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Session: CDC's Program to Promote Science-based Approaches to Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Creativity, Capacity and Partnerships
4326.0: Tuesday, November 06, 2007: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Oral
CDC's Program to Promote Science-based Approaches to Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Creativity, Capacity and Partnerships
This session describes the sitution in the US regarding teen pregnancy and articulates the need to base prevention strategies on evidence. Panelists define the CDC definition of science-baseed approaches to teen prenancy prevention and describe how the framework can be used in programs. Examples of science-based teen pregnancy prevention programs from around the country are discussed. Panelists describe efforts to build coalitions and mobilize communities and to build capacity to prevent teen pregnancy, STIs and HIV.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: 1. Articulate the need to strengthen science-based approaches promoting adolescent sexual and reproductive health 2. Describe systems-level approaches to teen pregnancy prevention 2. Understand CDC's definition of science-based approaches to teen pregnancy prevention and how the framework can be applied at local level 3. Identify potential stakeholders for coalition building and increasing interest in science-based approaches 4. Create partnerships with local communities to mobilize communities in the prevention of teen pregnancy, STIs and HIV.
Moderator(s):Carla White
4:30 PM   CDC's program to promote science-based approaches to prevent teen pregnancy: Creativity, capacity, and partnerships
Carla Poindexter White, MPH
4:50 PM   Science-Based Approaches and Departments of Public Health: Creating Partnerships and Changing Policies to Reduce Teen Pregnancy, STIs and HIV
Myriam H. Jennings, MA
5:10 PM   Promoting science-based approaches to preventing teen pregnancy, STDs, and HIV: Policy, partnerships, and creativity
Brigid E. Riley, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health
Endorsed by:HIV/AIDS; Latino Caucus; Maternal and Child Health; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA