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Division of Reproductive Health: Activities—Adolescent Reproductive
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The Adolescent Reproductive Health program promotes reproductive health
among young people, with a primary focus on preventing unintended pregnancy
among young people aged 10–24 years. Science-based approaches are the foundation of our
work as we build partnerships to prevent sexual risk behaviors and mistimed
or unwanted pregnancies, and to support positive youth development.
We fulfill our mission by
- Monitoring and interpreting trends in teen and unintended pregnancy
and sexual risk behaviors, including identifying and addressing data coverage, and quality.
- Conducting research in risk and protective factors, promising and
innovative interventions, and effective methods to promote the use of
research findings.
- Supporting and evaluating the efforts of national, state, and local
organizations to implement science-based approaches.
- Developing and informing policy (e.g., by contributing to a national
teen pregnancy research agenda)
- Supporting the exchange of information among scientific and program
colleagues, partners, and others.
Adolescent reproductive health program’s strategic areas of focus for
2006–2009
Increase the understanding, use, and evaluation of science-based
approaches through partnerships, capacity building, research, and
dissemination.
Funded activities include the following:
Promoting Science-based Approaches through State Teen Pregnancy
Coalitions and National Organizations
Promoting Science-based Approaches through Regional Training
Centers
Work collaboratively with states and partners to identify the sexual and
reproductive health disparities among youth, especially Latino youth, and
strategies to address these disparities.
Funded activities include the following:
Family and Cultural
Influence on Sex Among Latino Youth
Unintended Pregnancy
Among Young Latinos in Rural Areas
Strengthen a youth development approach to teen pregnancy prevention by
identifying and addressing gaps in risk and protective factor research,
intervention development, and evaluation.
Funded activities include the following:
Longitudinal Study of Youth Assets and Teen Pregnancy
Intervention Research on
Youth Development to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Adolescent
Reproductive Health
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last reviewed: 3/27/08
Page last modified: 10/11/07
Content source: Division
of Reproductive Health,
National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion
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