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Lane J, Harrison D. 2015. Voices of transgender adolescents in healthcare. [Ann Arbor, MI]: University of Michigan Health System, Adolescent Health Initiative,

Annotation: This video clip provides insights from transgender and gender non-conforming youth, sharing their experiences and expectations from the healthcare system. The adolescents featured in this video discuss their specific needs, including preferred terms for gender identity and how healthcare professionals can help them feel at ease. This project was supported by the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation Youth Council and the Michigan Department of Community Health. Length: 7 minutes, 44 seconds.

Keywords: Adolescents, Homosexuality, Transgender, LGBTQ, Gay youth, Youth Engagement,

Drolet JC, Clark K, eds. 1994. The sexuality education challenge: Promoting healthy sexuality in young people. Santa Cruz, CA: ETR Associates/Network Publications, 681 pp.

Annotation: This book provides an overview of sexuality education issues for both educators and parents. Chapters focus on challenges to sexuality education in schools, teacher training, adolescent pregnancy, cultural diversity, the role of the media, and program evaluation. A table of reviewed curricula is included along with a list of the criteria used in assessing the courses. Position statements from national organizations on sexuality education also are included.

Keywords: AIDS, Adolescents, Children, Cultural barriers, Cultural diversity, Culturally competent services, Educational programs, Evaluation, Gay youth, HIV, Health education, School based programs, Sexuality, Sexuality education

DeCrescenzo T, ed. 1994. Helping gay and lesbian youth: New policies, new programs, new practice. Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park Press, 184 pp.

Annotation: This book contains a collection of chapters written by individual authors who discuss recent trends in providing social services for gay, bisexual, and lesbian adolescents. The book provides a discussion of the development of gay and lesbian youth, and changes in social services offered by child welfare departments, public schools, law enforcement agencies, and mental health agencies. This book was also released as a special issue of the "Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services," volume 1, numbers 3-4, 1994.

Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescent health, Adolescents, Counseling, Gay youth, Legal issues, Lesbians, Mental health, Policy development, Program development, Social services

Blum R, ed. 1990. Proceedings from the 1989 Adolescent Health Coordinators Conference—Denver, Colorado, August 8-10, 1989. Washington, DC: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 135 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings contain the papers and workshop recommendations from the 1989 Adolescent Health Coordinators Conference sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau in association with the Adolescent Health Program at the University of Minnesota. Presentations include an overview of federal activities in adolescent health, an address by Louis Sullivan, then-Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, an update on the activities of the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development and the W. T. Grant Foundation, and innovative programs in adolescent health. Papers and workshop discussions addressed risk behaviors of youth, clinical standards, health care financing, legal and ethical issues, and the care of gay and lesbian youth. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescent health, Adolescents, Gay youth, Health care financing, Programs, Risk taking, School health services, Service integration, Substance abuse

Herdt G, ed. 1989. Gay and lesbian youth. Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park Press, 355 pp.

Annotation: This book is a collection of chapters by individual authors that are based on cross-cultural studies of gay, bisexual, and lesbian adolescents. The author s contribute to an overall study of the identities, situations, and relationships of homosexual adolescents in different societies. A background is provided in chapters that examine emerging identities of the adolescents, the formation of their homosexual identities, consider the ethnographic profiles, parental influences on self-esteem. Other chapters focus on growing up lesbian, issues related to male prostitution and homosexuality, and gays and AIDS. Specific chapters examine trends in England, Mexico, Brazil, France, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, and Australia. Possible future research topics are also discussed. The book was also released as a special issue of the "Journal of Homosexuality, " volume 17, numbers 1-4, 1989.

Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescent health, Australia, Brazil, Cultural factors, Demographics, England, Finland, France, Gay youth, Ireland, Lesbians, Mexico, Psychosocial development, Sexual behavior, Sexual development, Sociocultural factors, Sweden, United States
   

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