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Healthy Respect Abstinence Resources
4parents.gov
4Parents.gov is part of a new national public education campaign
to provide parents with the information, tools and skills
they need to help their teens make the healthiest choices.
There is no substitute for caring parents who are involved
in their children's lives. If preteens and teens are
going to make the choices that will enable them to become
healthy adults, they need parents to talk frankly with
them about sensitive topics like sex and relationships.
Parents who have been reticent to talk with their teens
and preteens about these issues now have a new resource
in this website.
http://www.4parents.gov
Abstinence Clearinghouse
The National Abstinence Clearinghouse (NAC) serves as an association
for the abstinence community. The National Abstinence Clearinghouse
is a non-profit educational organization that promotes the appreciation
for and practice of sexual abstinence through distribution of age-appropriate,
factual and medically-accurate materials. The Clearinghouse was founded
to provide a central location where character, relationship and abstinence
programs, curricula, speakers, and materials could be accessed. The
NAC serves agencies and individuals on national, state and local level,
as well as internationally.
http://www.abstinence.net
Institute for Youth Development
IYD is unique in its commitment to a comprehensive
risk-avoidance message regarding major risk
behaviors among youth: alcohol, drugs, sex, tobacco,
and violence. Based on data showing unquestionable
linkages between these behaviors, IYD promotes a
consistent, comprehensive risk-avoidance message for
all these behaviors. IYD believes that if parents
and adults provide children and teens with
consistent risk-avoidance messages, young people are
capable of choosing to avoid these behaviors
altogether.
http://www.youthdevelopment.org
International Abstinence Association
The International Abstinence Association is a
leading global voice that provides a professional
network promoting the avoidance of health-risk
behaviors.
http://www.awaitandfind.org
National Abstinence Educators Association
The NAEA Board of Directors represents over sixty years
of combined experience and leadership in abstinence
education. The Advisory Board represents state abstinence
coalitions, medical and youth development organizations,
and diverse professionals who offer valuable insight
and guidance to NAEA. Executive Director, Valerie Huber,
brings significant grass-roots and administrative experience
to this position as former director of a community-based
abstinence organization and former Title V Coordinator
Dr. Nanci Coppola, CEO of Program Reach, Inc and the Healthy Respect program is a member of the board of directors for the NAEA.
http://www.abstinenceassociation.org
National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth
The National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth (NCFY)
is a free information service for communities,
organizations, and individuals interested in
developing new and effective strategies for
supporting young people and their families.NCFY was
established by the Family and Youth Services Bureau
(FYSB), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
to link those interested in youth issues with the
resources they need to better serve young people,
families, and communities.
http://ncfy.acf.hhs.gov/
National Physicians Center
With the assistance of an international network of health experts,
the National Physicians Center for Family Resources (NPC) promotes
medically and scientifically valid practices in public health and
child welfare and produces educational resources for families and
health educators. NPC's resources have been distributed in more
than 40 countries.
http://www.physicianscenter.org
Parents for Truth is a national campaign of concerned parents
who are committed to protecting their children's health and future
through abstinence education. The campaign exposes and opposes the
harmful information often shared with students in so-called "comprehensive"
sex education classes in schools. Parents for Truth™ provides parents
with tools to talk to their children about sex and the value of
abstinence. It also provides resources to help parents take an active
role in ensuring that abstinence education is taught in their children's
schools. www.parentsfortruth.org
Parents for Truth is sponsored by the National Abstinence Education
Association (NAEA), a 501(c)(4), nonprofit association, representing
abstinence organizations across America, who serve more than 1.5 million
students each year. For more information about NAEA, go to www.abstinenceassociation.org.
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