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Peers Project

Peers Project
Is an excellent school-based sexual abstinence peers education program based out of Indianapolis, Indiana. The Peers project curriculum is designed to begin in 5th grade and continue through high school. It includes: Media Influences, Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood, STD's, Drugs & Sex, Assertiveness Techniques, Healthy Relationships, True Love.

Best Friends

Best Friends
Best Friends is an abstinence program for girls in the Washington D.C. area.  Among 15-19 year old girls in the Best Friends program, there was a reduction from 27% pregnancy to 2.5%!

Not Me, Not Now!

Not Me, Not Now!
This website explains a very successful sexual abstinence media campaign that was run in Monroe County, New York.  Excellent brochures, PSA's, posters and billboards.

It's Great to Wait

It's Great to Wait!
This is an excellent website produced by the State of Florida promoting a number of programs encouraging teens to delay sex until marriage.

SHARE

SHARE
An adult sexual abstinence training program that prepares speakers and teachers in a dynamic interactive way to convey the wise choice of staying sexually abstinent until the commitment of marriage.  SHARE is being widely used throughout a number of Seattle public school districts, including Seattle, Kent, Lake Washington, Renton and Bellevue.

National Center for Health Statistics

National Center for Health Statistics
The National Center for Health Statistics is a tremendous resource of sexual reproductive data from national, state, and local studies and statistics.  It's easy to access!

Teen Aware

Teen Aware
This website is the product of an on-going project in the state of Washington to reduce teen pregnancy. (Several excellent abstinence resources.)

Center of Disease Control

Center of Disease Control
This link provides excellent scientific data concerning sexually transmitted diseases.  (Click on their "Health Topics A-Z.")

The Medical Institute

The Medical Institute
This link provides sound medical facts that support sexual abstinence as the most sensible solution for the prevention of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease and promoting reproductive health.

The Alan Guttmacher Institute

The Alan Guttmacher Institute
This link provides documented studies on teen sexual attitudes and behavior as it relates to pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease.

Friends First Friends First
Friends First supports teens that desire to postpone sexual activity until marriage and encourages all teens to consider the many benefits of waiting to have sex.  This dynamic program was founded and is currently directed by former Miss Colorado Gina Waegele.
WAIT Training WAIT Training
WAIT Training is a fun, high energy interactive program and curriculum that teaches teens how to have the BEST sex by postponing until marriage.
The Dibble Fund The Dibble Fund for Marriage Education
The Dibble Fund is a non-religious, non-political, and nonprofit organization dedicated to helping young people learn skills which enable successful relationships and marriages. Excellent curriculum and resources!
The Physicians Consortium The Physicians Consortium
This link is an ad hoc coalition of state-based physicians groups that are committed to impacting sexual public health policy through research and the application of evidence-based medicine. Website contains excellent current sexual health medical research reviews.
Email: info@physconsortium.com

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