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Thinking—and talking—about Alzheimers MOM, a film dramatizing a moment in the lives of an Alzheimer’s patient and her caregiver-daughter, lasts only 10 minutes but manages to convey a surprising amount of implicit information about coping with the disease. Perhaps most importantly, the film packs an emotional [...]
A new report from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) looks at the rising rates of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) in the United States. While the report shows there are approximately 19 million new STD infections each year, the highest risk group for contracting STDs are young women between the ages of 15 and 24: [...]
From GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network has kicked off Ally Week, the bring attention to the issue of anti-gay bullying and harassment in schools. From the Allyweek Website: Allies play a vital role in making schools safer for all students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. In fact, the first Gay-Straight [...]
From a email we received: About World Contraception Day World Contraception Day (WCD) is an international awareness campaign for teenagers. Its long-term goal is to make the public more aware of the topic of contraception. The annual WCD significantly helps educate teens on contraception and sexuality, but also all respective health questions. Every year, countries [...]
In the New York Times, Perri Klass, M.D. looks at the issue of bullying and talks about how pediatricians are poised to help combat this longstanding problem. Next month, the American Academy of Pediatrics will issue a new policy statement about bullying prevention. This new approach, based on a sucessful program developed in Norway, will [...]
Womensstake.org has a good rundown of some policy initiatives that are working their way through Congress. The proposals range from increasing access to early education services for low-income children, to increased funding for improving child care facilities. Another interesting proposal, The Family Tax Relief Act of 2009, would increase tax credits for families with children [...]
In today’s New York Times, Perri Klass, M.D. writes about the medical profession and how they determine whether childhood injuries are accidental or the result of abuse.
From the Seattle Times: ..Obama wants to redirect funding from “abstinence-only education programs to evidence-based and promising teen pregnancy prevention programs.” Obama wants to eliminate a $38 million state grant program plus a nearly $100 million pot of money that is supposed to be spent for abstinence education at the direction the Administration for Children [...]
Today, May 6th, 2009, is the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. The Website RHReality Check has some thought provoking articles about teen pregnancy prevention. The New York Times has an interesting piece about the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina and how they are using text messaging to teach sex education to teens.
A recent Rand Study concluded that drug education for adolescents can have long term impacts on sexual behavior. From Denise Witmer at About.com:Teens: Researchers found that young adults who had been exposed to a popular drug abuse prevention program as adolescents were less likely to engage in risky sexual behavior five to seven years later, [...]
