Results tagged “Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month” from Pregnant Pause
May 06 2009
After Years of Decline, Teen Pregnancy and Births Back on the Rise
This piece is cross-posted on RH Reality Check.
There is reason to be concerned on this 8th National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. The extraordinary decline in teen pregnancy and childbearing - one of the nation's preeminent success stories of the past two decades - is in danger of being reversed. Cue sober music.
From the early 1990s, until 2007, the teen pregnancy rate in the United States plummeted 38 percent and the teen birth rate declined by about one-third. State and local level trends mirrored national trends almost everywhere: Over the past decade, we've seen declining rates of teen pregnancy in all 50 states and among all racial and ethnic groups - extraordinary progress on an issue many once considered intractable.
However, the most recent news on this front has not been as positive. After 14 straight years of declines, the national teen birth rate increased 5 percent between 2005 and 2007 and many states are reporting statistically significant increases in their respective rates of early childbearing as well.
May 06 2009
Today is the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Today is the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. We hope that everyone concerned about teen pregnancy will do what they can to promote this fun and informative online event. The purpose of the National Day is to focus the attention of teens on the importance of avoiding too-early pregnancy and parenthood.
Thanks to the hard work of more than 200 National Day partners, state and local organizations who are organizing National Day events all across the country, and teens themselves, the National Day is already off to a strong start. Already, more than 60,000 teens have participated by taking the National Day Quiz and more than 7,000 have added our National Day "Relationship Reality Pop Quiz" widget to their personal websites and social networking profiles. The advance turnout for this year's event has simply been amazing and we expect that hundreds of thousands more will participate over the course of the month.
Remember, the National Day Quiz and Widget will both be online throughout May, so it's not too late to help spread the word. Need some ideas? Check out our Tips for Getting Involved. For more information, visit the National Day section of our website.
May 05 2009
No DNA Test Necessary
Maury Povich talks to more young people about pregnancy and parenthood in the average month than most adults do in a year. He speaks directly to "wild teens," to men who father numerous children by multiple women, to women who have no idea who the fathers of their children are, and to young adults caught up in all kinds of "fertility chaos." And that's just on the set of his hit talk show. Thanks to the magic of television his talking reaches millions more. And starting today, he is talking about our Campaign.
Today, May 5th, at the Campaign's forum about reversing the rise in the teen birth rate, Maury will be moderating a panel discussion about what media can do to be part of the solution.
Tomorrow, May 6th - the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy - the "Maury" show devotes an episode to teens who want to get pregnant. He tries to talk them out of it, sends them to parenting "boot camp," and talks to their families. He also urges viewers to log onto Stayteen to take the National Day quiz.
And all month at his website, there are links to Stayteen and a whole page devoted to the National Day.
We couldn't be more excited to have Maury as a part of the family. No DNA test necessary.
Apr 30 2009
May is (Also) Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
It's a new month and you know what that means, right? New health observances. Yay!
Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month. National Arthritis Month. Lyme Disease Awareness Month. And let us not forget Food Allergy Awareness Week and National Brain Tumor Action Week. How come food allergies and brain tumors only get a week?
May is also, of course, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month and May 6th is our very own National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Beginning today, we hope that teens, parents, teachers and anyone who cares about young people will get involved online. Throughout May, teens are encouraged to visit our teen website -- StayTeen.org -- to take our National Day Quiz, which challenges them to think about what they would do in different risky sexual situations. In addition to the quiz, we're also offering an online widget mini-quiz (you can grab it below) that stresses the importance of healthy relationships. Teens can add this quiz to their profiles on websites like MySpace and Facebook and enter a contest to win free plane tickets or a free iPod Touch. I'll bet you the Fibromyalgia people aren't giving away free iPods...
With so many different issues vying for attention during May, it can be so easy to just not do anything. Don't just observe Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month. Get active. Visit StayTeen.org and take the quiz yourself. Talk to every teen you know about pregnancy prevention and tell them to take the quiz and grab the widget. Tell them that we're giving away some cool stuff.
For more information and to see what others around the country are doing to support the National Day, visit our National Day page the TheNationalCampaign.org.
May 14 2008
MayMonthMadness
Gentle reminder time friends.
Although the official 2008 National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy has come and gone (by the way, anyone have any ideas for a pithier title?), remember that May is Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (again, title ideas anyone?) and the snappy National Day online quiz will be up and operating throughout the month.
Please alert family, friends, neighbors, and enemies. Take the quiz, you'll be glad you did.
May 01 2008
Would You?
May 7, 2008 is the 7th annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. On the National Day (and throughout the month of May), teens are encouraged to visit The National Campaign's teen website -- StayTeen.org -- and take a short, scenario-based quiz that challenges them to think about what they would do in different risky sexual situations. In addition to the National Day Quiz, The National Campaign is offering an online widget (like the one posted above) that allows teens to add the National Day Quiz to their profiles on websites like MySpace and Facebook and an online video contest for teens.
For more information and to see what others around the country are doing to support the National Day, visit our National Day page the TheNationalCampaign.org.
