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Africa : Upgrading Traditional Midwives' Skills
In an ideal world, all of Africa's women would have access to clinics, nurses, obstetricians, medicines: the panoply of staff and equipment needed to make the process of giving birth as safe as possible. Failing that, what can be done to lessen the risks that come with delivering babies? For one, improve the skills of traditional birth attendants, say delegates who met in Mozambique at an African Union (AU) gathering on sexual and reproductive health care.
Sep 25, 2006, 8:25pm
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Realityworks infant simulator and RealCare® Parenting Program
In learning important life-lessons, reality is the best teacher. The most effective way for adolescents to learn about the demands and consequences of parenting is first-hand experience. Once parenting becomes a reality, teens are able to refer back to the experience when faced with life-changing decisions. Realityworks’ computerized infant simulators give teens the most realistic infant care experience possible and a comprehensive parenting curriculum enhances the lesson with its supporting facts and activities.
Sep 18, 2006, 1:20pm
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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.
Aug 18, 2005, 2:14pm
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IMAGES -- Theater for Young Hearts and Minds Teen Project
IMAGES: Theater for Young Hearts and Minds is a peer education theater troupe sponsored by Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties (PPSDRC). The project centers around teens who research, create and perform scenes for more than 10,000 people each year based on real-life experiences 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.
Jul 11, 2005, 2:15pm
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Reducing the Risk High School Programs: 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.
Apr 28, 2003, 2:13pm
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