On the National Day (May 7, 2008), teens nationwide will be asked to visit the new teen website of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy -
StayTeen.org - to take a short, scenario-based "quiz" that asks young people what they would do in a number of risky sexual situations. The purpose of the National Day is to focus the attention of teens on the importance of avoiding too-early pregnancy and parenthood.
Feb. '08
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy:
Emerging Answers 2007
- Research Findings on Programs
to Reduce Teen Pregnancy and
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Sales of the Plan B "morning-after pill" nearly doubled in the past year, exceeding expectations after the U.S. government allowed adults to buy the emergency contraceptive without a prescription.
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The pill has been the most popular form of contraception for American women for four decades. And just last week, the FDA approved the first form of the pill that completely eliminates a woman's period...
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Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D) has directed the state Department of Health and Family Services to notify federal officials that Wisconsin is refusing $600,000 in Title V federal abstinence education funds...
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Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) is the clinical practice of treating the sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea by providing prescriptions or medications to the patient to take to his/her partner without the health care provider first examining the partner.
HIV
/ AIDS Surveillance Report Cases of HIV/AIDS, by area of residence, diagnosed in
2004 - 33 states with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting
MMWR
Surveillance Summaries Contraceptive Use --- United States and Territories, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002
CHICAGO - With a growing number of reports of pharmacists around the country refusing to fill prescriptions for birth control and emergency contraception, Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich on Friday filed a rule requiring Illinois pharmacies to accept and dispense all such prescriptions promptly [full
article].
DMPA, Bone Mineral Density, and Teens: Recent and
Reassuring Data Question: With recent studies showing that there is 3% to 6% bone density loss per year when a patient is
using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA, Depo Provera ), is there a length of time after
which alternative contraception should be used? Is there any role for "add-back therapy"? Bone
density does not always correlate with bone strength, but a lot of our younger generations do not
take in much calcium and we may have lower bone masses aggravated by DMPA [full
article in PDF].
A FREE book online from the National
Academies Press, by
Sharyl J. Nass and Jerome F. Strauss III, Editors, Committee on New Frontiers in Contraceptive Research US Board on Health Sciences Policy (HSP), Institute of Medicine (IOM), 2004
One Vote: a short film about women and voting
"One Vote" is a 6-minute video about women and voting, directed by two-time Oscar nominees
Deborah Hoffmann and Frances Reid. At a time when women's political muscle is more crucial than ever, "One Vote" aims to free voters from hopelessness, apathy and self-imposed disenfranchisement. Through interviews with women from various walks of life, the video captures the political attitudes, feelings, beliefs and desires of millions of women. The on-screen subjects are articulate and passionate, explaining why they vote, and what makes voting crucial to them and their children's future. The viewer will be able to relate with the on-screen women and make the connection that her voice and vote are essential to the working of this democracy.
As one of the women puts it, "we won the right to vote and now you want to press the mute button."
HCET has received notice of funding from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for a cooperative agreement on Integrating HIV and Other Prevention Services into Reproductive Health and Community Settings.
This five year project includes two major tracts:
Integrating HIV services into women's reproductive health care settings, and
training and technical assistance on adolescent reproductive health issues.
Sept. '04
Tobacco Headlines
Tobacco Control Resource Center, Inc. United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., et al. -
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