Lagos, Nigeria: Action Health Incorporated
AHI, a non-profit, non-governmental organisation, serves as a catalyst for change in the present poor status of adolescents’ well-being by increasing public awareness and implementing innovative education, healthcare and youth development programmes.
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Barrio Logan in San Diego, California and other sites throughout the United States including Atlanta, Georgia; Hartford, Connecticut; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Seattle, Washington., United States of America: The Plain Talk initiative
The Plain Talk initiative was developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation to address its perceived need for a more community-based approach to the problems of teen childbearing. In keeping with the philosophy that "it takes a village to raise a child," Plain Talk seeks to address teen pregnancy and sexually transmissible infections by organizing and mobilizing entire communities to change the attitudes of adults, teens and service providers in ways that support the wider use of contraception.
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Carpinteria, California and other sites., United States of America: The Growing Together program of Girls Inc., a national youth organization dedicated to helping girls achieve their full potential as human beings, is a series of workshops designed to increase positive communication between parents and children on matters related to sex and values.
Girls Inc. is a national youth organization dedicated to helping girls achieve their full potential as human beings. Since 1981, Girls Inc. has been on record as supporting age-appropriate sexuality education and, in the late 1980s, developed a series of programs on Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy for young women aged 9-18.
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Palomar High School in Chula Vista, California; other sites, including schools, hospitals, churches, clinics, youth centers and shelters across the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom and Australia., United States of America: The Baby Think It Over infant simulator-- a lifelike, lifesize baby doll with computerized responses -- allows teens to experience some of the demands of infant care. It is being used by schools and other organizations to help adolescents appreciate the responsibilities involved with parenthood. After spending a couple of days and nights with the Baby Think It Over infant simulator, many teens come to realize that they are not yet ready to become parents.
Lifesize, lifelike, interactive baby simulator is helping teens make informed decisions about sex by providing them with a sense of the pressures and responsibilities of parenthood.
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San Diego, serves Southern California, United States of America: IMAGES -- Theater for Young Hearts and Minds -- is a peer education theater group of Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties.
The project centers around teens who research, create and perform skits for 10,000 people a year based on real-life experience involving a wide range of sexuality and abuse issues. The group interacts with the audience and handles even the most delicate of questions -- to everyone's benefit.
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North Hollywood, California, United States of America: Valley Community Clinic, Teen Clinic providing for teen counseling programs, a special clinic only for teens, birth control information and supplies, sexually transmitted infections information, and health checks.
Teen Clinic provides much-needed counseling;a special clinic only for teens, providing birth control information and supplies, sexually transmitted infections information, and health checks.
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Lee Junior High School in Woodland, California and other sites., United States of America: The Teen Outreach Program (TOP)
The Teen Outreach Program (TOP) is a school-based program designed to reduce unwanted teen pregnancy, school dropout, and academic failure. It includes a combination of classroom discussion and volunteer community service that builds self-esteem and effective life management skills.
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Yerba Buena High School in San Jose, California and other sites throughout the United States., United States of America: "Reducing the Risk: Building Skills to Prevent Pregnancy, STD and HIV"
"Reducing the Risk: Building Skills to Prevent Pregnancy, STD and HIV" is a curriculum for 9th and 10th graders that encourages abstinence while teaching about protection against unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmissible infections.
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