General Teen Health Info
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- NYC 311
Information on all kinds of services provided in NYC
311 (24 hours, 7 days a week)
- TEEN Line
Provides peer-to-peer counseling for teens
800-443-8336
Toll-free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Women’s Health Line
New York City Department of Health
www.nyc.gov/health
(212) or (718)-230-1111
- Youthline
Information about youth services in NYC
800-246-4646
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- Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers
By: Nancy Amanda Redd
Body Drama is geared towards older teenage girls and talks about everything from shaving to body image, and day to day things such as hair and nails.
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Sexual Health
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- Facts of Life Line, Planned Parenthood
800-711-9848
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- Changing Bodies Changing Lives, Expanded 3rd Edition
By: Ruth Bell
Changing Bodies has been a trusted book for teens for awhile. It has info about teen health and has real quotes from real teens about different topics, such as STIs and body image.
- It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health
By: Robie H. Harris
Geared towards younger teens and talks about issues such as menstruation and puberty.
- It’s So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families
By: Robie H. Harris
It’s So Amazing! talks about both male and female anatomy and info on how pregnancy happens.
- 100 Questions You’d Never Ask Your Parents
By: Elisabeth Henderson and Nancy Armstrong
This book answers all the questions a teen would never ask from “Will my parents know if I have sex?” to coming out and body image questions.
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STI and HIV/AIDS
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- CDC National STD & AIDS Hotlines
For English
800-342-2437 or 800-227-8922
(24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
For Spanish
800-344-7432
(8:00 AM - 2:00 AM, 7 days a week)
- STD Hotline
New York City Department of Health
www.nyc.gov/health
212-427-5120
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LGBT Issues
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- Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of NY Project
Mon-Fri 4pm-8pm EST, Saturday noon-5pm EST
212-989-0999
- National Gay and Lesbian Youth Hotline
1-800-347-TEEN
(Weekend Nights Only)
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- Free Your Mind
By: Ellen Bass and Kate Kaufman, 1996
A book for LGBT or questioning teens that has stories about coming out, first loves, and self-discovery, which gives it a cool personal touch.
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Advocacy/Activism
Education/Jobs/Volunteering
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- Dial-A Teacher
Monday to Thursday from 4:00 to 7:00pm
212-777-3080
- New York City Services
311
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For Parents
For Professionals
Other
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