1. A Strategic Approach to Teen Pregnancy Prevention Presenter: Gale E. Grant, M.A., Adolescent Health Coordinator gale.grant@vdh.virginia.gov 205.3902gale.grant@vdh.virginia.gov

3. The BIG Goal By 2012, reduce the Richmond teen pregnancy rate for females ages 15 -17 to 25 per 1000 through the promotion and implementation of risk avoidance and risk reduction strategies. (Baseline 2007)

5. Strategies Implemented School-Based teen pregnancy prevention sessions Utilizing Social Networking Health Promotion via school-based health fair and promotion month events Involving teens Adolescent Reproductive Health Services

6. School-Based Program Implementation

7. HYPP Sessions Introduction to Teen Pregnancy in Richmond Sex and the City Abstinence The Cost of Teen Pregnancy Teen Parenthood Sexually Transmitted Diseases Getting and Using Protection Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships Interconnections of Risky Behaviors Refusal Skills Sex and Technology Next Steps: Plans for the Future

8. Encounters Matter

9. Involving Teens AIDS Awareness Day 2012 Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month Display Teens Panel Discussion at Seminar

10. Healthy Living for Youth Events Approximately 1200 students participated in 2012 health fair events!

11. Elementary and Middle School 5 th graders Abstinence Puberty Personal Hygiene Media Influences Peer Pressure Refusal Skills 6 th – 8 th Grades Evidence-based abstinence education curriculum

12. Beyond the Classroom 411 Search – Richmond Adolescent Health Program

14. Reproductive Health Services

15. Addressing Repeat Pregnancies Resource Mothers Program – pairs pregnant teens with experienced mothers to improve pregnancy outcomes and delay subsequent pregnancies Resource Mothers Program Enrollment and Repeat Pregnancy Prevention Trend 2008 - 2011 2008200920102011 Teens Enrolled 103797365 2 nd Pregnancy > 1 year after first birth 99777262

16. Teens and Sexuality Frequent exposure to sexually explicit material Inadequate role models Few opportunities to practice healthy behaviors with the necessary reinforcement

17. What Can You Do? Ask questions? – What do you think will happen if... ? – Have you thought about... ? – What will you do if... ? Provide opportunities for youth to practice healthy decision making and reinforce it.