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It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health
A guide to puberty geared toward younger adolescents with wonderful illustrations of human bodies. 96 pages.
The Go Ask Alice Book of Answers
A book written in question-and-answer format, providing information about sexual health topics, proper nutrition, facts about drugs and more. 368 pages.
The Guy Book: An Owner's Manual
A discussion of topics such as what's "Under the Hood" (male anatomy), "Yielding the Right of Way" (Consent), "Avoiding Hazardous Conditions" (STDs), and more. 160 pages.
What's Going On Down There? Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask
A book answering questions boys have about puberty, sexual health, relationships, pregnancy and more. 160 pages.
What's Happening to My Body? Book for Boys: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Sons
A book about male puberty and the associated changes. 288 pages.
Coalition for Positive Sexuality
A Web site with information on a variety of sexuality-related topics, as well as forums.
Find a Confidential Clinic Near You
A Web site featuring a database you can use to locate clinics across the country offering birth control, STD screening and other reproductive health services. Produced by the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association.
A database of urologists throughout the United States and Canada. Put in your zip code or search by name, and find a urologist near you! Produced by the American Urological Association.
A health question-and-answer service produced by Columbia University's Health Promotion Program.
A personal Web site run by a licensed Adolescent Therapist featuring a question-and-answer format.
A Web site about the changes that happen to your body during puberty. Produced by the Nemours Foundation.
A sexual health Web site with information on a variety of sexuality-related topics, as well as a question-and-answer section featuring advice from experts and message boards for communication between teens. Produced by Planned Parenthood.
ASHA's STI Resource Center Hotline
1-919-361-8488
The American Social Health Association's (ASHA's) health communication specialists are available to answer questions on the prevention, testing and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Eastern time, Monday to Friday.
1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Information Line is available in English and Spanish, Monday to Friday, 24 hours a day. Follow the prompts to find a testing center near you or to reach a CDC health specialist who can answer your questions about HIV/AIDS, herpes, HPV and all other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
1-800-246-PRIDE (7743)
GLBT National Youth Talkline's youth volunteers are available Monday to Friday from 8 p.m. to midnight Eastern time to provide LGBTQ people up to age 25 with peer counseling, information and referrals to local resources.
1-800-230-PLAN (7526)
Call this toll-free number to make an appointment with a Planned Parenthood health center near you.
1-866-690-7239
Something Fishy's toll-free number connects you to the Renfrew Center where someone can answer your questions or offer information on treatment option if you suffer from an eating disorder such as anorexia, bulimia or overeating.
The Gay and Lesbian National Hotline
1-888-THE-GLNH
Provides phone and e-mail peer counseling, as well as information about local resources for GLBTQ teens across the United States.
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