, and teen parenting.

Youth Resrouce
www.youthresource.com/health/

Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.

Teen Wire
www.teenwire.com

It has animations to watch about putting on a condom, menstruation and body diagrams.  It also has quizzes!

Go Ask Alice!
www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/

is the health question and answer Internet service produced by Alice!, Columbia University's Health Promotion Program — a division of Health Services at Columbia.

YouthAIDS,
www.youthaids.org
An education and prevention initiative of PSI, uses media, pop culture, music, theatre and sport to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and reach 600 million young people in more than 60 countries with life-saving messages, products, services and care.

Lutheran AIDS Network
www.pacifier.com/~lanet/hiv_aids_prevention_resources.htm 
Includes the “Keep the Promise” teaching resource that can be downloaded for free.  The Keep the Promise mission is to get students motivated to take action to fight the pandemic. 


For Parents

Parents' Sex Ed Center
www.advocatesforyouth.org/parents/
This site contains all of the information and resources you need to begin talking with your children about sex.  Tips, expert advice, articles, books and other resources.

Planned Parenthood site for Parents
www.plannedparenthood.org/educational-resources/for-parents.htm
Every family teaches messages about sex and sexuality — sometimes without realizing it.  We base our beliefs about sexuality on what we see others do, as well as on the moral, religious, and philosophical values that bind our families together.

Kids Health site for Parents
www.kidshealth.org/parent/
General Resource on information and parenting tips.


Sex Education

Planned Parenthood
www.plannedparenthood.org/educational-resources/teaching-materials/classroom-activities.htm 
This website gives many classroom activities to aid in your sex education such as the M&M game. 

Talking With Kids
www.talkingwithkids.org/local.html
Gives great ideas on talking to kids about sex along with websites and accredited books for those who feel they need to be more prepared before talking to their children. 

iVillage
www.ivillage.co.uk/parenting/teens/teencon/articles/0,13843,186631_186733,00.html 
This site is not intended for the meek.  They have a variety of programs to discuss sex with kids that includes a groundbreaking program called PAUSE. 

Interactive Sex Education Resources
www.isergames.com/tiki-custom_home.php
A wide array of games and programs to help in sex education. 

School Health Education Clearinghouse
www.siecus.org/school/
SIECUS-the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States-has served as the national voice for sexuality education, sexual health, and sexual rights for over 40 years.

The Sex Education Library
www.sexedlibrary.org/
The most comprehensive online sex ed resource in the nation.

Avert
www.avert.org/educate.htm
Provides a complete lesson plan as well as instructions that can be downloaded for free! 


Organizations

Gay Men's Health Crisis
www.gmhc.org

National AIDS Fund
www.aidsfund.org

National Association of People with AIDS
www.napwa.org

Black AIDS Institute
www.blackaids.org/

The Latino Commission on AIDS
www.latinoaids.org

Asian HIV/AIDS Organizations
www.thebody.com/index/hotlines/asia.html

Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS
www.apicha.org/

Center for American Indian Health
www.jhsph.edu/CAIH/index.html

Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance
www.e-alliance.ch/

National Episcopal AIDS Coalition
www.neac.org

Stop Global AIDS
www.stopglobaliads.org

World Health Organization: HIV Infections
www.who.int/topics/hiv_infections/en/

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
www.unaids.org

 
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