Provider Resources: Data and Policy
Data
Healthy Teens Oklahoma provides valuable data information such as state and county teen birth data, downloadable factsheets, and teen pregnancy prevention resource links. Their fast facts page has tons of great information!
The Oklahoma Statistics on Health Available for Everyone (OK2SHARE) system allows users to query public health datasets directly without going through the request process. It supports evidence-based decision making for public health in Oklahoma, to plan and improve service delivery, evaluate health care systems, inform policy decisions, and aid in research.
Policy
The Guttmacher Institute monitors and analyzes legislation, regulation and judicial action related to state policy developments on minors’ access to reproductive health care and sex education. This effort is used to prepare monthly updates on new policy developments and the status of state laws and policies.
The SIECUS State Profiles: A Portrait of Sexuality Education, Fiscal Year 2017 Edition includes individual profiles of adolescent sexual health promotion programs in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the other U.S. Territories and associated states.