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Ensuring Girls Graduate: Preventing Teen Pregnancy and Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Teens

Ensuring Girls Graduate: Preventing Teen Pregnancy and Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Teens Jamie L. Keith, Executive Director Alabama Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Louisiana School Climate Institute Shreveport, LA June 4-6, 2013. Topics covered.

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Ensuring Girls Graduate: Preventing Teen Pregnancy and Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Teens

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  1. Ensuring Girls Graduate: Preventing Teen Pregnancy and Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Teens Jamie L. Keith, Executive Director Alabama Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Louisiana School Climate Institute Shreveport, LA June 4-6, 2013

  2. Topics covered • Louisiana Pregnancy, Birth and YRBS Data • Social Issues Affected by Teen Pregnancy and Early Childbearing • Strategies for Prevention & Support • Characteristics of Effective Programs • Model Program Example • Beyond Today

  3. Louisiana Statistics ‘10. . . Pregnancy rate by age group • 36 (ages 15-17) • 118 (ages 18-19) • 70 (ages 15-19) Number of births by age group • 121 (ages <15) • 2,189 (ages 15-17) Rate: 23.5 • 5,500(ages 18-19) Rate: 81.0 • 7,689 (ages 15-19)Rate: 47.7

  4. Some related news. . . Predicted results from the 2009 Louisiana Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) (2011 data unavailable) % who have ever had sex LA 55/US 46 % who had sex before age 13 LA 10/US 6 % who had sexual intercourse with four or more persons LA 21/US 14 % who did not use a condom at last sex LA 41/US 39 http://lphi.org/CMSuploads/Sex-Risks-75990.pdf

  5. Selected Social Issues Affected byTeen Pregnancy & Childbearing • Educational Achievement • Welfare Dependency and Poverty • Child well-being

  6. Educational Achievement Parenthood is the leading cause of school drop out among teen girls. Less than half of mothers (40%) who have a child before they turn 18 ever graduate from high school. Teens who have dropped out of school for other reasons are more likely to become pregnant and have a child than their peers.

  7. Welfare Dependency and Poverty • What are the chances of growing up in poverty if: • The mother gave birth as a teen • The parents were unmarried when the child was born • The mother did not receive a high school diploma or GED

  8. Child Well-Being • Children of teen mothers are more likely to be born prematurely and at low birthweight. • Children of teen mothers do worse in school than those born to older parents. • 50% more likely to repeat a grade • Less likely to complete high school • Less prepared to enter the school system and score lower on measures of school readiness

  9. Strategies to Support Pregnancy Prevention and Needs of Pregnant and Parenting Teens

  10. Successful School Environments for Girls Address the needs of girls at risk, including pregnant and parenting students. Foster girls’ athletics opportunities. Protect girls from harassment and bullying.

  11. Use positive, evidence-based approaches to discipline applied equally to all. Ensure transparency to engage parents and other community members. Provide comprehensive, medically-acccurate, age-appropriate sex education.

  12. Characteristics of Effective Pregnancy Prevention Programs Curriculum Development Involved multiple people with different backgrounds and used a logic model approach focusing on relevant needs and assets of the youth being served. Curriculum Content Clear health goals focused on specific behaviors and addressing multiple risk and protective factors.

  13. Curriculum Implementation Secured at least minimal support from appropriate authorities and selected, trained, monitored, supervised and supported educators to deliver the program. Implemented virtually all activities with reasonable fidelity.

  14. Model Program Example • Montgomery Public Schools, Montgomery, AL • Making a Difference – evidence-based teen pregnancy, STI and HIIV prevention program for all 7th grade students • 8 sessions offered during health class • Facilitated by local community-based organization • Rotation to all schools during academic school year

  15. Montgomery Public Schools, Montgomery, AL • Maternal Education Program – assist in the needs of pregnant teens to achieve optimal outcomes for mother and baby • One-on-one and group sessions with teens • Regularly communicates with school personnel • Facilitated by registered nurse with perinatal education background

  16. Beyond today. . . • We must be thoughtful and deliberate in assessing, selecting and implementing effective programs. • Engage the community: school administrators, local health officials, parents, youth, etc to implement effective programs

  17. Establish policies and programs that keep students engaged in their education. Creative, successful programs combine academics, parenting education/skills, and pregnancy prevention. The more training and encouragement allotted to teen parents, the more promising their children’s futures will be.

  18. Alabama Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy 412 N. Hull Street Montgomery, AL 36104 334-265-8004 www.acptp.org Resources Healthy Teen Network 1501 Saint Paul St., Ste. 124 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 685-0410 www.healthyteennetwork.org

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