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TeenNow California Monthly Newsletter
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November is for Gratitude
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Greetings!
Take a quiet moment to think of one thing you are grateful for. It's often difficult to think of just one thing! Remember, the more grateful you are for the things you have, the more things you have to be grateful for. Here at TeenNow we're so grateful for all the teachers, health educators, clinicians, nurses, social workers, and others who support comprehensive sex education and the pregnant and parenting teens in California! Thank you for all the work you do.
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Chili's and TeenNow California Team Up for Fundraiser
We are so excited to have been approached by the Chili's Restaurant near our office in San Diego to participate in one of their give back nights! On Monday November 19th if you BRING IN THE FLYER to the Chili's Restaurant in La Mesa, CA from 11am-10:30pm, Chili's will donate 15% of your check to TeenNow! Please make Chili's part of your day on the 19th and help support programs for pregnant and teens and the teachers who serve them. Thank you! Don't forget to bring in the flyer. Email tnca@teennowcalifornia.org if you have questions.
Sex Ed Film Festival Los Angeles (POSTPONED)
Due to the recent shooting at USC, this event has been postponed until January. Please be on the lookout for updates! TeenNow California is collaborating with the California Family Health Council to host a Sex Ed Film Festival and educational forum in Los Angeles! The event will include several films related to sex education and panel discussions with local experts. The Sex Ed Film Fest and Forum is an educational event intended to promote dialogue about sex education. The event is intended to inspire young people, especially college students, to advocate for teen pregnancy prevention and sexual health programs, as well as become more interested in the sexual health, public health, and teen pregnancy prevention field. Be on the lookout for more info! Please spread the word. Hope to see you there! Email tnca@teennowcalifornia.org for more info.
Conference Success
Thank you to all who made it out to a conference this year! It was an exciting and busy conference season for us. We enjoyed traveling throughout California to meet our members and supporters in Sacramento, Fresno, and California. We hope you learned something new, networked with peers and colleagues, and came away with a renewed inspiration for working with youth. Please send any feedback regarding the conferences to tnca@teennowcalifornia.org We'll keep your feedback in mind as we plan for next year.
Fundraiser Success
Thank you to all who contributed time, money, in-kind donations, and skills for our first annual fundraiser! The party was a blast and a success: over $1000 was raised for TeenNow California's programs!The evening included food and beverages, live music from a local youth musical trio, and a wonderful silent auction. Highlights from the evening included the personal testimony about the necessity and impact of teen parent programs from TeenNow member Susie Bristow and former teen parent scholarship winner Ashley Gutierrez and a presentation of an award to Executive Director Dana Goodrow from TeenNow member Cindy Grossman for TeenNow's support of the AFLP program. We hope to see you at next year's event!
2012 Scholarships Announcements!
Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 TeenNow California Scholarships for pregnant and parenting graduating seniors! The winning essays can be found on our website and each month we are featuring a winning essay on our blog. Read the inspiring stories and remember what a difference you truly make in the lives of young peopl e. Thank you to all TeenNow California members who sponsored applicants.Statewide/Region 1: Maeve McDonald
Region 2: Celeste Walker Region 3: Estefania Diaz-Lopez Region 4: (No applicants) Region 5: Jordyn Oliver Region 6: Nancy Gutierrez Region 8: Yureni Garcia
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Call for Special Issue Papers: Youth Gangs and Adolescent Development
The Journal of Research on Adolescence (JRA) is seeking submissions for a special section dedicated to youth gangs and adolescent development. This section will incorporate five to six papers. The submission deadline is January 31, 2013. Papers may be submitted through the JRA submission site.
Tobacco-Use Prevention Education: Grades 6-12Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) funds support health education efforts aimed at the prevention and reduction of tobacco use by youth. TUPE in grades six through twelve is funded through a competitive application process. Funding consideration to local educational agencies is based on projects that propose to implement research-validated prevention programs for the general student population, provide youth development activities for both general and priority populations, and provide intervention and cessation services to students currently using tobacco. PITC Trainer Institutes are offered to educators, program managers, and other professionals responsible for training infant/toddler care teachers. Trainer Institutes are conducted three times per year, alternating between Northern and Southern California, and East Coast locations. Once participants have completed the certification requirements, they will receive a certificate of completion from WestEd and the California Department of Education. Upon completion of all four modules, a participant becomes a PITC Certified Graduate. Fellowships are available to California residents who meet eligibility requirements. January in San Diego, June in Berkeley,
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Pre-teen girls with low literacy levels are more likely to bear children during their teenage years than their peers with higher literacy, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing explained Sunday at the American Public Health Association's 140th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California.
The researchers said that their findings, from research carried out in the USA, builds on previous studies that detected an association between teenage child bearing and social inequities globally. They suggest that independent of other factors, pre-teen low literacy is a strong predictor of teenage child bearing in the United States. The researchers gathered and analyzed data from the Philadelphia Public Schools records involving 12,339 girls. Their average age was 11.9 years (seventh-grade). They found that:
- Girls with poor literacy were 2.5 times as likely to have a baby during their teens, compared to their peers with good literacy.
- During the six-year assessment period, 21% of those with low literacy had a baby during their teen year.
- During this same period, 3% of those with low literacy had 2 or more babies during their teenage years
- 12% of those with average literacy had a baby during their teenage years
- 1% of girls with average reading skills had at least two babies when they were teenagers
- 5% of the good readers had a baby when they were teenagers
- 0.4% of the good readers had two or more babies during their teenage years
The researchers also looked into whether teenage child bearing varied according to race and ethnic groups. They reported that a higher percentage of pre-teen Hispanic and African-American girls have below-average reading skills, compared to other racial groups.
New Study: Smartphones Linked to Sexual Activity in Teens
Teens with smartphones are more likely to have sex and meet others online for sex than teens without Internet access on their phones, according to a new study. But it's not clear if the smartphone actually influences teenagers' sexual activity, and at least one critic of the research called it weak. Still, the smartphone is "one of the tools that risk-taking teens are going to use to take risks," said study co-author Eric Rice, assistant professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles. And he thinks there's "definitely a connection" between having the phones and having sex.
For the study, the researchers surveyed more than 1,800 high school students aged 12 to 18 from Los Angeles public schools. Many were from middle- and low-income families. One-third of the students owned smartphones, such as iPhones and Blackberries, that provide access to the Internet and software apps in addition to text-messaging and camera capabilities that are basic on many cell phones. Essentially they are mini-computers and cell phones in one.
Forty-seven percent of these students said they were sexually active, compared to 35 percent of those who didn't own smartphones. Seventeen percent of the smartphone users said they had had sex with someone they met online, compared to 14 percent of kids without smartphones.
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ALL REGIONS
Webinar: Using Healthy People to Achieve Your Goals: Implementation, Action, and New Tools
When: Wednesday, November 7, 2012, from 9am-10:30pm
What: Join the Healthy People 2020 Spotlight on Health webinar to learn about activities underway to implement Healthy People 2020 and the Leading Health Indicators. This presentation will highlight ways that Healthy People 2020 can be used, identify proven strategies and lessons learned, provide action steps for stakeholder groups, and showcase examples of stakeholders' implementation efforts. This 1 ½ hour event includes 45 minutes of presentations and 45 minutes for discussion during which participants may ask questions and share their experiences and thoughts.
When: Wednesday November 14, 2012, 11am-12pm
What: This webinar from MECP will explore developmental factors for helping children grow up strong, facilitate more healthy engagement, increase resilience and reduce vulnerability to negative environments. Panelists will explore key strategies for increasing protective factors and reducing risk factors within families, schools, and the community to prevent abuse and exploitation. Panelists will also provide an overview of strategies for responding to maladaptive or problem behavior. Panelists will highlight prevention approaches for parents, educators, and other agencies working with children according to the three developmental factors.
REGION 2 Women's Policy Summit: Advancing Women's Health, Wealth & Power When: Thursday January 17, 2013 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Where: Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 What: The 2013 Women's Policy Summit (formerly the Working Families Policy Summit) will be a one-stop opportunity to learn what state legislators and leading advocates see as the top priorities to improve the health and well-being of California's diverse communities of women and girls. Topics will include: Women and Health Care Reform, Reproductive Health, Women and Mental Health, Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault, Gender & Health Disparities, Women and Welfare, Aging, Child Care, Gender-Responsive Asset Building, Paid Sick Days & Paid Family Leave, Appointment of Women to Public and Corporate Boards, and more! Registration open November 15th. REGION 3 Teen Talk Sexuality Education Teacher Training in Comprehensive Sexuality Education When: November 8-9, 2012, 9am-4pm Where: Silicon Valley Community Foundation's San Mateo Conference Center, Conference Room 114, 1300 El Camino Real (at 13th Avenue), San Mateo, CA What: Ideal for middle school and high school teachers, and community/health educators. This workshop will cover: California Education Code, healthy relationships, values clarification in sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV/AIDS), abstinence/not having sex, birth control updates, encouraging parent/child communication, pregnancy options, decision-making skills, sexual identity & gender, sex and the media, how to answer tough questions from teens, and more. REGION 6 TeenNow California and California Family Health Center: Sex Ed Film Festival @USC (Postponed) When: January 2013 Where: Los Angeles What: (due to the recent shooting at USC, this event has been postponed until January) TeenNow California is collaborating with the California Family Health Council to host a Sex Ed Film Festival and educational forum in Los Angeles! The event will include several films related to sex education and panel discussions with local experts. The Sex Ed Film Fest and Forum is an educational event intended to promote dialogue about sex education. The event is intended to inspire young people, especially college students, to advocate for teen pregnancy prevention and sexual health programs, as well as become more interested in the sexual health, public health, and teen pregnancy prevention field. Be on the lookout for more info! Hope to see you there! Email tnca@teennowcalifornia.org for more info REGION 8 When: Monday November 19, 2012, 11am-10:30pm
Where: Chili's Restaurant, 8285 Fletcher Pkwy. La Mesa, CA 91942
What: We are so excited to have been approached by the Chili's Restaurant near our office in San Diego to participate in one of their give back nights! On Monday November 19th if you BRING IN THE FLYER to the Chili's Restaurant in La Mesa, CA from 11am-10:30pm, Chili's will donate 15% of your check to TeenNow! Please make Chili's part of your day on the 19th and help support programs for pregnant and teens and the teachers who serve them. Thank you! Email tnca@teennowcalifornia.org if you have questions.
Mustache Bash: CHAT(ncsd)
When: Friday November 30, 2012, 7pm-9:30pm
Where: Oceanside Public Library Community Room // 330 North Coast Highway Oceanside, CA 92054
What: Come rock out with your mustache out while DJ Alexander Pastel spins the hottest hits! Free stick-on mushaches and FCKH8 buttons available for everyone. Special prizes include: iPod Nano! H&M gift card! "Legalize Gay" t-shirts! Must be 13-19 years old to party. As always, feel free to call or text us with questions at 760.533.3130! Event sponsored by Vista Community Clinic and North County LGBTQ Resource Center with a grant from the United States Department of Health & Human Services Office of Minority Health.
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