Promoting science-based approaches to preventing teen pregnancy, STDs, and HIV: Policy, partnerships, and creativity

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4326.0: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 5:10 PM

Abstract #158577

Promoting science-based approaches to preventing teen pregnancy, STDs, and HIV: Policy, partnerships, and creativity

Brigid E. Riley, MPH, Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention and Parenting, 1619 Dayton Ave., Suite 111, St. Paul, MN 55104, 651-644-1447, brigid@moappp.org

The Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention and Parenting (MOAPPP) is a statewide nonprofit organization working to develop and strengthen policies and programs that promote adolescent sexual health, prevent adolescent pregnancy and support adolescent parents. MOAPPP is one of nine state organizations, three national organizations and four regional training sites participating in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Promoting Science-Based Approaches to Preventing Teen Pregnancy (PSBA) cooperative agreement. Use of the CDC's PSBA framework at a local level will be discussed, including a review of the selection process used to choose local partner organizations. The important role that policy makers, funders, schools and youth-focused organizations can play in preventing teen pregnancy, the strength of strong partnerships, and the importance of flexibility and creativity will be highlighted.

Learning Objectives:

Articulate systems-level approaches to teen pregnancy prevention
Understand how CDC’s science-based approaches to teen pregnancy prevention framework can be applied at a local level
Identify reasons for selecting particular local partners
Recognize the importance roles flexibility and creativity play in carrying out a planned intervention

Keywords: Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Adolescent Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

CDC's Program to Promote Science-based Approaches to Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Creativity, Capacity and Partnerships

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