By Cindy Atoji Keene, Editor, with Tara Cousineau, PhD, Founder, BodiMojo.com Last week, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that included a historic new investment in efforts to prevent teen pregnancy. The funding, which includes a total of $114 million for a new evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program, is the first and only large-scale federal [...]
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Boston’s New Safe Sex Campaign – On Target, or Not? Teens Weigh In
August 10th, 2009 by Teen Contributor · No Comments · Current Events, Teen Health, Teens
By Remy Marin The rate of infection of some sexually transmitted diseases – specifically Chlamydia – is more than double the national average for Boston teens between the ages of 15 and 19 years. But a new safe sex campaign by the Boston Public Health Commission hopes to harness the power of social networking – [...]
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