Each month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosts a Public Health Grand Round webcast focused on a particular health topic. The health issue topic for next month is teen pregnancy. In 2011, the Florida’s teen birth rate was 29.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 years, lower than the U.S. rate of 31.3. Northeast Florida’s teen… Read More
Relationships, contraception, HIV — Northeast Florida teens had a variety of sexual health questions for the new BrdsNBz text message line that launched January 15. Initial results show that BrdsNBz NE Florida demonstrated a steady utilization during its first month. BrdsNBz provides confidential, factually accurate answers to sexual health questions via text message for teens… Read More
The Florida Outreach Childbirth Education & Parenting Program will be holding it’s next Childbirth Educator Training session Feb. 25- March 1 in Gainesville, Florida. The training program is taught by Connie Mullen, a licensed midwife, nationally certified professional midwife and certified birth educator with 28 years of experience. The workshop will include both theory and… Read More
Show Your Love is a new national campaign developed by the Preconception Health and Health Care Initiative (PCHHCI). Launching on Valentine’s Day, its goal is to help women prepare for healthy pregnancies and babies by adopting healthy habits well before becoming pregnant.
The pill, the shot, male and female condoms — how do they work? Which is most effective? Does it require a doctors visit to get it? Stay Teen.org answers those questions and more with their new birth control finder feature. The tool includes a variety of methods, including not having sex at all. The website from the… Read More