Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Needs Assessment

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Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Needs Assessment

• Center for Youth, Family Community Partnerships
• February 2005

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National Data

• US teen pregnancy rate 84/1000 (2000)
• African American teens become pregnant at a
  significantly higher rate than white teens
  (153.3/1000 vs. 54.7/1000)
• Hispanic teens also become pregnant at a
  significantly higher rate than white teens
  (137.9/1000)

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US Teen Pregnancy Stats

• 18-19 year old teens account for 66 of teen
  births
• 80 of teen pregnancies are unintended
• 79 of pregnant teens are unmarried
• 34 of young women become pregnant before age 20

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National Trends

• US teen (15-19) pregnancy rate ? 28 between 1990
  and 2000
• Birth rate among African American teens ? 32
  between 1990 and 2000
• Birth rate among Hispanic teens ? 20 between
  1991 and 2002
• In 2003, birth rate for Hispanic teens highest
  among all racial/ethnic categories (82.2/1000)

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Teen Birth Rates 1990 2000By Race/Ethnicity
Hispanic
African-American
Amer. Indian
Total
White
Asian/Pacific Isl.
Source Ventura, SJ, Mathews, TJ and Hamilton, BE
(2001).
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Teen Pregnancy Rates 1990 1997 By
Race/Ethnicity
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North Carolina Data

• 9th highest teen pregnancy rate in US
• 2003 rate for 15-19 year olds 61/1000
• Non-white teens become pregnant at a
  significantly higher rate than white teens
  (54.2/1000 vs. 38.3/1000) (2002 data)
• Hispanic teens (15-19) become pregnant at a much
  higher rate than white teens (185.9/1000 vs.
  61/1000) (2003 data)

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Guilford County Data

• 2003 rate for 15-19 year olds 55.5/1000
• Teen pregnancy rates declined 36 between 1991
  and 2000
• Non-white teens become pregnant at a
  significantly higher rate than white teens
  (72.3/1000 vs. 41.7/1000)
• Young teens (10-14) become pregnant at rate of
  20/1000

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Effective Prevention What Works?

• Specific, narrow focus on behavior
• Based in effective, theoretical approaches
• Providing clear messages about sex and STD
  protection
• Providing basic, accurate information about
  sexual behavior
• Addressing social pressure

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Effective Prevention What Works?

• Teaching communication skills
• Interactive activities
• Appropriate to age, sexual experience and culture
  of audience
• Sufficient length of time (gt14 hours)
• Training for teachers and peer educators

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Guilford County Survey Overview

• September November 2004
• Interviews taken via phone, email, mail
• Snowball sample
• 15 agencies representing 40 programs responded
• gt50 response rate

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Estimate 7640 youth served annually 8400
annual capacity
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Faith Community Survey Overview

• October - December 2004
• Interviews taken via phone, email, mail
• Snowball sample
• 11 organizations representing 28 programs
  responded
• low response rate

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45 of respondents report staff resources as a
barrier
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To Be Addressed

• Gaps in services for minority teens relative to
  pregnancy rates
• Services especially needed for Hispanic and young
  teens
• Quality of programming in terms of best practices
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• Limited evaluation of existing programs

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Jennifer Kimbrough, M.Ed.Associate
DirectorCenter for Youth, Family Community
PartnershipsUniversity of North Carolina at
Greensboro336-256-1087
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