http://www.healthyteensflorida.org/news/healthy_teens Latest news teaser/block list en http://www.healthyteensflorida.org/250-million-abstinence-education-not-evidencebased-groups-say <p> March 31, 2010, CNN </p> <p><a href="http://www.healthyteensflorida.org/250-million-abstinence-education-not-evidencebased-groups-say">read more</a></p> Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:51:18 -0500 amanda.mourant 573 at http://www.healthyteensflorida.org http://www.healthyteensflorida.org/catherine-turner-district039s-sexual-education-programs-need-be-improved <p>March 15, 2010, The Gainesville Sun</p> <p>The youth in Alachua County deserve a significantly higher standard of sexual education than they currently receive.</p> <p>There are many programs in place to help teenagers deal with the consequences of sexual activity, such as Loften High School's ACCEPT program which provides free child care for teenage mothers during the school day to allow them to further their education. These initiatives should be applauded.</p> <p><a href="http://www.healthyteensflorida.org/catherine-turner-district039s-sexual-education-programs-need-be-improved">read more</a></p> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:10:48 -0500 amanda.mourant 572 at http://www.healthyteensflorida.org http://www.healthyteensflorida.org/editorial-troubling-uptick <p> January 30, 2010, The New York Times </p> <p> One of President Obama’s worthier first-year achievements was to redirect federal sex-education financing from an abstinence-only approach to broader, more-effective programs that provide information to young people about contraceptives, pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. </p> <p> A new study from the Guttmacher Institute examining the latest federal data on teenage sex, births and abortion — along with the group’s own abortion statistics — suggests the wisdom of that shift. </p><p><a href="http://www.healthyteensflorida.org/editorial-troubling-uptick">read more</a></p> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:29:47 -0600 admin 571 at http://www.healthyteensflorida.org