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Reproductive Health Resources

See also Maternal and Child Health Resources

See also the Public Health Library Research Guide: Family Planning/Contraception/Abortion.

Organizations and Agencies

Alan Guttmacher Institute

"AGI is a non-profit organization focused on reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education." Their journals as well as numerous publications are available online.

Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (National Toxicology Program and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health)

"The Center provides scientifically-based, uniform assessments of the potential for adverse effects on reproduction and development caused by agents to which humans may be exposed. This is accomplished through rigorous evaluations of the scientific literature by independent panels of scientists." This web site contains the latest information about potentially hazardous effects of chemicals on human reproduction and development.

The Center for Reproductive Rights

CRLP is "dedicated to promoting women's equality worldwide by guaranteeing reproductive rights as human rights." The web site has information on legislative, policy, and legal issues. Many publications are available, including their Women of the World series, which detail local laws, policies, and quality of life statistics as they realte to reproductive rights and health.

Family Health International

FHI is "committed to helping women and men obtain access to safe, effective, and affordable family planning services and methods; to preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); and to improving the health of women and children." The site includes numerous publications, as well as a Peer Education Toolkit.

National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)

The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) is a principal source of U.S. national estimates of factors affecting pregnancy and birth rates, including sexual activity, cohabitation, marriage, divorce, contraceptive use, miscarriage and stillbirth, infertility, and use of medical services for family planning and infertility.

Pathfinder International

"Pathfinder International works to improve the reproductive health of women, men, and adolescents throughout the developing world." Their focus is on five key program priority areas: Access, AIDS, Advocacy, Abortion, and Adolescents. Their site includes many free planning, training, and technical assistance publications

Population Council

"The Population Council is an international, nonprofit institution that conducts research on three fronts: biomedical, social science, and public health." Its range of activities includes developing contraceptives and other products; conducting research on reproductive health and behavior, the causes and consequences of population growth, and related issues; and publishing monographs, periodicals, books, and more.

Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium

The goal of RHRC is to "increase access to a broad range of quality, voluntary reproductive health services to refugees and displaced persons around the world." The web site has advocacy, training, and research information on reproductive health, safe motherhood, emergency obstetrics, STDs, and sexual and gender violence.

U. S. CDC Reproductive Health Information Source

Topics include assisted reproductive technology, unintended pregnancy, maternal health, women's reproductive health, infant health, men's reproductive health, and racial and ethnic minority health.

Abortion surveillance statistics

Assisted Reproductive Technology Reports

Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

"PRAMS collects state-specific, population-based data on maternal attitudes and experiences prior to, during, and immediately following pregnancy."

U.S. EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program Web Site

"The Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program focuses on providing methods and procedures to detect and characterize endocrine activity of pesticides, commercial chemicals, and environmental contaminants." This Program is based on the recommendations of the the Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC). The committee's documents are available full-text, including the 1997 Special Report on Environmental Endocrine Disruption: An Effects Assessment and Analysis.