Plain Talk In the News
Television
Jane Fonda Discusses Teen Pregnancy on Larry King Live
"In the Hispanic community we work with a program called Plain Talk."
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Nationally Representative CDC Study Finds 1 in 4 Teenage Girls Has a Sexually Transmitted Disease, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, 3/11/08
Chicago (March 11, 2008) – A CDC study released today estimates that one in four (26 percent) young women between the ages of 14 and 19 in the United States – or 3.2 million teenage girls – is infected with at least one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, herpes simplex virus, and trichomoniasis). The study, presented today at the 2008 National STD Prevention Conference, is the first to examine the combined national prevalence of common STDs among adolescent women in the United States, and provides the clearest picture to date of the overall STD burden in adolescent women.
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Programa ofrece educación sexual y herramientas de comunicación a padres y jóvenes, La Voz de Nuevo México, 2/8/08
ALBUQUERQUE — Cada semana la coordinadora y las promotoras del programa "Hablando Claro" llegan a los hogares de padres de familia interesados en abrir las vías de comunicación con sus hijos adolescentes sobre las relaciones sexuales a temprana edad.
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State opts out of federal funding for abstinence-only program, The New Mexican, 12/19/07
The state Health Department won't reapply for federal funds to teach abstinence-only sex education, according to department officials.
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Soto wins award for pregnancy prevention, Que Pasa Piedmont, 5/31/07
Maria Soto, Hablando Claro coordinator for Chatham County Together!, won the 2007 June Stallings Award from the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of North Carolina.
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Program Aims to Help Parents Better Communicate With Children About Sex, Pregnancy, Albuquerque Journal, 2/6/07
A teen pregnancy prevention program that aims to help parents communicate with their children has been making strides in the South Valley, and efforts are under way in the Legislature to continue the program elsewhere in the state.
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Teen Sex Survey Shows Problems , Albuquerque Journal, 10/19/06
A survey of South Valley residents revealed some gaps in understanding between teens, their parents and reproductive health issues.
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Mejor resultado si se “habla claro”, El Nuevo Día, 9/26/06
Bajo esa premisa el Departamento de Salud trabaja un innovador programa en Naranjito
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Health Workers Aim to Lower Teenage Pregnancies in South Valley, Albuquerque Journal, 9/5/06
For the last eight months, health workers have been going door to door in the South Valley as part of a program designed to lower teen pregnancy and prevent sexually transmitted diseases.
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'Plain Talk' for parents about teens and sex, Pioneer Press, 7/9/06
Ever since it became in vogue, and prudent, for parents to talk with their teens about sexuality, The Talk hasn't come with ease - or, with many families, at all. Neighborhood House of St. Paul is trying to give parents the courage, information and tools for that talk and to keep the conversation going.
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Let's Talk About Sex, Alibi, 3/30/06
Health class in high school wasn't the most pleasant of times. It included routinely embarrassing moments, like practicing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, naming male and female anatomy and repeatedly going over detailed descriptions of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). This was in addition to the even more embarrassing talks with my mother about sex and responsible behavior. According to the dictionary on my shelf, embarrass means “to cause someone to feel awkward or self-conscious.” Welcome to the motto of my adolescent life.
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'Plain Talk' aims to lower teen pregnancy, The Herald-Sun (NC), 1/29/06
PITTSBORO -- Hitting them at home could be a way to get safe sex on the minds of teenagers and their parents.
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Plain Talk Aims to Cut Pregnancies, Albuquerque Journal, 1/25/06
The South Valley is home to the highest teen pregnancy rates in the state, according to Department of Health statistics.
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Program Targets Teen Birth Rate, Albuquerque Journal, 12/9/05
Teen pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases have exploded throughout the South Valley. And the state Department of Health is spearheading a new program aimed at lowering some of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the state.
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Fewer teen births in Texas still too many, advocates say, Houston Chronicle, 7/12/05
Teen pregnancies have been declining for more than a decade in Texas and Harris County, reflecting a nationwide trend that's attributed to more young people delaying sex and more using effective contraception.
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Classes Open an Intimate World, Star Tribune, 6/19/05
She was born in a small Mexican village in the 1950s, had her first boyfriend at 19 and was still a virgin when she married a few years later.
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Online
The secret link: Sexual victimization came first
Journal Sentinel
Journal Sentinel Editorial
Saturday, April 12, 2008
There is a connection between early sex abuse and births to teen moms. In that fact lies a way forward in combating teen pregnancy. Law enforcement has a role, but building strong families is also important.
Home Health Parties: A peer education model that utilizes community social networks
American Public Health Association
Sarabeth Shreffler, Tammi Fleming
Monday, November 5, 2007
APHA 135th Annual Meeting Abstract.
Plain Talk Initiative: South Valley Neighbors Given Skills & Tools to Change Norms [pdf]
New Mexico SHARE newsletter
Linda Brooks, ED
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Walking through Plain Talk and building a national replication model
APHA
Tammi Fleming
Sunday, November 5, 2006
APHA 134th Annual meeting abstract
Plain Talk: Replicating success of an adult/teen communication strategy that addresses adolescent reproductive health issues
APHA
Sarabeth Shreffler
Sunday, November 5, 2006
APHA 134th annual meeting abstract
Program to lower Georgia Latino teen birth rates to begin in Gainesville
Associated Press
Associated Press
Friday, October 13, 2006
Plain Talk targets teen pregnancy, STDs
Plainview Daily Herald
Craig Cummings
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
South Plains Community Action has been selected by a coalition of local, state and national groups concerned with sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy to implement the Plain Talk/Hablando Claro initiative here, and they are looking for volunteers.
"Let's Talk About Sex"
NARAL Pro-Choice New Mexico website
Giovanna Rossi
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Editorial on the NARAL Pro-Choice New Mexico website.
PLAIN TALK / HABLANDO CLARO: A Culturally Responsive-Community Change Model for Protecting the Sexual and Reproductive Health of African-American and Latino Youth
APHA
Tammi Fleming
Monday, December 12, 2005
APHA 133rd Conference 2005 abstract
The "Baby Mama" Controversy
Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino has sold more than a million copies of her new CD, which includes a controversial tribute to young unwed mothers called "Baby Mama." Does the song glorify unplanned pregnancy, or is it just a reflection of reality? Guests: Brigid Riley, executive director of the Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention & Planning (MOAPPP. Gregory Kane, columnist for the Baltimore Sun and blackamericaweb.com.
Gainesville Residents Working to Lower Teen Pregnancy Rates
WNEG NewsChannel 32
Alaina Anderson
Thursday, May 26, 2005
New agency boss to focus on teens G-CAPP works to prevent pregnancy in young people
The Gainesville Times
Jeff Gill
"Plain Talk for North Carolina" [pdf]
Siler City, NC: The Advocate
Alejandra Gonzalez
The Advocate newsletter from APPCNC (Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of North Carolina), Summer 2004