DOCUMENT RESUME ED 341 901 CG 023 996 TITLE The Risky Business of Adolescence: How To Help Teens Stay Safe--Part II. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session (June 18, 1991). INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. REPORT NO ISBN-0-16-037310-7 PUB DATE 92 NOTE 225p.; For Part I, see CG 023 995. AVAILABLE FROMU.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-9328. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; *Adolescents; At Risk Persons; *Diseases; Family Role; Federal Legislation; Health Promotion; Hearings; Sex Education; Sexuality; *Substance Abuse IDENTIFIERS Congress 102nd; Testimony ABSTRACT This document, comprising the second of two parts, contains testimony examing the vulnerability of today's youth to health problems because of risky sexual behaviors and substance abuse, and how adolescents may be encouraged to make healthy choices. An opening statement by Representative Patricia Schroeder is presented. Testimony from these witnesses i included: (1) Bradley P. Ha7ton, public policy research manager, Focus on the Family, Pomona, California; (2) John F. Lyons, associate professor of psychiatry, psychology, and medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois; (3) Bronwyn Hayden, executive director, Maryland Governor's Council on Adolescent Pregnancy, accompanied by Cathy Cardall, parent of a member of the Health Opportunities for Teens Advisory Board, Baltimore, Maryland; (4) Eleshia Ray, Kianga Stround, and Nkenge Tours, Peer Educators and Youth Coordinator, PEERS Program, Terrific Inc., Washington, D.C.; (5) Robert Selverstone, president, Board of Directors, SIECUS, Sex Information and Education Council of the United States, Westport, Connecticut; and (6) Gil Walker, commissioner, Chicago Housing Authority, The Midnight Basketball League, accompanied by Burtrell Selph, player, Chicago, Illinois. The script of a health educational theater presentation which was presented by actors April Jones D'Monroe, Keith Kaplin, Andy Pang, and Christy Winters is included. Prepared materials from Representatives Joan Kelly Horn and Patricia Schroeder, as well as from other individuals and groups, are included. (LLL) st********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ***** ***** ************************************************************* THE RISKY BUSINESS OF ADOLESCENCE:HOW TO HELP TEENS STAY SAFE-PARTII 1-4 HEARING BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON CYZ f=1 CHILDREN, YOUTH, ANDFAMILIES ral HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SErOND CONGRESS FIRST SESSION HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC. JUNE 18,1991 Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Children. Youth. and Families U.S. DEPANTWENT Of EDUCATION Ma at Edw.:Vickie Ruscen and innsovetnent E DuCATIONAL PE SOURCES INF OMAR T tON CENTE R IERIC) dOCumenf hal beOn niPtOducedis facsitse fiosn the pageOn 0 ordanttalOn onsbng fMinot changes nave men made h, .mpiewP la/M.64.10t0n ouItty Potnt at wti or oporroons 311100.n tnis dtxu merit do not oaceaaartly toofasent official OE RI posthon yofrcy A 0 GOVIRNIKEN'T PUNTING OFFICE 47 -042 WASHINGTON : 1992 For safe by the U S. Government Printing thtce SuprrinIendent of Documems. Mail Stop: SSOP. Wail:nog:on. DC 20402-4328 I SBN 0-16-037310-T BEST COPY AVAILABLE SELECT COMMIT= ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES PATRICIA SCHROEDER, Colorado, Cfuurwootan GEORGE MILLER, Calikrnia FRANK FL WOLF, Virginia WILLIAM LERMAN. Flioida J. DENNIS HASTIOIT. Illinois MATTHEW F. McHUGH. New York CLYDE C. HOLLOWAY. Louisiana TED WEISS. New York CURT WELDON. Pennsylvania BERYL ANTHONY, J. Arkansas LAMAR S. SMTTH. Texas BARBARA BOXER, California JAMES T. WALSH. New York SANDER M. LEVIN. Michigan RONALD K. MACHTLEY. Rhode Island J. ROY ROWLAND. Georgia BOB McEWEN, Ohio GERRY SIKORSKL Minnesota MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Florida ALAN WHEAT. Masouri SCOTT L. KLUG, Wisconsin MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California RICHARD JOHN SANTORUM, Pennsyhania LANE EVANS. Il DAVE CAMP. Michigan RICHARD J. DURBIN. illinois FRANK D. RIGGS, California DAVID E. SKAGGS. Colorado BILL BARRETT, Nebraska BILL SARPALIUS, Texas TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan JOAN KELT.Y HORN. Missouri JIM BACCHLS, Florida DOUGLAS "PETE" PETERSON. Florida ROBERT E. "BUIr CRAMER, Ja.. Mabama Cordairrnes STA FF KARARZLIS PIZMOATL Staff Director JILL KACAN, Deputy Staff Director DANIELLE MADitioN, Minority Staff Director CAROL M. STATUTO, Minority Deputy Staff Director 3 CONTENTS Page Hearing held in Washington, DC, June 18, 1991 1 Statement a Bradley P., Ph.D., public policy research manager, Focus onthe : 106 ,Pomona, CA Lyozicinf4.. F., Ph.D., associate professor of Psychology, and Northwestern University Medical = . ,,v ,,- .IL 83 Mayden, Bronwyn, executive director,Maryland Governor s Council on Adolescent Pregnancy; accompanied by Cathy Cordell,parent of a member of the Health Opportunities for Ter noAdvisory Board, Balti- more, MD 94 Preeentation of "Secrets" by D'Monroe, April Jones,Keith Kaplin, Andy Pang, and v. Winter% accompanied by Joseph A. Glossa, Kaiser Permanents, W -,. , DC 9 Ray, Eleshia, Kianga =,' '.and Nkenge Tours, Peer Educators and Youth Coordinator, PEERS Program, Terrific Inc.,11,1, DC 37 Selverstone. Robert, Ph.D., president, Board of Directors,=''':', US, Sex Information and Education Council of the United States,Westeort, GT 54 Walker, Gil, commissioner, Chicago Housing Authority, TheMidnight Basketball League; accompanied byBuriT Selith, player, Chicago. IL 65 Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera: American Academy of Pediatrics, Washington, DC,prepared statement of 175 Blum, Robert Win., M.D., Ph.D., professor- anddirector, Division, General Pediatrics es Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota.MN, pre- pared statement of 100 Bradley P.. Ph.D., public policy research manager,Focus on the y, P,__CA, prepared statementof 110 Horn, Hon. Joan Mly, a Representative in Congress fromthe State of Missouri, mowed statement of 142 Lehman, Mark Paul, Human Rights Campaign Fund,Washington, DC, prepared statement of 179 Lyons, John F., Ph.D., associate professor of pr -..try,peycholow, and medicine, Northwestern University MW.=1, ,.'-ol,Chicago. IL, Pre- pared statement of a Marquis, Damon X, director of Health Education,National Commission a on Correctional Health Care. Chicago,IL, prepared statement of 167- Mayden, Bronwyn, executive director, Maryland Governor'sCouncil on Adolescent Pregnancy, Baltimore, MD, prepared statementof 98 RgyirrifiEleicihia, Peer 1?!clucators and Youth Coordinator,PEERS Program, Inc., Washington, DC, prepared statement of 39 Schroeder, Hon. Panicle, a Representative in Congressfrom the State of Colorado and chairwoman, Select Committee on Children,Youth, and Families: 1 of Adolescence: How To Help Teens StaySafe" Veining. 'die ..Businlf 3 (a fact ) SIECUS (Sea d Selverstone, Robert, Ph.D., president, Board of Directors, Information and Education Council of the UnitedStates), Westport, CT, prepared statement of 58 Shalwitz, Janet, M.D., director, Special Programs ForYouth, San Francis- co, CA,prepared statementof 173 Stroud, Kianga, Peer Educators and Youth Coordinator,PEERS Program, Terrific Inc., Washington, DC, prepared statement of 42 prepared statement The Center For Population Options. Washington, DC, 185 of Iv Pap Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials,et cetera--Continued Tome, Nkenge, Peer Educators and Youth Coordinator, PENISProgram. Terrific Inc., Washington, DC, prepared statement of 45 Walker, commissioner, Chimp Homing Authority, Micktiett Basket- ballChk:ago, IL: summary of Midnight Basketball League Program 1989-90 Pilot 80 Prepared statement of 69 Wattleton, Faye, president of Planned Parenthood of America, Inc, Washington, 13C, prepared statement of 210 Wilcox, Brian L.. Ph.D., director, Legislative Affairs andPolicy Studies, American Psychological Association; Waahington, DC, preparedstate- meat of 165 Wilscm, Mercedes Amu, president, Family of the AmericasFoundation Inc., Mandeville, LA, prepared statement of 143 THE RISKY BUSINESS OF ADOLESCENCE: HOW TO HELP TEENS STAY SAFE-PART II TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1991 Housz or REPRESENTATIVES, SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, Yount, Awn FAMILIES, Washington, DC The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 311, Cannon House Office Building, Hon. Patricia Schroeder (chairwom- an) presiding. embers present: Representatives Schroeder, Rowland, Evans, Durbin, Collins, Peterson, Cramer, Wolf, Hastert., Walsh, Barrett. Staff present: Karabelle Pizzigati, staff director; Jill deimity staff director, Madlyn Morreale, research associate; y Kennedy, professional staff; i%nielle Madison, minority staff direc- tor; Carol ,:aatuto, minority deputy staff director; and Joan Godley, committee clerk. Chairwoman SCHROEDER. Thank you very much. I want to call this second hearing in a series that we have been running on ado- lescence, the risky behavior, and how we can deal with all of this. Yesterday was the first hearing in which we talked about the range of hazards, and I think one of the very interesting things was we found the correlation that was going on among a lot of this ristbehavior. question we have today is