Welcome to this resource for the reproductive health and well-being of adolescents.

What happens in the second decade of life, whether for good or ill, shapes the way girls and boys live out their lives as women and men—reproductively, socially and economically.

Healthy adolescents…

• Understand changes in their bodies
• Make positive relationship choices
• Resist media and social pressure regarding early sex and body image
• Resist gender stereotypes
• Develop parenting skills to support the growth and development of their children
• Avoid STDs/HIV and pregnancy

RESEARCH APPLICATION

The Jane Fonda Center, with the leading edge resources of Emory University, researches the complex physical and social issues of adolescence.

Utilizing information gained, the Center develops programs, curricula, and other materials to disseminate to professionals who guide adolescents in order to ensure the adolescent’s positive passage to adulthood.

TRAINING

The Jane Fonda Center trains professionals in medicine, public health, education, social work, juvenile justice, and youth development to:

• Identify sexuality issues with teens
• Provide clinical diagnosis and treatment of childhood sexual abuse
• Understand the dynamics of poverty, sexual and emotional abuse, and race as they impact adolescent health and development
• Develop media literacy
• Develop resistance skills so as to avoid early and unsafe sex
• Teach self-empowerment and parenting skills

Here, you'll find a wide range of information, training opportunities, research and resources. I hope you will take advantage of all the Jane Fonda Center has to offer and that, as a result, you and the youth with whom you work will deeply benefit.