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Sex Education Resources
By Annie Smith
Your Resource? If you were going
to start a sex education program at your library tomorrow—who or what is your first resource? If it’s the Internet,
what website would you first consider?
MedlinePlus—Teen Sexual Health
Directs you to information to help answer health questions.
A great resource for consumer health information
Should be on everyone’s list!
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teensexualhealth.html
Advocates for Youth Help young people
make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health Rights Respect Responsibility
www.advocatesforyouth.org
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Provides education and information about sexuality and sexual and reproductive health
Goals: Educate Advocate Inform www.siecus.org
Guttmacher Institute Information on
sexual and reproductive health issues in the United States and worldwide
Advances sexual and reproductive health through an interrelated program
www.guttmacher.org
YALSA Resources For information,
ideas, and resources join the Librarian’s Information Network on Sexuality (LINS).
To Subscribe send an email to [email protected]
www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/profidev/healthyrelationships.cfm
Planned Parenthood Provides quality
health care and services
Offers medically accurate information
Advances effective health policies
www.plannedparenthood.org
KidsHealth Provides families
with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use
Understandable Reliable Practical Objective
http://kidshealth.org/index_noflash.html
Teenwire Part of the Planned
Parenthood Organization
Created for teens Responsible
choices Easy-to-read Available in
Spanishwww.teenwire.com
Sex, etc. It is part of the Teen-to-Teen
Sexuality Education Project. "Not only do I appreciate the
articles and stories I have read but I will refer my 14-year-old son to this Web site. The stories your site presents are fair and nonjudgmental, which is exactly what is needed by teens struggling with a myriad of questions about sex."—Chris, 57, TX
www.sexetc.org
Thank you!
Annie SmithUniversity of Arizona
Information Resources and Library Science
Knowledge River ScholarWE Search Mentor
