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 Text4Baby is a free text messaging service that gives moms-to-be health tips every week to help during pregnancy and for the first year of their baby's life. Despite decades of public health outreach and education, more than 500,000 babies are born prematurely and an estimated 28,000 children die before their first birthday each year in the U.S. Many factors cause these negative outcomes, including health care access, poverty, and negative health behaviors, but research supports that increasing knowledge around health can help people stay healthier. Texts from Text4Baby cover topics such as Prenatal Care, Safe sleep, Immunization, Breastfeeding, Diabetes, Nutrition, Oral Health, Family Violence, Physical Activity, Safety, Injury Prevention, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Developmental Milestone, Labor & Delivery, Car Seat Safety, and Exercise. Text BABY to 511411 for texts in English or BEBE to 511411 for texts in Spanish. Get more info and sign up at Text4Baby.org |
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Join us for a Webinar on December 13!Sex Isn't "Dirty": Being Sex Positive When Teaching Teens"Sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love." - singer/songwriter Butch Hancock. If you see the inconsistency in this statement, this training is for you! Making your prevention messages sex-positive is critical to relating to youth and teaching about healthy, safe relationships. This workshop is designed to provide educators and others who interact with teens the tools necessary to discuss sex and sexuality from a positive perspective. Being sex positive incorporates the understanding that sex is a normal and healthy part of human development. Approaching sex education from this perspective can teach teens how to make healthy life-long choices. Title: Sex Isn't "Dirty": Being Sex Positive When Teaching Teens Date: Tuesday December 13, 2011 Time: 12pm-1pm Registration Fee: TeenNow California members: $10, Non-members: $25, TeenNow California Annual Membership Fee: $50 After registering you will be directed to a payment page. Once payment is received, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
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Opportunities
|  OTIS Survey for New Moms and Moms-to-Be
Children, Youth, and Families at Risk Sustainable Community Projects The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announces the Children, Youth, and Families at Risk funding program, which is intended to improve the quality and quantity of community-based programs for at-risk youth and families. The mission of the program is to fund educational programs for at-risk families and youth to help them develop the skills they need to lead positive and productive lives. Deadline: 12/1/11 Get more info and apply here |
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|  Dr. Diana M. Bontá appointed President & CEO of The California Wellness Foundation
Renowned health care executive Dr. Diana M. Bontá will lead The California Wellness Foundation as its next president and CEO, effective January 2012, announced David S. Barlow, chair of the Foundation's Board of Directors. Dr. Bontá, a nurse with a doctorate in public health, is currently vice president of public affairs for Kaiser Permanente's Southern California Region, where she has served there since October 2004. Read the press release here A New Battle Over Contraception: Testimony to Congress Cited in NY Times Editorial
Catholics For Choice president Jon O'Brien's testimony to Congress was cited in the New York Times editorial recently, drawing attention to the role that the US bishops are playing to deny family planning to all American women. After Jon told Congress the real story behind the bishops' involvement in seeking to deny family planning to women in America, the NYT thought it was such an important story they put it in their editorial. Please share the editorial far and wide, as it is a useful reminder of what the bishops are trying to do, and why providing family planning at no extra cost is the right thing to do. The editorial will certainly attract considerable attention from the opposition. Read the letter here and consider drafting letters to the editor in support of the requirement that insurers cover contraceptives at no extra cost, to ensure that the voices of people of all faiths are heard on this issue.
Guidelines Set on Cervical-Cancer Screening
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force won't endorse HPV screening for cervical cancer and favors giving Pap tests only every three years in women between ages 21 and 65. The Task Force said it recommended against testing for human papillomavirus, or HPV, in women younger than age 30, and said there was insufficient evidence to justify it for women over age 30. In expressing skepticism of the tests, it said "the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of HPV testing, alone or in combination with Pap tests." HPV is the most common STD and though often has no symptoms, various strains can cause genital warts and cervical, anal, and throat cancer.
California Community Foundation Announces Initiative to Improve Academic Achievement in South LA
The California Community Foundation has announced the launch of the Preparing Achievers for Tomorrow (PAT) initiative, a five-year, $12 million effort to help improve academic achievement among and boost opportunities for youth in South Los Angeles. The initiative is funded by an anonymous bequest to CCF from a donor who was active in the community and believed strongly in the power of music and athletics to help disadvantaged youth reach their full potential. Through the initiative, CCF will award a series of grants to organizations that provide quality afterschool music, sports, and recreation activities to young people between the ages of 14 and 18.
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Real Education for Healthy Youth Act Introduced: New Vision for U.S. Sex Education Policy
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) have introduced the Real Education for Healthy Youth Act, the next step in our work together to advance the sexual health of young people in the United States. Among its many highlights, the Real Education for Healthy Youth Act:
- Recognizes young people's right to sexual health information - the first time federal legislation has ever done so;
- Prepares young people to make informed, responsible, and healthy decisions about relationships and sexual health by including a comprehensive range of topics such as promoting safe and healthy relationships and preventing unintended pregnancy, STDs including HIV, dating violence, and bullying;
- Includes grants for comprehensive sex education programs for adolescents and young people in college;
- Requires all funded programs must be inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and heterosexual youth;
- Highlights the importance of, and provides resources for, teacher training to ensure that our nation's sex educators have the tools they need to provide the best comprehensive sex education possible to our nation's youth.
In the past two years, the United States began providing federal funding for science- and evidence-based teen pregnancy, STD, and HIV prevention programs. The Real Education for Healthy Youth Act expands on this foundation to provide a new vision for comprehensive, medically-accurate, sex education policy that brings together best scientific evidence and an acknowledgement of young people's fundamental rights to information so they can make safe and responsible decisions about their sexual health and become sexually health adults. The Real Education for Healthy Youth Act represents a turning point for sex education policy in America, with support from a diverse array of public health, nonprofit, and youth-serving organizations. To show your support for the act, click here.
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Events
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Webinar: Engaging Youth in School-Based Health Care
When: Wednesday November 9, 2011, 3-4pm
What: Join the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care for the free webinar "Lead the Way: Engaging Youth in School-Based Health Care," during which they will unveil the new youth engagement toolkit. A preview of the toolkit is available on NASBHC's website. The toolkit was developed for NASBHC by the California School Health Centers Association and the Illinois Coalition for School Health Centers with support from The Atlantic Philanthropies. Register here
Webinar: Supporting the Development of Infants and Toddlers in the Child Welfare System: A Call to Action
When: November 17, 2011, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST What: This webinar will focus on the need to infuse child welfare policies and practices for infants and toddlers with the science of early childhood development, highlighting a recent report, A Call to Action on Behalf of Maltreated Infants and Toddlers. Created by leading early childhood development and child welfare organizations, the report lays out the elements of a developmental approach. The new Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act requires states to report strategies for addressing the developmental needs of infants and toddlers in their care, making this a timely topic for states. Infants and toddlers are the largest single group entering foster care. Thirty-one percent of children entering care are under 3 and remain in care 50 percent longer than older children. During this pivotal period of development, maltreatment can alter brain architecture and lead to lifelong problems. Foster care practices not attuned to developmental needs can compound this damage. Yet, this time provides a window for successful interventions. Panelists will discuss the prevalence of infants and toddlers in the child welfare system, the compelling evidence on the developmental impact of maltreatment, and elements of a system that puts science into action. Following the presentations, listeners will have the opportunity to ask questions. Register here Webinar: TeenNow California, Sex Isn't "Dirty": Being Sex Positive When Teaching Teens When: Wednesday, December 13, 2011, 12pm-1pm
What: See detailed info above. Register here
REGION 3
Listening Session: Essential Health Benefits package
When: November 21, 2011, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Where: 90 Seventh Street, Suite 5000, San Francisco, CA 94103
What: Over the next ten days, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will hold a series of "Listening Sessions" around the country to gather input on the Essential Health Benefits package-the package of benefits that insurance plans will need to include if they are to be part of the exchanges. This is an important opportunity for you and your networks to engage in the health reform implementation process. If you are able to attend any of these listening sessions, the National Campaign urges you to request that contraception be included in the Essential Health Benefits package. As you know, contraception is widely used and supported. Virtually all-99 percent-of sexually active women in the United States have used some form of contraception. Contraception also saves money. As part of its best practice recommendations for Maternal and Child Health, the National Business Group on Health recommends that employers offer unintended pregnancy prevention services including coverage of all FDA-approved prescription methods at no cost to employees based on evidence that they result in cost savings to companies. We applaud the recent decision of HHS to ensure that preventive services with no cost-sharing includes all FDA-approved contraception and counseling and other important preventive care and services for women. Including contraception in the essential benefits package is also smart policy. If you would like additional information or sample comments that you could make at a listening session, please contact the National Campaign at rfey@thenc.org. RSVP for the session in San Francisco to region9ord@hhs.gov
Family Planning Health Worker Certification Course
When: December 5, 6, and 7, 2011, 8:30am-4pm
Where: Pajaro Valley Health Trust, 85 Nielson Street, Watsonville, CA 95076
What: This course has been designed to help staff of family planning clinics develop the skills to be an effective health educator and counselor, learn up-to-date information to use with clients, find easy-to-understand ways to explain that information to clients. By attending this course, participants learn the basic knowledge and skills to become Certified Family Planning Health Workers. In order to be certified, participants must pass a written examination and conduct a client education session as a role play. This course is designed for new family planning clinic and community agency based staff. It is also a great refresher for more experienced staff, including: Nurses, medical assistants, health educators, public service employees, community health workers, peer providers and other interested program staff. Deadline to register: November 28, 2011. RSVP to PVUSD Child Development Department Amber Faria 831-786-8270 or email amber_faria@pvusd.net. Get more info here
REGION 7
Hands On: Interactive Mapping Workshop
When: Thursday, November 10, 2011, 1- 3 p.m
Where: 630 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, Ca. 92701, Room 216C What: This free training is designed to provide participants with hands-on health data mapping skills to enhance and identify your community assets for future projects. Training provided by HealthyCity.org, California's information + action resource for service referral and social change. Sponsored by the Health Care Agency STD Community Intervention's Program. RSVP@714-834-4423 Free Human Trafficking Workshop When: Friday November 11, 2011, 10am Where: 2180 Iowa Avenue, Riverside, CA 92507. Community Room of Habitat for Humanity, Riverside (HFHR). HFHR is located on Iowa Avenue near its intersection with Spruce Street. What: Operation SafeHouse's November General Meeting will be on Human Trafficking, a focus area of AAUW. Jennifer O'Farrell, Anti-Human Trafficking Director, Operation SafeHouse, will be the presenter. Jennifer is the representative of Operation SafeHouse on the Steering Committee of the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT). RCAHT was formed in 2010 as a collaborative between the Riverside County Sheriff Department and Operation SafeHouse. The Steering Committee now includes the Department of Homeland Security, the Riverside County District Attorney's Office, Million Kids, and the United States Attorney's Office. Lunch will be provided immediately following the meeting (or during it if time is needed). Lunch will be at a nominal fee of $10. Please RSVP to Jo Turner at 951-786-3966 or jot888@sbglobal.net by no later than November 9, 2011. Please let her know at that time whether you wish lunch or not. The meeting is open to all who are interested in this problem and how we can help. Please let your friends, relatives and neighbors know of the meeting. Attendance is free. REGION 8 Miss Representation Screening and Panel Discussion When: Friday November 11, 2011, 6:30-9pm Where: University of San Diego, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Theater What: Produced and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the award winning documentary Miss Representation interweaves interviews with teenage girls and prominent leaders and media personalities including Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Lisa Ling, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rosario Dawson, Dr. Jean Kilbourne, Gloria Steinem, and Dr. Caroline Heldman to give audiences an inside look at the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman. Directly following the film screening, there will be a discussion panel of distinguished local female leaders. The event organizers are pleased to have Dr. Caroline Heldman of Occidental College, who is featured in the film, and Felena Hanson, President of Hera Hub, leading the panel. The screening is open to women, men and teens. More info: www.heartofleadership.com/missrep Miss Representation: The Solution When: Saturday November 12, 2011, 10am-12pm Where: Hera Hub, 9710 Scranton Road, #160, San Diego, CA 92121 What: Teens, mothers, and women interested in leadership, please join us for an intimate experience that will bring the issues in Miss Representation to light as we collaborate on a solution. In conjunction with the message of Miss Representation, participants will identify contradictions between what they see in media and reality, transform perceptions of what makes women valuable, and claim their true leadership qualities. With the support of San Diego's Channel 6 newscaster, Renee Kohn and Jeans 4 Justice, participants learn to use their voice to make an impact. You will not want to miss this fun, interactive, and transformational opportunity. This event is intended for women only. Register here Anti-Bullying Program in San Diego Schools to be Presented at Lestat's West When: November 22, 2011, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Where: Lestat's West, 3343 Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116 What: A special program on school bullying will be part of the Community Film Series hosted by Joe Vecchio and will include the short documentary "Bullied" which was produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center about a precedent-setting case of a bullying victim seeking compensation from a school district that failed to protect him. The discussion following the film will feature San Diego School Board member Kevin Beiser as well as author Walter G. Meyer, whose novel Rounding Third deals quite powerfully with the topic of teens being bullied until one of them can't take it anymore and attempts suicide. The event is free and the public is welcome and encouraged to participate in the discussion after the movie. Meyer will have copies of Rounding Third available for sale after the movie. Coffee, tea, other beverages, and food are available for purchase at Lestat's, next to the movie venue and may be brought into the screening. ***Want To Get Publicity and Support for Your Events and Programs?*** Send us your news or announcements! If they're relevant to our members and supporters, we'll publish them! Send information to tnca@teennowcalifornia.org |
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