This semester they will be numbered, as best I can, instead of alphabetical.
Research Project Assignment Sheets Topics and Research Project Sites:
For those who can't remember which project they are doing or lost their slip of paper.
DUE APRIL 1st/2nd
Questions to Answer:
1. “Child Sexual Abuse” An agency that specializes in child sexual abuse. This could be an agency that provides either treatment or support for survivors, an emergency room center that specializes in child sexual abuse, a program within the police department, etc.
1. a. Who sexually abuses children? Why?
b. How can you tell if a child is being sexually abused?
How can you help?
c. If a person was sexually abused as a child, and now is a teen, what advice would you give them?
d. Could a child or teen get help from this agency? How?
2. “Rape and Sexual Assault” An agency that specializes in sexual assault and rape. This could be an agency that provides treatment or support for survivors, an emergency room center that specializes in sexual assault, a program within the police department, a legal aid agency, an advocacy group, etc.
2. a. What is “rape”? What is “sexual assault”?
b. If a teen girl was raped, could she get help from this agency? What type of services?
c. If a teen guy was raped, could he get help from this agency? What type of services?
d. If someone who is either lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender was raped, could they get services here? What type of services?
e. How could a teen help a friend who was raped?
3. “Pregnancy Testing” Any clinic or physician that provides pregnancy tests. For example, a Public Health clinic, Planned Parenthood, a family doctor, or gynecologist. 3. a. What types of services do you offer youth?
b. Is there a cost?
c. Is there an age limit? Does a teen need a parent or guardian’s permission?
d. How do teens usually learn about your services?
e. If someone tests positive, will you provide or refer them for prenatal care, abortion and adoption planning; depending on what they want?
4. “Prenatal Development” An agency or clinic that provides education about prenatal health or services for pregnant women to assist with a healthy pregnancy. Examples of these agencies include a local Public Health clinic or WIC (Women, Infant and Children) program, a hospital maternity support department, the March of Dimes, etc.
a. What services do you provide to teens? Adults?
b. How can this agency help women and couples have healthy pregnancies?
c. Does a teen need a parent or guardian’s permission to access these services? d. Is there a cost?
e. What advice would you give someone who is pregnant about having a healthy pregnancy?
5. “Prescription Birth Control” A reproductive health clinic (such as a Public Health Family Planning Clinic or a Planned Parenthood clinic), a family doctor or gynecologist, or a community clinic.
a. Who comes to this agency or clinic for birth control?
b. Is there a cost? An age limit? Does a teen need a parent or guardian’s permission?
c. What can a teen expect to experience in a birth control visit?
d. Can a teen bring their partner, friend, or a family member?
e. What kinds of prescription birth control are available at this agency or clinic?
6. “Non-prescription Birth Control” A drug store (pharmacy), a family planning clinic (such as a Public Health Family Planning Clinic or a Planned Parenthood), a local non-profit or HIV organization that distributes condoms, etc.
a. What kinds of non-prescription birth control are available at this store or clinic? Name a few brands and their prices.
b. Who comes to this store or clinic for birth control? Mostly guys? Girls? What ages?
c. Is there a cost? An age limit? Does a teen need a parent or guardian’s permission?
d. Are the birth control methods – condoms, spermicides -- openly displayed or kept behind the counter?
7. “Religion and Birth Control” Clergy (priest, minister, rabbi, monk, nun) or other religious leader (Sunday school teacher, Hebrew school teacher, etc.) Choose two religious faiths to study.
a. What does this faith or spiritual community teach about birth control? Are all methods acceptable? Are any?
b. If a single person or unmarried couple came to you (the religious leader) for advice about birth control, what would you say?
c. What if a married person or couple came to you? d. Has the teaching of this religion always been the same, regarding birth control...or has it changed over time?
8. “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Teen Support” An agency that provides support, groups, housing, counseling, or activities for teens who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and / or transgender.
a. What type of services do you offer for LGBT youth?
b. What brings LGBT youth to your agency?
c. How many LGBT youth do you serve?
d. What can a teen do to support their LGBT friends?
e. If a youth is LGB or T, what services are available in the community to support them?
9. “Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD): Testing and Treatment” An STD clinic or any clinic or physician which tests and treats STDs (for example, a Public Health clinic, Planned Parenthood, a family doctor, gynecologist)
a. Who comes to this clinic for STD tests or treatment? What ages?
b. Is there an age limit? Does a teenager need a parent or guardian’s permission? Is there a cost?
c. What happens to a patient during a visit for an STD test?
d. What information would you most want teens to know about STDs?
10. “HIV – Support for People Living With HIV” A local HIV agency that provides services either to prevent the spread of HIV or to provide treatment, care, housing, and/or education to people living with HIV. Or a clinic or doctor who provides HIV testing and counseling.
a. What services do you provide to teens and young adults?
b. Is there an age limit?
c. Does a teen need a parent or guardian’s permission?
d. Is there a cost for your services?
e. What information would you most want teens to know about living with HIV?
11. “HIV - Testing and Treatment” A clinic that provides HIV testing or any clinic or physician which provides HIV testing and/or treatment for people living with HIV (for example, a Public Health clinic, Planned Parenthood, a family doctor, gynecologist, etc.)
a. Who comes to this clinic for HIV tests or treatment? What ages?
b. Is there an age limit? Does a teenager need a parent or guardian’s permission?
c. Is there a cost?
d. What happens to a patient during a visit for an HIV test?
e. What information would you most want teens to know about HIV?
12. “Pregnancy Options” An agency that provides one of the following: prenatal care, adoption services or abortion services.
a. What types of services do you offer youth?
b. Is there a cost?
c. Is there an age limit?
d. Does a teen need a parent or guardian’s permission?
e. How do teens usually learn about your services?
13. “Internet Safety” A public library’s librarian or a local agency or university professor that specializes in internet safety for young people.
a. What types of services do you offer youth?
b. What types of services do you offer parents?
c. Is there a cost for your services?
d. What can young people do to stay safe online?
e. If we think that a friend is in trouble, how can we help them?