Preventing Unplanned Pregnancy and Completing College 
LESSON RESOURCE LIST	

LESSON ONE – Why Should You Care About Preventing Unplanned Pregnancy?

Resource Name	
 Resource Web Site URL	
Babycenter – “First-Year Baby Costs Calculator”	http://www.babycenter.com/baby-cost-calculator 	
USDA Center for Nutrition and Policy Promotion  - “Cost of Raising a Child Calculator”	http://65.216.150.170/default.aspx 	
Attorney General of Texas p.a.p.a. (Parenting and Parenting Awareness) program	https://www.oag.state.tx.us/cs/ofi/papa/ 	

LESSON TWO – How Much Do You Know About Birth Control and Sex?

Resource Name	
 Resource Web Site URL	
Bedsider	http://www.bedsider.org 	
Bedsider Features – “Fact or Fiction?”	http://bedsider.org/fact_or_fiction 	
Bedsider Method Explorer	http://bedsider.org/methods 	
Bedsider Features – “Real Stories”	http://bedsider.org/features/40 	
Bedsider Articles – “Provider Perspectives: Our medical experts weigh in on your questions.”	http://bedsider.org/features/95 	

LESSON THREE – Make a Plan and Take Action

Resource Name	
 Resource Web Site URL	
Bedsider Articles – “Getting birth control over-the-counter”	http://bedsider.org/features/78 	
Bedsider Method Explorer	http://bedsider.org/methods 	
		
Bedsider Real Stories	http://bedsider.org/features/40 	
Bedsider birth control methods – “Emergency contraception”	http://bedsider.org/methods/emergency_contraception#side_effects_tab 	
Bedsider “Where to get it” 	http://bedsider.org/where_to_get_it 	
Bedsider “Save money on your method” - Free Birth Control Tool	http://bedsider.org/free_birth_control 	
About.com – “How to talk to your partner about birth control and sex”	http://contraception.about.com/od/talkingaboutbirthcontrol/ht/TalktoPartner.htm 	
About.com – “How to respond to men’s excuses for not wanting to wear a condom”	http://contraception.about.com/od/talkingaboutbirthcontrol/ht/responses.htm 	
About.com – “What to Ask the Doctor”	http://contraception.about.com/od/talkingaboutbirthcontrol/tp/Ask-A-Doctor.htm 	
Bedsider “How to Talk Doctor”	http://bedsider.org/features/172 	
Bedsider Reminders	http://bedsider.org/reminders 	
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy	http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/ 	
Bedsider  - Contact Us	http://bedsider.org/contact 	
San Francisco Sex Information web site and hotline	http://test.sfsi.org/ 	
MTV’s It’s Your Sex Life	http://www.itsyoursexlife.com 	
Student Sex Life – “Healthy Relationships”
	http://www.studentsexlife.org/?page=HealthyRelationships 	
University of Wisconsin Relationship Education – “UWiRE for College Students”	http://www.wire.wisc.edu/WiREhome.aspx 	
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals Birth Control Tool – Method Match	http://arhp.org/MethodMatch/ 	

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Resource Name	
 Resource Web Site URL	
The Fog Zone: How Misperceptions, Magical Thinking, and Ambivalence Put Young Adults at Risk for Unplanned Pregnancy	http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/fogzone/PDF/FogZone.pdf	
Magical Thinking: Young Adults’ Attitudes and Beliefs About Sex, Contraception, and Unplanned Pregnancy Results from a Public Opinion Survey	http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/resources/pdf/pubs/MagicalThinking.pdf