Extractions: Helping San Diego Youth Build a Bright Future BRIGHT Families has lost a valuable mentor and friend. For a memorial to Claire Slater, click here Teen pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, drugs, crime. If they only knew what you know now. The pregnancy rate among adolescents in the United States is higher than any other Western nation, and the statistics are the very worst right here in California. What are the causes of this problem, and how can we solve it?. We believe the solution lies in information, education, and support. Many teenagers have few positive role models in their lives. They need someone they can talk to, someone they can trust, someone who can help them make good decisions for themselves. Thatâs why BRIGHT Families matches teens with mentors who provide support, guidance, and a caring role model. The San Diego BRIGHT Families Project is a mentoring program to help youth negotiate through their turbulent teen years. A primary goal of the program is to provide youth with the knowledge and strength to avoid teen pregnancy. In addition, the program focuses on teaching teens how to have positive relationships, fostering a caring environment to help build self esteem, and exposing teens to different opportunities for careers and education. Mentors spend six months with their teens, for at least five hours per month. They talk with teens about reproductive health, teach them how to set and achieve goals, help with homework, and form positive relationships. BRIGHT Families trains mentors on the reproductive health curriculum, and also shows them how to effectively work with their mentees. In addition, the project provides mentor support and holds fun and educational group activities every month.
TEENAGE PREGNANCY Includes complete lesson plans to accompany teenage pregnancy, resources, Encourages teen to accept responsibility for her pregnancy outcome. http://www.icea.org/teenage.htm
Having A Healthy Pregnancy Overview of prenatal care, changes to expect, taking care of yourself, emotional health, and planning for the future. http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/emotions/pregnancy.html
Extractions: If you're a pregnant teen, you're not alone. About half a million adolescents give birth each year. Most teens who have babies didn't plan on becoming pregnant. You may have been surprised when you found out or even hoped it wasn't true. You may have been terrified to tell your parents. You may have worried how this might affect your relationships with your family, friends, and the baby's father. Sharing the news of your pregnancy can be one of the most difficult conversations to have. Whether you feel confused, worried, scared, or excited, you'll want to know how your life will change, what you can do to have a healthy baby, and what it takes to become a good parent. The most important thing you can do is to take good care of yourself so that you and your baby will be healthy. Girls who get the proper care and make the right choices have a very good chance of having healthy babies. Prenatal Care If you are pregnant, you need to see a doctor as soon as possible to begin getting prenatal care (medical care during pregnancy). The sooner you start to get medical care, the better your chances that you and your baby will be healthy. If you can't afford to go to a doctor or clinic for prenatal care, there are social service organizations that can help you. Ask your parent, school counselor, or another trusted adult to help you locate resources in your community.
Florida Education - Teenage Pregnancy Resources General Information about Teenage pregnancy. Center for Disease Control Teenage pregnancy Info Press Release for Natality and Teenage pregnancy Reports http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~feecwg/teen.html
Nutrition For You, Nutrition For Two teen guide to good health and nutrition before, during and after pregnancy. http://www.storknet.com/ip/reproductive_years/high_risk/teen_pregnancy.html
Extractions: Teen Pregnancy Adolescent pregnancies are higher risk than the pregnancies of healthy adult women. There are several reasons for this. First, teenage girls may not be completely through their own growth process. Adding pregnancy to a time of rapid personal growth will certainly increase nutritional demands. It will also challenge reproductive organs early in their development. As a result, pregnant teens are more likely to deliver their babies early (premature) or have a baby with low birth weight. Complications of pregnancy such as anemia, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and preeclampsia are also more likely to develop. Because of higher risks, it is critical that pregnant teenagers seek prenatal care as soon as they find out they are pregnant. Enrolling in prenatal care early in pregnancy can help ensure a healthy pregnancy outcome. Good obstetrical care will ensure that problems are detected and treated early, protecting both mother and child. It is very important that pregnant teenage girls keep all their prenatal medical appointments and that they are educated about pregnancy needs and good health practices.
Parenting Youths Site for young/teen people who are parenting or pregnant. It is run by a young parent and covers many pregnancy and parenting issues. http://www.parentingyouths.com
Extractions: Serving Douglas County, Oregon The Douglas County RAPP Coalition consists of a core group of community members, educators, health care professionals, law enforcement officials and representatives from various religious organizations. The mission of the RAPP Coalition is to work together through community partnership to provide services for teens that help reduce adolescent pregnancy rates. In recent RAPP meetings, the coalition has discussed where services for teens were being met in the local community. One area of concern in which the coalition has decided to be more proactive is in targeting males for teen pregnancy prevention.
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Domestic Violence Statistics Statistical resources on Domestic Violence and its relationship to pregnancy, children, teen relationships, and elder abuse. http://home.cybergrrl.com/dv/stats.html
Pregnancy & Parenting: For Today's Mom - IVillage From trying to conceive through your child s teen years, iVillage pregnancy Parenting offers upto-date and informative articles, features, expert advice http://parenting.ivillage.com/
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Birth Control - Diaphragm Describes this birth control method and how it protects against pregnancy and some STIs. Includes a photograph. http://www.pamf.org/teen/sex/birthcontrol/diaphragm.html
Lutheran Social Services Of Mid-America Adoptions and pregnancy counseling, teen parenting and pregnancy prevention, counseling, credit and housing counseling. http://www.lssmv.org/
Extractions: The Council on Accreditation voted unanimously to re-accredit Lutheran Social Services of Mid-America. "You, your staff, and board should be proud of this wonderful achievement," the COA said, in a letter to Bill Serr, President and CEO of LSSMA. "COA is proud to recognize you as one of these outstanding providers, and wish you the very best in your continuing service to the individuals in your community."
Extractions: By Michele Bloomquist (WebMD) The summer before freshman year of high school is usually carefree and easy a time of fun before focusing on homework and meeting new friends. Probably the last thing on a teenage girl's mind is going through labor. That certainly held true for Cassandra, then almost 15. "I didn't even realize I was pregnant," she says. "I skipped my periods all the time."
Extractions: Web posted at: 10:39 a.m. EDT (1439 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) The number of teen women giving birth in the United States dropped 8.5 percent between 1991 and 1995, according to a newly released study from the National Center for Health Statistics. The annual rate of teen births about a half million per year has dropped steadily since 1991, officials said. The study showed teen births dropped in every state, and across all races, the government said. Birth rates for African-American teens fell 21 percent between 1991 and 1996, but remain double the birth rate for white teens. Hispanic teens now have the highest birth rate, with more than one in 10 Hispanic teens giving birth each year. Twelve states saw birth rates decline more than 12 percent; five of them had birth rates drop more than 16 percent.
Teenage Pregnancy Unit - The Teenage pregnancy Unit is a crossGovernment Unit located within the Local Teenage pregnancy Co-ordinators may also logon and communicate with each http://www.teenagepregnancyunit.gov.uk/
Extractions: National Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Teenage Pregnancy Co-ordinators Local Implementation Teenage Pregnancy Unit ... Frequently Asked Questions The Teenage Pregnancy Unit is a cross-Government Unit located within the Department for Education and Skills which was set up to implement the Social Exclusion Unit's report on Teenage Pregnancy. This website contains information about the Government's Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, including guidance issued by the Teenage Pregnancy Unit as well as relevant publications from other Government Departments. There is also information about local implementation of the strategy and details about the Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy. Local Teenage Pregnancy Co-ordinators may also logon and communicate with each other online. log-on Teenagers, Parents and Students If you are a teenager looking for advice on sexual health or pregnancy issues, or a parent seeking information on talking to your teenagers about sex, there are many quality websites designed to meet your needs - too many for us to list them all here, but you could start with the sites listed below and they will contain links to others:
It's Your (Sex) Life An informational health resource for teens looking for answers about safe sex and protecting themselves from disease and unwanted pregnancy. http://itsyoursexlife.com/
