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American Academy of Pediatrics Reports on Sexuality, Contraception and the Media
Date: August 31, 2010
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.
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Parents, Schools Should Talk To Kids About Sex
Date: August 31, 2010
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.
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Growing girls into powerful women
Date: August 29, 2010
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.
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SC Ranks 13th Nationally for Teen Births
Date: August 16, 2010
Last week, the CDC released final birth data for 2007.
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First Signs of Puberty Seen in Younger Girls
Date: August 09, 2010
A new study finds that girls are more likely today than in the past to start developing breasts by age 7 or 8.
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Staff of the SC Campaign Give Back
Date: August 05, 2010
The Campaign has adopted a 2nd and 5th grade classroom at Conder Elementary School and challenges other businesses to get involved.
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South Carolina Ranks 45 in Kids Count Report
Date: July 29, 2010
Ranking has been similar for past two decades.
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Some Providers Fail To Adopt CDC Recommendations For Teen HIV Testing
Date: July 19, 2010
Many physicians are not offering teenagers HIV testing, despite a 2006 CDC recommendation.
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White House Unveils National HIV/AIDS Strategy
Date: July 15, 2010
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.
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Winner of Teen Expressions Contest Appears on WSPA
Date: July 14, 2010
Markeisha Nesbitt, a slam poet from Spartanburg, SC appeared on today's Your Carolina.
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Two Charleston Natives Receive Outstanding Prevention Professional Award
Date: June 28, 2010
Dr. Janice Key and Aimee Lassor, both of Charleston, received this year's Murray Vincent Award.
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HHS Priority: Reducing Teen/Unplanned Pregnancy in Inter-Agency Priority List
Date: June 28, 2010
US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has included reducing teen and unplanned pregnancy among her four inter-agency priorities.
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Latest teen pregnancy data now available!
Date: December 01, 2009
New data on teen pregnancy shows success with school - aged youth yet room for improvement.
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