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1 Yolanda Reyna, Palo Alto College Chelsey Storin, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy Tony Summers, Richland College Make It Personal: (Unplanned) Pregnancy Planning/Prevention Helps Students Complete College

2 About The National Campaign Brief introduction to unplanned pregnancy Make It Personal: College Completion How Richland College has addressed the topic Palo Alto College’s projects Resources What We’ll Cover

3 Non-profit, non-partisan organization, funded mainly through private donations Research- and evidence-based Does not take a position on abortion Works with a variety of partners, including policymakers, entertainment media, service providers, colleges, and others About The National Campaign

4 Myths about Unplanned Pregnancy Unplanned pregnancies mainly occur to teens If a woman has had an unplanned pregnancy, she is more likely to know how to prevent one in the future By the time they arrive at college, students already know everything about how to prevent pregnancy This topic does not belong in the classroom

5 7 in 10 pregnancies to unmarried women ages 18–29 are unplanned Unplanned Pregnancy is on the rise among those ages 20-24 At community colleges, unplanned births account for one in ten dropouts among female students, and seven percent of dropouts overall Unplanned Pregnancies and Births

6 How much do you know? Among couples who have sex regularly, what percent will get pregnant within one year if they use no birth control at all? A. 15% B. 33% C. 60% D. 85% E. 97%

7 Make It Personal: College Completion Three-year national demonstration project Improve community college student retention and success by addressing pregnancy planning, prevention, and healthy relationships Funded by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy Managed by the American Association of Community Colleges

8 MIPCC Colleges –Chattahoochee Technical College, GA –Georgia Perimeter College, GA –Mesa Community College, AZ –Montgomery College, MD –Palo Alto College, TX Curriculum-based strategy: service learning Replicable curricular content and materials developed for use by other community colleges Pre/post-course surveys to track knowledge, attitudes, behavioral intent, retention Make It Personal: College Completion

9 Lesson One: Why Should You Care About Preventing Unplanned Pregnancy? Lesson Two: How Much Do You Know About Sex and Birth Control? Lesson Three: Make a Plan and Take Action Online Lessons

10 True or false: It is necessary to "take a break" from the Pill every couple of years. A.True B.False How much do you know?

11 Tony Summers Vice President, Student Development Richland College, TX

12 Yolanda Reyna Co-Chair, Counseling and Support Services Palo Alto College, TX

13 True or false: An IUD (intrauterine device) can only be used by women who have already given birth. A.True B.False How much do you know?

14 Online Lessons Features of the lessons: Stand alone Variety of content: videos, websites, and interactive self-checks and learning activities and websites Flexible use Easy implementation –Faculty do not have to invest huge amounts of prep time or become experts in the subject matter.

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18 Student Sex Life Bedsider Fact sheets Videos Other Resources

19 StudentSexLife.org

20 Bedsider

21 Booklets Posters Brochures Postcards Videos Bedsider Materials

22 Chelsey Storin Manager of College Initiatives The National Campaign cstorin@thenc.org (202) 478-8519 cstorin@thenc.org Let us scan your badge to sign you up for our quarterly newsletter, Unplanned Pregnancy and Colleges Update Thank you!


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