Health and Medical Guide to Sexual Health Child Sexual Abuse Health information topics about Child Sexual Abuse: Adults 1. Adult Manifestations of Childhood Sexual Abuse American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZMXNDEKEC&sub_... Children 1. What You Can Do to Prevent the Sexual Exploitation National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=... 2. Kids and Teens Page (National Runaway Switchboard) National Runaway Switchboard http://www.nrscrisisline.org/kids.asp Coping 1. Talking to Your Child about Sexual Abuse Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/sexual_abuse.html 2. Parenting the Sexually Abused Child National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_abused/index.cfm 3. What to Do If a Child Discloses Sexual Exploitatio National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Signs of Sexual Exploitation in Children National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=... Directories 1. CyberTipline (Child Sexual Abuse) National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.cybertipline.com/ 2. Child Sexual Abuse National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/reslist/rl_dsp.cfm?subjID=83&rate_chno=11-1... 3. State Sex Offender Registry Web Sites Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/states.htm 4. How to Report Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Administration for Children and Families http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/publications/rpt_abu.htm Law and Policy 1. Laws Concerning the Sexual Exploitation of Childre National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=... 2. Laws Concerning Pornographic Images of Children National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=... 3. Laws Concerning Prostituted Children National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=... 4. Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse and Neglect National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/manda.cfm 5. Sex-Offender Registration National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=... 6. Definitions, Scope, and Effects of Child Sexual Ab National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/usermanuals/sexabuse/sexabuseb.cfm Men 1. Myths about Male Sexual Victimization MaleSurvivor: National Organization against Male Sexual Victimization http://www.malesurvivor.org/myths.htm 2. Ten Facts about Sexual Abuse of Boys and Its After MaleSurvivor: National Organization against Male Sexual Victimization http://www.malesurvivor.org/10%20Facts.htm Organizations 1. Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www.fbi.gov/ 2. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.missingkids.com/ 3. American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org/ 4. National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/ 5. National Runaway Switchboard http://www.nrscrisisline.org/ Overviews 1. Sexual Abuse: What Is Child Sexual Abuse? American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ1LW3YA7C&sub_... 2. Child Sexual Abuse National Center for PTSD http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/facts/specific/fs_child_sexual_abuse.html 3. Child Sexual Abuse American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/sexabuse.htm 4. What Is the Molestation of Children? National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=... Prevention/Screening 1. Parent's Guide to Internet Safety Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguidee.htm 2. Preventing the Sexual Exploitation of Children National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.missingkids.com/en_US/publications/NC128.pdf 3. Sexual Abuse Prevention American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ7PP1YA7C&sub_... Related Issues 1. Pedophilia American Psychiatric Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZUZRUZGLC&sub_... 2. Pornographic Images of Children National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=... 3. Questions and Answers about Memories of Childhood American Psychological Association http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/mem.html 4. What is Online Enticement of Children for Sexual A National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=... 5. What is the Prostitution of Children? National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=... 6. Internet Crimes against Children Dept. of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime http://www.ojp.gov/ovc/publications/bulletins/internet_2_2001/welcome.html Research 1. Childhood Sex Abuse Increases Risk for Drug Depend National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol17N1/Childhood.html Statistics 1. National Runaway Switchboard Statistics National Runaway Switchboard http://www.nrscrisisline.org/news_stats.asp   Sexual Health / STDs News From Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. AVAC Calls For Speedy Funding Of Critical Microbicide Follow-Up Studies 4 Sep 2010 at 4:00am AVAC issues a call to action to donors, policy-makers, researchers and advocates to ensure that critical follow-up studies to the landmark CAPRISA 004 microbicide trial receive the economic and political support needed to move forward as quickly as possible... 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