Bill Albert
(202) 478-8510
Hundreds of Thousands of Teens Expected to Attend
4/30/2007
(Washington, DC) - Hundreds of thousands of teens nationwide are expected to participate in the sixth annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy on May 2, 2007. The purpose of the National Day is to focus the attention of teens on the importance of avoiding tooearly pregnancy and parenthood. On the National Day, teens nationwide are asked to go to www.teenpregnancy.org and take a short, scenario-based "quiz" that asks young people what they would do in a number of sexual situations.
Organized by the National Campaign, the National Day has widespread support. More than 230 national organizations and media outlets serve as official National Day partners by promoting the online quiz.
The message of the National Day is straightforward: Sex has consequences. The online quiz (available in English and Spanish) delivers this message directly to teens and challenges them to think carefully about what they might do "in the moment."
"The simple and direct message of the Quiz is: sex is serious, have a plan" said Sarah Brown, Chief Executive Officer of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. "Our hope is that—in some modest way—the quiz helps get through the 'it won't happen to me' barrier."
Why a National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy? Despite a 36% decline in the the national rate of teen pregnancy since the early 1990s, 31% of teen girls become pregnant at least once before age 20 and the vast majority (78%) of teen pregnancies are unintended.
Making a Difference: Last year over 800,000 individuals took the online National Day Quiz. A survey of the some of the teens that participated in the 2006 National Day indicates:
- 58% said the Quiz made them think about things they hadn’t thought about before;
- 69% said the Quiz made the risks of sex and teen pregnancy seem more real to them;
- 83% said the Quiz made them think about what they might do in such situations; and
- 57% said they’d learned something new from the Quiz about the consequences of sex.
Support for the National Day: National Day partners include a diverse group of over 230 media outlets, teen websites, health sector leaders, education leaders, businesses, youthserving groups, groups representing elected officials, fatherhood and male involvement groups, faith-based groups, and other prominent national organizations. For a full list of National Day partners, please visit, www.teenpregnancy.org/national.
About the National Campaign: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization supported largely by private donations. The National Campaign's mission is to improve the well-being of children, youth, and families by reducing teen pregnancy. When we first began in 1996, we set a goal of a one-third reduction in the teen pregnancy rate in ten years. Ten years later, it seems certain that the nation will reach this goal. Building on this great success, the National Campaign's new challenge for the next decade will be to reduce the teen pregnancy rate by another one-third. To find out more, visit www.teenpregnancy.org.
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