Unintended Pregnancy Research Words
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Statistics, Surveillance, and Reports
- Births: Preliminary Data for 2010In 2010, the teen birth rate dropped to a record low of 34.3 births per 1000 young women ages 15-19.
- Guttmacher - US Teenage Pregnancy, Birth and AbortionsTeen pregnancy, birth, and abortion statistics from the Guttmacher Institute.
- CDC - Preventing Teen PregnancyThis page provides statistics from an economic and educational standpoint. Instead of focusing on statistics concerning who is getting pregnant, it address surmounting costs and learning discrepancies.
- WHO | Adolescent pregnancyAbout 16 million women 15–19 years old give birth each year, about 11% of all births worldwide. Ninety-five per cent of these births occur in low- and middle-income countries.
- 50-State and National Comparisons | The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy -Compare state and national stats on teen pregnancy, birth, sexual behavior, and other info
- Birth Rates for U.S. Teenagers Reach Historic Lows for All Age and Ethnic Groups (CDC April 2012)The U.S. teen birth rate declined 9 percent from 2009 to 2010, reaching a historic low at 34.3 births per 1,000 women aged 15–19; the rate dropped 44 percent from 1991 through 2010. Teen birth rates by age and race and Hispanic origin were lower in 2010 than ever reported in the United States.
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Info on Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
- Science and Success, 2nd Ed.: Programs that Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV and STIs in the U.S.
- The National Campaign - Emerging Answers
- Copy That - Guidelines for Replicating Programs that Prevent Teen Pregnancy
- Medline Plus - Adolescent Pregnancy
- Georgetown University - Maternal & Child Health Library - Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
- Programs that Work
- CDC - Teen Pregnancy Prevention 2010-2015
For Educators
Lesson plans, curricula, and other resources for educators working with young people to prevent unintended pregnancy.
- Lesson Plans from Advocates for Youth
- Unitarian Universalist: Our Whole Lives
- The National Campaign - Prevention Pamphlets
- CDC - Social Media - Teen Pregnancy - Reproductive Health
- Reducing Adolescent Sexual Risk -A Theoretical Guide for Developing and Adapting Curriculum-Based Programs
- FLASH Lesson Plans: Comprehensive sexuality education curriculum
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- Prepregnancy Contraceptive Use Among Teens with Unintended Pregnancies Resulting in Live Births - CDC, January, 2012This report describes estimated rates of self-reported prepregnancy contraceptive use among white, black, and Hispanic teen females aged 15–19 years with unintended pregnancies resulting in live births. Approximately one half (50.1%) of these teens were not using any method of birth control when they got pregnant, and of these, nearly one third (31.4%) believed they could not get pregnant at the time; 21.0% used a highly effective contraceptive method (although less than 1% used one of the mos
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