Free Will for All?
Date: February 13th, 2012
By: Bob Reeg
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Under the Affordable Care Act, employers are required to pay for preventative care services—including birth control. The administration announced late January that churches and houses of worship would be exempt from providing free birth control coverage to their employees. The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects citizens from a government establishment of religion,…
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What’s in a Ribbon?
Date: February 8th, 2012
By: Gina Desiderio
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Last week, the Susan G. Komen Foundation announced Planned Parenthood would no longer be eligible to receive grants to provide breast cancer screenings to women. After a tremendous backlash against Komen, and an outpouring of support for Planned Parenthood, Komen reversed its decision, announcing that Planned Parenthood would again be eligible for grant applications. In…
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New Year, New You?
Date: February 1st, 2012
By: Guest Blogger
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Guest Blog Post by Claire Swinburn Are you still on track to achieving your New Year’s resolutions? One of the biggest stumbling blocks we face when trying to achieve goals that we set is our thinking! Our thinking is better described as our mental chatter. Well, our mental chatter often works against us when…
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Teens Delivering Important Messages, Peer to Peer
Date: January 19th, 2012
By: Guest Blogger
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Teens P.A.C.T. Peer Leaders Guest Blog Post by Michele Perlman Research supports peer education: messages have a higher likelihood of getting through—and changing attitudes and behaviors—when recipients believe that the messengers are similar to themselves. This phenomenon is especially prevalent among teens. Despite the fact that this is common knowledge among youth providers, it’s not…
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Seeking Validation: A Former Teen Parent’s Journey
Date: January 10th, 2012
By: Guest Blogger
Guest Blog Post by Todaé Charles Growing up as a teen parent, I was fearful. I had my four children when I was 13, 15, 17, and 19 years old. Because I was so young, I thought people would try to take my children away from me. As I grew up and raised my family,…
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5 Ways to Become an Approachable Parent: Positive Parenting for Teen Sexual Health
Date: January 4th, 2012
By: Guest Blogger
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Guest Blog Post by Sheila Overton, M.D., FACOG One of the top questions I’ve encountered from parents as an Ob/Gyn and health educator is: “How can I get my teen to come to me with questions and concerns about sex?” While some parents and teens may have that near-perfect, open relationship that allows them to…
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Not Under My Roof (Yet?)
Date: December 22nd, 2011
By: Kelly Connelly
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“American girls are more than four times likely to become pregnant and more than two times as likely to have abortions as their Dutch counterparts, even though they have sex at comparable ages,” Amy Schalet writes in her book, Not Under My Roof: Parents, Teens, and the Culture of Sex. Schalet, a Sociology professor at…
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Failure to Increase Access to Emergency Contraception a Failure for All
Date: December 18th, 2011
By: Gina Desiderio
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius failed to accept the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommendation to make Plan B One-Step emergency contraception available without a prescription for people under 17. Emergency contraception will continue to be available for women under 17 with a prescription, and behind the counter, once…
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HP 2020: What the New Indicators Mean for Our Work
Date: December 1st, 2011
By: Pat Paluzzi
October 31st at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting, Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health at Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), announced the leading health indicators for the next decade. Healthy People 2020 indicators provide national focus on a set of health issues affecting the United States, which will receive…
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The State of the Union in Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Date: January 25th, 2011
By: Pat Paluzzi
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Yesterday, President Obama delivered his State of the Union address. The purpose of the address is to inform Congress and the American people about the current state of our nation. The field of teen pregnancy prevention has seen many changes in the last few years. From creations of new departments and new programs to the…
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