Resources for Health Professionals

Web Sites

Comprehensive Sexuality Education

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS). http://www.siecus.org

HIV & AIDS

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Kaiser Family Foundation

National Minority AIDS Council

Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights

Kaiser Family Foundation

National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA)

SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective

Black Women's Health

Black Women's Health Imperative

Reports and Statistics

Advocates for Youth

The American Psychological Association
Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls

Motivational Educational Entertainment (MEE) Productions
This Is My Reality: The Price of Sex (An Inside Look at Black Urban Youth Sexuality and the Role of Media)

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
The Reproductive Health of African American Adolescents: What We Know and What We Don’t Know. By Wilhelmina A. Leigh and Julia L. Andrews. Available at: http://www.jointcenter.org/publications/details/health/n-rhaaa.html

The Commonwealth Fund
Improving the Health of Adolescent Girls: Policy Report of the Commonwealth Fund Commission on Women’s Health. More information: http://www.cmwf.org

Books

Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights:

Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty. By Dorothy Roberts. Random House. 1997.

Policing the National Body: Race, Gender, and Criminalization. Edited by Jael Silliman and Anannya Bhattacharjee. South End Press. 2002.

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