Healthy Relationship Resources for Teens, Singles, and Parents of Teens  

May is Teen Pregnancy Prevention month    under development.  

The Richmond City Health District, Adolescent Health Program and the Richmond Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy would like to announce the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Seminar.  Please visit the link below to learn more about this event.  Registration closes May 3, 2010.  If interested, we encourage you to apply early and we look forward to our continued work together to address this important issue.

http://teenpregnancyseminar.eventbrite.com/

For Teens: Teen Pregnancy Prevention information from First Things First

View a short video clip on YouTube with comments from Relationship Smarts participants and Church Hill Academy school staff (serving at risk youth). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipY7OldtSwU

In 2008, the teenage pregnancy rate in Richmond City was 68.2 (for every thousand females 10 - 19 years; there were 68.2 pregnancies).  There were 916 pregnancies to females <age 10-19. Currently Richmond has the third highest teen pregnancy rate in the Commonwealth.

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month is an excellent time to talk with youth and adults about this issue.  Please encourage the teens to visit the link below and take a brief online quiz that will help them think about potentially risk-taking situations… before they find themselves in one.

Created by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, the goal of the quiz is to help teens get smart and serious about risks, so they can avoid them before they find themselves trapped “in the moment.” The quiz describes real situations, and the teens can choose the answer closest to what they think they would do. Their answers are discussed and scored regarding the potential risks. The quiz is short and confidential; the National Campaign website that hosts the quiz includes a lot of good information that encourages young people to avoid early, unplanned pregnancies.www.isittherighttime.com   http://www.stayteen.org/quiz/

 One in ten teens report experiencing physical dating abuse each year.  About one in four teens reports verbal, physical, emotional or sexual abuse each year. In 2007 475 youth in Virginia sought services for TDV from local domestic violence agencies in Virginia. Richmond City police data reports 31 incidents of teen on teen Aggravated Assault- Domestic and Rape in 2009.  Agencies that deal with youth believe this is significantly under-reported.

First Things First is on the Community Advisory Board for the Richmond Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and provides rese4arch proven national programs for teen healthy relationships and dating skills.  For more information about the campaign contact Gale Grant RHD at 804-205-3903 or www.richmondcampaign.org

Community Forum: Teen Healthy Relationships

Teen Healthy Relationships and Choose Respect Dating Violence Prevention Forum with Richmond City Council Members Cynthia Newbille and Ellen Robertson, Police Chief Norwood and other leaders at Peter Paul Development Center in Church Hill

Link for small pdf file with additional photos of Forum and youth classes.

VDH-FTF Dating Violence fact sheet pdf  link

We are grateful to Altria Companies Employee Community Fund and to Third Presbyterian Church for their generous support of programming for at-risk youth.

Resources & Links for teens, singles, parents, educators and congregations below.

  Annual Girls are Talking event in partnership with  Friends Association Saturday, August 7, 2010  8:00 AM- 5:00 PM VA Home for Boys & Girls 8716 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA.  Kamala Benjamin (804)644-2357    kbenjamin@friendsassn.org.

Links for Educators & Congregations:

                  

2009 Relationship Smarts class at Peter & Paul Development Center in Church Hill with instructors: Tania Peterson and LeMar Bowers. 

  

Friends Association for Children                      Church Hill Academy

         Church Hill Academy

Comments:

  • I learned how to have healthy dating relationships.

  • This helped me know what is safe and unsafe in dating.

  • I really appreciated the instructors: Tania and LeMar... they were awesome

  • School Director:  This was a GREAT program for our students.  The instructors and program were really engaging.  We need more of this in our community; Thank you First Things First.

View a short video clip on YouTube with comments from Relationship Smarts participants and Church Hill Academy school staff (serving at risk youth). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipY7OldtSwU

 

Programs and Resources:

 

A study performed at a public university indicated that 72% of the sexually active students regretted a decision to engage in sexual activity at least once, citing the following reasons: it was "inconsistent with their morals" (37%); alcohol influenced their sexual decision making (32%); or "they did not want the same thing as their partner" (28%). The only significant difference between male and female participants was that females more frequently reported regret as a result of "feeling pressured" by their partner.

Source: Oswalt SB, Cameron CA, Koob JJ. Sexual regret in college students. Arch Sex Behav 2005;34(6):663-9.

These programs/information have received support from the Dominion foundation, Parker Foundation, Equity Concepts, Ukrop's Supermarkets, First Market Bank, SunTrust, Trinity United Methodist Church, Third and St Giles Presbyterian Church, First Baptist Endowement, Episcopal Diocese of Va, Catholic Diocese of Richmond Respect Life, First Shiloh Baptist Church, and other businesses, congregations, and individuals.

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