By The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Sex education programs that encourage teen-agers to delay sexual activity but also teach them how to reduce their ...
Our specific strategy is to prevent teen pregnancy and unplanned pregnancy, especially among single, young adults. We support a combination of responsible ...
... that comprehensive
sexuality education is not related to greater promiscuity, but rather
delayed initiation, lower STI rates and reduced teen pregnancy. ...
... the aim of a five-year, $3.9 million research grant to Yale from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. ...
Robert Sanborn, president and CEO of Children at Risk, said Texas' approach toteen pregnancy is not working. "No matter how many reports show this kind of ...
... they'd had a sexual
experience compared to 30-percent who'd taken the standard class. Study
details are posted online in the "Journal of Adolescent Health."
... been associated with
poor outcomes such as failure to complete high school, increased risk
for psychiatric and substance problems, and teen pregnancy. ...
Only the combination of poverty and existing distress was a good predictor of teen pregnancy. Previous studies had shown high levels of depression among ...
After years of steady decline, teen-pregnancy rates are rising around the country. But the numbers for girls in the foster-care system have reached truly ...
The rate of teen pregnancy increased during 2005-2007, after declining from 1991-2205. • The annual rate of AIDS diagnosis reported among males age 15-19 ...
They did it by creating a series of online games to help prevent teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. It's called, "It's your game -- keep it ...
... addressing such
issues as infectious and chronic diseases, health promotion and disease
prevention, environmental health, maternal and child health, ...
Portland, OR (AHN) - A program
aimed at preventing criminal behavior in at-risk teenage girls has
yielded an unexpected, positive side effect - it also ...
By Moni Basu (CNN) -- She had
many plans for the future: to go to college, start a career, meet the
man of her dreams, raise a family -- when the time was ...
The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) has awarded more than $1.4 million to four recipients of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative (TPPI). ...
This includes competitive grants
for evidence-based programs, research and evaluation, and an
authorization for $50 million in new mandatory teen pregnancy...
The forum takes place the day before the 8th annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. On the National Day, teens nationwide are asked to go to www. ...
