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February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness month
February is recognized as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month! …Many organizations use this month to raise awareness about teen dating violence…
Awarded its first-ever federal grant
Thrive has been awarded its first ever federal grant! Thrive is a 2018 recipient of a two-year “Tier 2” grant for teen pregnancy prevention through the Human Services Department / Office of Adolescent Health.
7 things sex educators wish you’d teach your kids sooner rather than later
Even if your kids are lucky enough to be in a school district that offers a relatively comprehensive program… you’re still responsible for educating them, too.
Still too high, but OK teen pregnancy rate trending in right direction
As a mother at just 17 years of age, Leslie Marban of Oklahoma City has a tough road ahead. The statistics make that abundantly clear.
Comprehensive approach reduces local teen pregnancy rates
In 2006, six local organizations began working together to develop a teen pregnancy reduction strategy, which led to the creation of the collaboration.
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Comprehensive Approach reduces local teen pregnancy rates [VIDEO]
Katie Morgan’s work at Grant and other schools is part of a larger comprehensive strategy for combating teen pregnancy in Oklahoma County…
Teach teens communication skills, not abstinence, in sex education classes
Holland's communication-based sex education is more effective in lowering birth, abortion and STI rates than America's just-say-no approach. There is no federal mandate for sex education in the United States, but the U.S. government spends millions of...
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Some schools are rethinking sex ed with lessons on consent [VIDEO]
The changing culture around sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement has some states and school districts rethinking their sex ed curriculum…