MCAHOFP Teen Pregnancy Prevention Annual Meeting April 25, 2006 Policy Research and Advocacy: The Ca

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MCAH/OFP Teen Pregnancy Prevention Annual
MeetingApril 25, 2006 Policy Research and
Advocacy The California AdolescentSexual Health
Policy Project Norm Constantine and Petra
JermanCenter for Research on Adolescent Health
and Development,Public Health Institute
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1. Why did teen birthrates go down in all states
since 1991? 2. Why did Californias rates go
down the fastest?
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Issue CA/TX Comparison
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• The California Adolescent
• Sexual Health Policy Project

• No Time for Complacency policy reviews
• No Time for Complacency supplements
• Teen births and costs
• STIs and costs
• Parental support for CSE
• Research on community support for CSE
• Research on evidence-use

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Evidence Use in the Sex Education
Debates

• (Funded by the W. T. Grant Foundation, 2006
  2008)
• Research Questions
• How do policy influentials appraise and use
  evidence ?
• How do social values and prior beliefs affect
  evidence appraisal and use?

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Motivational Aspects of Community
Support for School-Based Comprehensive Sexuality
Education 

• (funded by The California Wellness Foundation)
• In Press Sex Education (2007)
• Research Questions
• What factors are related to community support and
  motivation for school-based CSE?
• How do these factors influence implementation of
  effective school-based CSE programs?

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• SB 71 California Comprehensive Sexual Health and
  HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Act (took affect
  January 1, 2004)

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• SB 71 California Comprehensive Sexual Health and
  HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Act (took affect
  January 1, 2004)
• SB 1471 California Community Sexual Health
  Education Act (Senate Health Committee hearing
  April 26, 2006)

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• No Time for Complacency 2006
• NTFC Policy Reviews (2 pages each)
• NTFC Supplements (6 pages each)
• Teen Births and Costs (May, 2006)
• STIs and Costs (September, 2006)
• Parent Survey (January/April, 2007)

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• NTFC Policy Reviews
• (2 pages, Spring and Fall)
• Lead story on supplement
• Legislative overview
• Budget overview
• State activities
• National activities
• New policy statements (e.g., SAM)
• Other stories (e.g., Why Mike Males is Wrong)

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NTFC Policy Review 1, May 2006 Supplement Teen
Births and Costs by Senate District
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NTFC Policy Review 2, September 2006 Supplement
Age 15-24 STIs and Costs by Senate District
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• Part 1 Reportable STIs with direct data
• Chlamydia
• Gonorrhea
• Syphilis
• Part 2 Other STIs, requiring extrapolation
• Genital herpes
• HPV
• Hepatitis B
• Trichomoniasis
• HIV

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NTFC Policy Review 3, January/April 2007
Supplements Parent Telephone Survey by Five
Regions
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Be a No Time for Complacency spokesperson!
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• Spokesperson Support
• Pre-release NTFC materials
• Orientation conference call
• Activity suggestions
• Contact referrals
• Possible media interviews

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Partners
Adolescent Sexual Health Workgroup
CDE School Health Connections CDHS Maternal,
Child, and Adolescent Health Office of Family
Planning STD Control Branch Office of AIDS
Funders
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Complete and accessible documentation
http//crahd.phi.org http//teenbirths.phi.org F
act sheets ? executive summary ? full report and
appendices ? reference citations (new updates to
be added at each release date)
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