The Jane Fonda Center for Adolescent Reproductive Health

The Jane Fonda Center for Adolescent Reproductive Health The Jane Fonda Center for Adolescent Reproductive Health was created in the year 2000 with a lead gift from Jane Fonda.

Mission

The mission of the Jane Fonda Center is to advance scientific knowledge about adolescence with an emphasis on adolescent reproductive health. It seeks to disseminate information and strategies for risk reduction and healthy transitions to adulthood.

To carry out its mission, the Center engages in activities that have the potential for creating needed social change and enhancing service delivery. These activities include education and training, research, evaluation, policy development, as well as program and materials development. Specialized adolescent patient care is carried out through contractual arrangements between Emory University and Grady Health System and is centered in the Grady Hospital Teen Services Program.

Philosophy

The social, emotional, physical, and psychological transitions experienced by youth throughout the pubertal years have the power to influence attitudes and patterns of behavior throughout life. Less attention has been paid to the beginning of the reproductive life span than to the middle childbearing years and to menopausal transitions. The Jane Fonda Center is addressing this gap.

Areas of Interest

Adolescent Growth and Development
Adolescent Sexuality
Adolescent Gynecology and Obstetrics
Adolescent Reproductive Health
Family Planning
Family Formation and Functioning
Gender Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities
Health Disparities
Health Education
Media Influences on Youth
Parenting
Poverty and Racism
Teen Relationships
Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood
Use of Technology to Improve Health Service Delivery
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Social and Institutional Change

Relationships

The Jane Fonda Center relies on national, state, and local relationships to enhance its work and carry out its mission. The Center is not a source of funding and does not give contracts or grants. However, as part of achieving its mission, it works with others to obtain funds for efforts that cooperatively support the goals and objectives of the Jane Fonda Center.

The Center has special relationships with the Teen Services Program at Grady Memorial Hospital and the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.

Our Staff

Melissa Kottke, MD, MPH; Associate Professor and Medical Director

Marian Apomah; Coordinator of Programs

Our Location

The Administrative Offices and Training Facilities for the Jane Fonda Center are located on the Grady Health System campus.