These resources are for those advocating for anti-shackling in the prison system. It includes statistics, states that no longer shackle during pregnancy and pictures.
This is helpful for those working in the detention center, prison, jail or interested in helping those in jail.
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This document presents the innovative work that organizations that work with youth through Chicago were doing.
Sisters Empowering Sisters created a zine. Global Girls created a performance piece that asked young women to think about waiting until they are 24 to have children. Beyondmedia created a video about HIV.
This document can be used by community members, non for profit organization interested in new ideas.
Factors affecting Latina Health:
Recommendations for Developing Programs for Latina Adolescents
This website answers the following questions: What does a traditional birth doula do? What does an on-call birth doula do?
This website provides services. It is a website to obtain a doula. It is also a good website to gather information and it also answers questions about finding a doula and having one for pregnancy.
This resource guide is provided by the section of family planning at the University of Chicago. It was develepod in 2014 and is a reference guide for legal information regarding abortion care and considerations.
Click here to read more about the legal rights regarding abortion in Illinois
This report is part of the Center of Disease Control Health Disparities and Inequalities Report (CHDIR) 2013. It aims to highlight and raise awareness of differences in the characteristics of females aged <20 years who become pregnant and give birth and to prompt actions to reduce these disparities.
CDC examined 2007 and 2010 birth rate (live births, induced abortions, and fetal losses) data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) and comparable data for earlier years. Characteristics analyzed included four age groups (10–14, 15–19, 15–17, and 18–19 years), race, ethnicity, and state. Household income and educational attainment were not analyzed.
3 tables are also available that show birth rates for females by age, race/ethnicity, and state.
Citation: Ventura, S.J., Hamilton, B.E., Mathews, T.J. Pregnancy and Childbirth Among Females Aged 10–19 Years – United States, 2007–2010. 2013. CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report- United States, 2013. Supplement. Vol. 62. No. 3. 71-76.
UPDATE: While the parental involvement law was not in place in Illinois at the time the research was performed, the Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion is now in effect. Under this act, health care providers must notify an adult family member 48 hours before performing an abortion for a patient under 18 years old. There are now a total of 39 states in the U.S. that have parental involvement laws in effect.
Researchers interviewed 30 women ages 14 to 17 who were seeking abortion services in Chicago to learn their opinions about the parental involvement law.
Read more about the Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act here and here
Read more about Parental Involvement in Minors’ Abortions here
Citation: Kavanagh, E.K., Lee, A., Hasselbacher, B.B., Tristan, S. and Gilliam, M. (2012). Abortion-Seeking Minors’ Views on the Illinois Parental Notification Law: A Qualitative Study. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. Vol.44., Issue 3.,159-166.
“Our Story, Our Words”, produced by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy (NCPTUP), features foster-care involved young people’s views on love, sex, and pregnancy in their own words. Some interesting statistics from the the magazine include:
“Nearly 80 percent of teen mothers do not marry their baby’s father. On average, these absent fathers pay only $800 a year in child support.” (p. 7)
“Three out of ten girls become pregnant at least by once by age 20.” (p. 7)
“41% of foster youth think the reason teen pregnancy is higher among foster youth is because they want to feel loved.” (p. 7)
Citation: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. (n.d.) Our Story, Our Words. Retrieved from http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/resources/pdf/pubs/OurStory_FINAL.pdf
The Core Competencies are intended for adult providers of adolescent sexual and reproductive health and serve as a foundation of professional capabilities that all providers should strive to possess in order to deliver effective, sensitive and appropriate sexual health care and services to adolescents.
The Core Competencies are divided into 5 major domains:
Information is provided that details what a provider should know and should be able to do for each domain.
Citation:
Core Competencies Subcommittee of the Adolescent Sexual Health Work Group (ASHWH), California Core Competencies for Providers of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs/Services. 2008. Core Competencies.
Link to “California Core Competencies for Providers of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.”
Planned Parenthood, founded in 1916, is an organization that is committed to providing trusted health care, educating and informing the community, leading the reproductive health and rights movement, and advancing global health.
“Planned Parenthood believes in the fundamental right of each individual, throughout the world, to manage his or her fertility, regardless of the individual’s income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or residence.”
The website provides up-to-date, clear, and medically accurate information about a variety of topics such as:
Planned Parenthood health centers also provide a variety of services such as:
Click here to find your closest Planned Parenthood Health Clinic.
Connect with Planned Parenthood via Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Youtube.
This report, compiled by Guttmacher Institute, contains the most recent statistics available (from 2008) on teenage pregnancy, birth, miscarriages and abortion. It also details population trends and trends among states and information concerning different races and ethnicities. The report is largely data, but has a lot of compelling key findings that are listed in the beginning of the report.
Some findings include:
Citation:
Kost, K. and Henshaw, S. U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity (2013).
This fact sheet provided by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy covers statistics regarding drug, alcohol, tobacco use, delinquency and sexual activity among teens. Teens who drink or use drugs are often more sexually active and less likely to use contraception than teens who do not use drugs or drink alcohol.
According to the NCPTP: More than one-third of sexually active teens and young adults ages 15-24 report that alcohol or drug use has influenced them to do something sexual.
To view the full document click below:
Teen Pregnancy and Other Risky Behavior
For more resources from the NCPTP visit their website: www.teenpregnancy.org
Teen pregnancy affects the educational achievements of teens themselves as well as the education of the children they have. According to the NCPTP, parenthood is the leading cause of school drop out among teen girls.
This fact sheet covers the statistics related to teen pregnancy and education of the mother and the children born to teen parents. Less than half of teen mothers graduate high school and only two thirds of children born to teen mothers obtain a high school diploma.
To view all the statistics on the fact sheet click below:
To visit the NCPTP website visit: www.teenpregnancy.org
Public funding for family planning services, such as access to contraceptives, screening for breast and cervical cancers, and testing for STDs, for low-income women is shown to save public dollars in the long haul. Through a cost-benefit analysis, it was determined that for everyone $1 spent in public funding, $4.02 is saved by providing access to care.
Citation: Frost, J.J., Finer, L.B., & Tapales, A. (2008). The impact of publicly funded family planning clinic services on unintended pregnancies and government cost savings. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. Vol. 19, Issue 3. p. 778-796
This fact sheet discusses the housing crisis for pregnant and parenting youth in Illinois based on a study done in 2004. According to statistics:
To view the entire brief click below:
In 2002, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the U.S Department of Justice estimated that there are 1,682,900 homeless and runaway youth under eighteen years of age in the United States. Of this number, anywhere from 6 to 22% are pregnant. This means that there could potentially be almost 400,000 homeless and pregnant young women in this country.
Understanding the resources available and law applicable to young parents to assist them in finding adequate housing is one way to help address the problem of homlessness among adolescent parents in the United States today.
The American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law and Healthy Teen Network collaborated to develop an overview of housing-related legal policy issues with which advocates for young families should be familiar. This is merely a guide to some of the legal and policies avenues that are available for pregnant parenting teens seeking housing supports. It is not exhaustive and should not be construed as legal advice.
Some programs to obtain housing assistance include:
The guide provides details about each program and provides other information regarding finding housing for youth.
To view the full document click below:
Helping Pregnant and Parenting Teens Find Adequate Housing
For more resources from Health Teen Network visit their website: www.healthyteennetwork.org
The Healthy Teen Network, with the support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, has long explored how to better meet the needs of marginalized youth and subsequently reduce their risk for early pregnancy and parenting. In 2008, a year-long effort included: a review of the literature on what we know about today’s youth, their risk factors and what works to prevent early pregnancy among those most marginalized; development of a brief paper which synthesized these findings; a one-day summit including a diverse set of experts in the fields of teen pregnancy prevention and youth development to discuss the state of the field and develop a set of policy, program and research recommendations for moving forward, and a presentation and discussion with the field at large during Healthy Teen Network’s annual conference.
The Executive Summary provides a brief description of the issues, the summit and the recommendations for future policy, research and programs. The Executive Summary can be viewed here: Preventing Teen Pregnancy Among Marginalized Youth: Executive Summary
For the full report: Preventing Teen Pregnancy Among Marginalized Youth: Full Report
This fact sheet provided by Rand Health provides information regarding teen pregnancy and exposure to sex on television.
These results have several practical implications:
To view the fact sheet: Exposure to Sex on TV may increase the Chance of Teen Pregnancy
These fact sheets published by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) provide clear and accurate information about the sexually transmitted disease, syphilis. The fact sheet covers important information such as symptoms, prevention methods, risk factors, contraction of syphilis while pregnant, stages of the disease, treatment and additional resources.
There are several versions of the fact sheet–
Link to “Basic Fact Sheet–Syphilis”
Link to “Detailed Fact Sheet–Syphilis”
Link to “Syphilis & Men Who Have Sex with Men Fact Sheet”
Link to “Images of Syphilis Fact Sheet”
Sexual Health Toolkit 