The National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

 

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2010 National Day a Success!

More than a half-million teens nationwide participated in the ninth annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. The purpose of the National Day is straightforward. Too many teens still think “It can’t happen to me.” The National Day helps teens understand that it can happen to them and that they need to think seriously about what they would do in the moment.

On the National Day, and throughout the entire month of May, teens nationwide were asked to go to The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy’s teen website—StayTeen.org—and participate in one of several online activities. About 360,000 took our short, scenario-based National Day Quiz (available in English and Spanish). The quiz challenged young people to consider what they would do in a number of sexual situations.

In addition to the National Day Quiz, nearly 180,000 teens played “Stay Teen Block Party,” a fun and educational online game that tested their knowledge on teen pregnancy prevention, sex myths, relationship issues, and much more through a series of challenging and fun puzzles.

Teens were also encouraged to enter the Stay Teen Pregnancy Prevention PSA Art Contest, by submitting their artwork and ideas about teen pregnancy prevention. Winning entries will be used by The National Campaign on postcards, posters, and other materials distributed nationwide. The National Campaign will be accepting entries by mail and online until September 30, 2010.

 

National Day Participants

In 2010, more than 550,000 people participated in our online National Day activities – up from 450,000 in 2009. Participants were able to take the National Day Quiz, play the Stay Teen Block Party game, or enter the PSA Art Contest online or download a print version of the National Day Quiz from our website. In addition, National Day Quiz discussion guides for parents and teens were available and were downloaded thousands of times.

 

National Day Partnerships

More than 200 national organizations partnered with The National Campaign to promote the 2010 National Day. National Day partners include a diverse group of media outlets, health sector leaders, education leaders, businesses, youth-serving groups, groups representing elected officials, fatherhood and male involvement groups, faith-based groups, and other prominent national organizations. Many of these groups promoted the National Day to their members, affiliates, customers, audiences, and contacts in ways The National Campaign could never have afforded or accomplished on its own. See a complete list of our 2010 National Day Partners.

 

Making a Difference

Each year, we ask teens to tell us what they thought about the National Day Quiz in a post-quiz evaluation survey and many do. Among the findings from this year’s survey:

• 77% said the Quiz made them think about what they might do in such situations;
• 66% said some of the situations in the Quiz were things that they or their friends had faced;
• 61% said they’d talk to their friends about the situations described in the Quiz;
• 60% said the Quiz made the risks of sex and teen pregnancy seem more real to them;
• 57% said they’d encourage others to take the Quiz;
• 55% said the Quiz made them think about things they hadn’t thought about before;
• 54% said they’d learned something new from the Quiz about the consequences of sex; and
• 42% said they’d talk to their parents or other adults about the situations described in the Quiz.

Teens were also given the opportunity to comment on the quiz. Here is a sampling of their responses:

• “This quiz made me think about the seriousness of sex. I know so many girls who might find themselves in similar situations and now I can give them smart advice. Thank you.” ~ Girl, age 15
• “I may be young, but the pressure to have sex is something that I deal with every day. This quiz helped me realize that saying ‘no’ is really easy and really important if I want a future for myself. ” ~ Girl, age 14
• "Speaking from my own personal experience, being a teen mom is really hard. I hope that lots of people take this quiz and think really hard about how they’d do in these situations before it’s too late." ~ Teen mom, age 17
• “I thought it was fun to read the situations and really think about what you would do in each of them. It’s good to think about the stuff before you find yourself in these kinds of situations.” ~ Guy, age 16
• “I thought the quiz was great. I really learned a lot from it. Even though I am waiting to have sex until after I am married, I still have to face these issues and pressures on a daily basis.” ~ Girl, age 17
• “I thought that the quiz was actually really informative and it was a good way to judge how well you would do in certain situations. Also it helped make me think about how much pressure there is on both girls and guys to have sex and how important it is to make safe decisions.” ~ Girl, age 16
• "I thought that the quiz was an accurate portrayal of what teens face today. All of the situations were dead-on about the things that teens have to decide every time they are put in a sexual situation." ~ Girl, age 18

 

Learn More

It's never too early to start planning for the 2011 National Day. Stay tuned to this page in the coming months for information and resources from the National Campaign. If have have any specific questions, please contact Michael Rosst at 202-478-8507 or mrosst@thenc.org. To receive timely updates about the 2011 National Day, please sign up for our National Day Notification Network.