Reducing teen pregnancy in the United States

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• Alternative Title:
  Community mobilization for teen pregnancy prevention ; Impact of contraceptive CHOICE project for adolescents ; Impact of contraceptive CHOICE project for teens ; Reducing teen pregnancy in the United States : challenges and opportunities ; Teen pregnancy in the United States
• Personal Author:
  Barfield, Wanda D. ; Iskander, John K. ; Laird, Susan ; Popovic, Tanya ; Secura, Gina M. ; Tepper, Naomi K. ; West, Millicent
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Communication. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services., Public Health Informatics & Technology Program Office. ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Reproductive Health.
• Description:
  Teen birth rates in the United States have declined to the lowest rates seen in seven decades, yet they are still nine times higher than in most other developed countries and ethnic disparities continue to persist. In 2011, nearly 330,000 babies were born to women aged 15-19 years. Teen pregnancy and childbearing bring substantial social and economic costs through immediate and long-term impacts on teen parents and their children and strains the public sector. Having a child during the teen years carries high costs-health, economic, and social-to the mother, father, child, and community. The children of teenage mothers are also more likely to have more health problems, give birth as a teenager themselves, and face unemployment as a young adult. Prevention of teen pregnancy requires broad-based efforts including evidence-based sexual health education, support for parents in talking with their children about pregnancy prevention and other aspects of sexual and reproductive health, and ready access to effective and affordable contraception for teens who are sexually active. Parents, educators, public health and medical professionals, and community organizations all have a role to play in reducing teen pregnancy.
• Content Notes:
  Streaming video (57:07. : sd., col.).
  
  LCDR Naomi K. Tepper, MD, MPH, Medical Officer, Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC ["Teen pregnancy in the United States"]; Rev. Millicent West, MEd, Executive Director, New Bethlehem Community Center, Core Partner for We are Change, Richmond County for a Brighter Future ["Community mobilization for teen pregnancy prevention"]; Gina M. Secura, PhD, MPH, Senior Scientist, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine ["Impact of contraceptive CHOICE project for teens"]; CAPT Wanda Barfield, MD, MPH, Director, Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC ["Reducing teen pregnancy in the United States: challenges and opportunities"].
  
  Facilitated by: Tanja Popovic, MD, PhD, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds, John Iskander, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds, Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Manager, Public Health Grand Rounds
  
  Recorded Tuesday, March 19, 2013.
  
  Mode of access: World Wide Web as streaming video (472 MB, total time: 57:07); and as Acrobat .pdf files: (8.23 MB, 30 p.) containing PowerPoint slides for the speakers' talks.
  
  Open-captioned.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Pregnancy in Adolescence/prevention & control
• Series:
  Public Health Grand Rounds
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Lectures ; Webinar
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  electronic resourc; remote
• Citation:
  Public health grand rounds 2013 March 19
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:087bd9385f37d68066156c9d933cbf0dbd7a054e399e1b6e9ea921b2d76d45eae0b7aa732002b429ffc660cfad1d02c0887d771890a42b3bcdefb7faf5fd06eb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/13323/cdc_13323_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.23 MB ]