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The teen years can be exciting and confusing. Young people tell us they want accurate information from trusted sources and guidance from caring adults. Here are some great resources developed with and for teens just like you.

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For Parents

If you're a parent of a teen, you know it's a very different world today. You have hopes and dreams for your children, as well as concerns. The good news: you have a lot more influence than you think. And, we're here to help.

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For Programs

With so many teen pregnancy prevention programs and resources, which ones are best? At HTOK, we focus on those that link prevention with an asset-building approach to development—and on those that have been shown to really work.

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Did you know?

Research shows the Teen Outreach Program (TOP) is one of the few programs with consistently strong evidence of reducing teen pregnancy and improving school success.

When measured against comparison groups, young people in TOP consistently demonstrate:

60% lower rate of school dropout
33% lower rate of pregnancy
14% lower rate of school suspension
11% lower rate of course failure in school

News and Views: Teen Birth Rates and Highly Religious States

Written by Jeanna Bryner, Senior Writer, LiveScience

Monday, 04 January 2010 04:02

U.S. states whose residents have more conservative religious beliefs on average tend to have higher rates of teenagers giving birth, a new study suggests.

The relationship could be due to the fact that communities with such religious beliefs (a literal interpretation of the Bible, for instance) may frown upon contraception, researchers say. If that same culture isn't successfully discouraging teen sex, the pregnancy and birth rates rise.

Mississippi topped the list for conservative religious beliefs and teen birth rates, according to the study results, which will be detailed in a forthcoming issue of the journal Reproductive Health. (See the full top 10 below.)