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American Academy of Pediatrics Reports on Sexuality, Contraception and the Media - New evidence points to the media adolescents use frequently (television, music, movies, magazines, and the Internet) as important factors in the initiation of sexual intercourse.
Parents, Schools Should Talk To Kids About Sex - Kids spend more than seven hours a day glued to the TV or online, where they are bombarded with mixed, unrealistic, and confusing messages about sex, sexuality, and contraception.
Growing girls into powerful women - The foundation of DIVA, an organization that Green started building more than 10 years ago when she moved to Columbia, is power. The power of a woman, specifically, and how one learns to take control.
SC Ranks 13th Nationally for Teen Births - Last week, the CDC released final birth data for 2007.
First Signs of Puberty Seen in Younger Girls - A new study finds that girls are more likely today than in the past to start developing breasts by age 7 or 8.
Staff of the SC Campaign Give Back - The Campaign has adopted a 2nd and 5th grade classroom at Conder Elementary School and challenges other businesses to get involved.
South Carolina Ranks 45 in Kids Count Report - Ranking has been similar for past two decades.
Some Providers Fail To Adopt CDC Recommendations For Teen HIV Testing - Many physicians are not offering teenagers HIV testing, despite a 2006 CDC recommendation.
White House Unveils National HIV/AIDS Strategy - The White House on Tuesday unveiled the first formal national HIV/AIDS strategy, a plan that aims to reduce the number of new cases by 25 percent in the next five years, officials said.
Winner of Teen Expressions Contest Appears on WSPA - Markeisha Nesbitt, a slam poet from Spartanburg, SC appeared on today's Your Carolina.
Two Charleston Natives Receive Outstanding Prevention Professional Award - Dr. Janice Key and Aimee Lassor, both of Charleston, received this year's Murray Vincent Award.
HHS Priority: Reducing Teen/Unplanned Pregnancy in Inter-Agency Priority List - US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has included reducing teen and unplanned pregnancy among her four inter-agency priorities.
Latest teen pregnancy data now available! - New data on teen pregnancy shows success with school - aged youth yet room for improvement.

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09/23  9th Annual Statewide After School Conference - September 23-24, Featuring Soledad O'Brien, from CNN

09/25  Women at Heart - Free Heart Health Forum and Exhibition

10/27  SC HIV/STD Conference - October 27-28; Stand Up For Progress: Exploring best practices, new perspectives and breakthroughs

11/12  2010 SCAHPERD Convention & Exposition - November 12-14 SC Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance