As our bloggers have noted in the past, unfortunately progress in reducing teen pregnancy rates has not been even among all racial and ethnic groups. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, as of 2004 Latina teens had the highest pregnancy and birth rates of any major racial or ethnic group.
Tomorrow, May 19th, at 10:00am at the Capitol Visitor Center, the National Campaign's Latino Initiative will partner with the Latino Leaders Network to raise awareness among policymakers, service providers, the media, and concerned citizens about these disparities and how they affect the Latino community. This Issue Hour will highlight a new poll commissioned by The National Campaign and the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) that examines differences and similarities among key subgroups within the Latino community with regard to attitudes about teen pregnancy, sex, relationships, and goals and aspirations.
Click here to learn more about the event and RSVP to attend.
In other Latino Initiative news, Telemundo, the nation's second largest Spanish-language TV network, is running a teen pregnancy segment from May 26th to May 29th on prime time national news at 6pm and 11pm daily.
The Senior Manager of the National Campaign's Latino Initiative, Ruthie
Flores, was on Telemundo's local show Línea Directa last year
addressing teen pregnancy in the Latino community (click here
to see the article that resulted from the interview), and will be the show's
national expert on teen pregnancy in the Latino community in the special
series, "Madres Prematuras," next week. The five different news
segments will feature a total of 11 teens and two moms and will discuss the
causes and consequences of teen pregnancy in the Latino community, solutions to
reduce the high rates of
If you haven't RSVPed to the briefing, it's not too late! If you can't attend, check the Latino Initiative's webpage for more information about the subgroup poll. And (if you understand Spanish) don't forget to tune in to Telemundo next week to check out "Madres Prematuras!"
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