National Campaign Statement on the Teen Pregnancy Increase
The National Campaign released the following statement on new, sobering teen pregnancy data released by the Guttmacher Institute in January 2010. The report provides national data through 2006 state-level through 2005, and highlights a three percent increase in the teen pregnancy rate between 2005 and 2006 (as was predicted by the increase in the teen birth rate during the same time period.) Read the statement
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National Campaign Statement on Congress' Passing the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative Into Law
The National Campaign released the following statement on behalf of the Senate's passage of a package of spending bills for FY 2010,
which included a historic new investment in efforts to prevent teen pregnancy. The House of
Representatives approved the spending bills last Thursday (12/10/09), and the President is expected to sign it into law by Friday, December 18th.
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National Campaign Statement on Senate Finance Committee 10/13/09 Vote
On October 13, 2009, the Senate Finance Committee passed its health reform bill, which includes a substantial and much-needed investment in teen pregnancy prevention programs. The Personal Responsibility Education for Adulthood Training (PREAdulthood Training) program would provide a total of $75 million to help young people avoid teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including $50 million to states and territories for proven, evidence-based programs each year for the next five years. As an organization dedicated to preventing teen and unplanned pregnancy and deeply committed to research and evidence, we applaud Chairman Baucus and the committee for the focus on strong science.
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National Campaign Statement in Support of the Ryan DeLauro Bill
The National Campaign has long believed that reducing conflict and respecting a range of deeply held opinions is essential to making progress on the important issue of reducing both teen and unintended/unplanned pregnancy. The Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act, authored by Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Tim Ryan (D-OH), is an important example of this reasonable, inclusive perspective.
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President Obama’s Budget Proposal for Preventing Teen Pregnancy: Thoughts from The National Campaign
As an organization dedicated to preventing teen and unplanned
pregnancy and deeply committed to research and evidence, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy strongly supports President Obama’s budget proposal for funding evidence-based programs to prevent teen pregnancy. This proposal emphasizes good science, encourages research and innovation, and increases the overall investment in preventing too-early pregnancy and parenthood at a time when the teen birth rate is on the rise.
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Briefly - President Obama’s Budget Proposal for Preventing Teen Pregnancy: Thoughts from The National Campaign
Briefly: Teen Pregnancy Prevention in the President’s FY 2010 Budget
On May 7, 2009, the Obama-Biden Administration released its FY2010 budget. The budget proposes a new initiative to prevent teen
pregnancy using evidence-based and promising models. The summary below is our effort to synthesize key points from several different
budget documents to provide the fullest possible picture of the Administration’s proposal.
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Briefly - Policy Brief: Funding to States and Communities for Effective Teen Pregnancy Prevention Interventions
There is persuasive and growing evidence that a number of programs can delay sexual activity, improve contraceptive use among sexually active teens, and/or prevent teen pregnancy. At present, the federal government’s primary investment has been in abstinence education rather than programs with strong evidence of success, which focus both on encouraging young people to postpone sex and to use contraception carefully and consistently if they are sexually active. Investment in programs that have been proven effective in changing teen sexual behavior should be increased in order to sustain our nation’s progress in reducing teen pregnancy.
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Briefly: A Summary of Effective Interventions
The U.S. teen birth rate increased 3% between 2005
and 2006—the first increase in 15 years—and despite a 38% decline
in teen pregnancy since the early 1990s, it is still the case that three
in ten girls become pregnant by age 20. Investment in programs
that have been proven effective in changing teen sexual behavior is
now more important than ever if the nation’s progress in reducing
too-early pregnancy and parenthood is to be sustained.
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Briefly - Policy Brief: Preventing Pregnancy Among Youth in Foster Care
Teens in foster care— many of whom suff ered abuse and neglect before leaving their homes—are at increased risk for getting pregnant and becoming parents than other teens. This suggests a more intensive and coordinated effort is needed by those concerned with child welfare and teen pregnancy. One important place to start is to help prevent early pregnancy among youth in foster care and those transitioning out of foster care, and to help those who have already gotten pregnant to avoid subsequent pregnancies.
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Briefly: Some Thoughts on Abstinence
One of the questions we are most frequently asked is, “What is the National Campaign’s position on
abstinence?” This research brief discusses our take on abstinence from a variety of angles in the hopes of a giving a thorough - but brief - answer to a complex question.
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Cost of Teen Childbearing
This report and web section documents the public costs of teen childbearing at both the national and state level.
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National Campaign Statement on Abstinence-Only Education
These comments were submitted by National Campaign CEO Sarah S. Brown to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform during a hearing on domestic abstinence-only programs.
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Putting What Works to Works
In 2002, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy was awarded a grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help states and communities improve their teen pregnancy prevention efforts. Launched in October 2002, the project --- "Putting What Works to Work" --- is a multi-phased effort that identifies and consolidates research-based practices that prevent teen pregnancy, translates this research into user-friendly materials, and works directly with states and communities to incorporate such practices into their work. PWWTW will be led by the National Campaign with assistance from Child Trends, Philliber Research Associates, and other well-respected leaders in the field of adolescent well-being, research, and evaluation.
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Research on Effective Programs
In addition to the resources described here, The National Campaign has several reports on effective program research.
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Update: Teen Birth Increase 2006: Some Thoughts from The National Campaign
The teen birth rate in the United States increased three percent between 2005 and 2006—the first such increase in 15 years— according to data released last week from the National Center for Health Statistics. The increase raises several important questions: Why did the rate increase? Is the increase the beginning of a trend or a statistical anomaly? What can be done to reverse the increase and continue to drive down rates of teen births? This fact sheet aims to address these and other important questions.
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