TEEN PREGNANCY

• Explaining recent declines in adolescent pregnancy in the United States: the contribution of abstinence and improved contraceptive use. Santelli JS, Duberstein Lindberg L, Finer LB, Singh S. Am J Public Health 97:150–156, 2007.
• Legal abortion worldwide: incidence and recent trends. Sedgh G, Henshaw SK, Singh S, Bankole A, Drescher J. International Family Planning Perspectives, 33(3):106–116, 2007.
• Disparities in rates of unintended pregnancy in the United States, 1994 and 2001. Finer LB, Henshaw SK. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 38(2):90–96, 2006.
• Differences in teenage pregnancy rates among five developed countries: the roles of sexual activity and contraceptive use. Darroch JE, Singh S, Frost JJ & the Study Team. Family Planning Perspectives, 2001, 33(6):244-250 & 281, 2001

 TEEN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

• Clinical Report - The evaluation of sexual behaviors in children. Kellogg ND & THE COMMITTEE ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT Pediatrics Aug 31, 2009
• What’s love got to do with it? Sexual behaviors of opposite –sex couples through emerging adulthood. Kaestle CE, Tucker Halpern C. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 39(3):134-40, 2007
• Trends in premarital sex in the United States, 1954-2003. Finer LB. Public Health Rep 122(1):73-8, 2007.
• Greater Expectations: adolescents’ positive motivations for sex. Ott MA, Millstein SG, Ofner S, Halpern-Felsher BL. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 38(2):84–89, 2006.
• Oral sex and condom use among young people in the United Kingdom. Stone N, Hatherall B, Ingham R, McEachran J. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 38(1):6–12, 2006
• National estimates of the timing of sexual maturation and racial differences among US children. Sun SS, Schubert CM, Chumlea WC, Roche AF, Kulin HE, Lee PA, Himes JH, Ryan AS. Pediatrics 110:911-919, 2002.
• Gender differences in the timing of first intercourse: data from 14 countries. Singh S, Wulf D, Samara R, Cuca YP. International Family Planning Perspectives, 26(1):21–28 & 43, 2000.

 TEEN SEXUAL HEALTH

• Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2007. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of STD Prevention, December 2008.
• Sexually transmitted diseases among American youth: incidence and prevalence estimates, 2000. Weinstock H, Berman S, Cates W Jr. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 36(1):6–10, 2004.
• The Estimated Direct Medical Cost of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among American Youth, 2000. Chesson HW, Blandford JM, Gift TL, Tao G, Irwin KL. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 36(1):11–19, 2004
• Mediators of the association between age of first sexual intercourse and subsequent human papillomavirus infection. Kahn JA, Rosenthal SL, Succop PA, Ho GYF, Burk RD. Pediatrics109;e5, 2002.
• Dating Violence and the Sexual Health of Black Adolescent Females. Wingood GM, DiClemente RJ, Hubbard McCree DH, Harrington K, Davies SL. Pediatrics 107(5), 2001.