Title: CRISTINA PARODI ParentFamily Liaison San Diego County Office of Education 858 5695410 cparodisdcoe.n
1CRISTINA PARODIParent/Family LiaisonSan Diego
County Office of Education(858)
569-5410cparodi_at_sdcoe.netwww.sdcoe.net/lret2/fam
ily
- Early Pregnancy in Teenage Latinas and its
academic consequences
2- Why do teenage Latinas
- want to get pregnant
3- Lack of sexual education
- Lack of communication with parents at home
- Family tradition
- Lack of academic support
- Low self-esteem
4- Lack of harmony at home
- History of domestic violence
- Socio-Economic level
- Legal status
5Consequences of teenage pregnancy
- Statistics 70 - 17 years
- Relations..
- Gang involvement..
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6- Pregnant Teens ages 15-17 in San Diego County
(2000-2002)
7Birth Rate per 1000 girls aged 15-17 in San
Diego County 2002
8Birth Rates of Latina Teens by Country of Descent
(2002)
9- How many more Latinas will become teenage moms
before we recognize there is a problem
10Exercise In groups compare and contrast your
adolescence experience to todays teenagers
experiences
11Group exercise create a list of suggestions
andcommitments we can do as parents to avoid
early pregnancy in our young Latinas.
12Action Plan
- Teach
- Promote
- Inspire and Motivate
13Together we can help our young Latinas achieve
academic success by fostering appreciation
confidence and self esteem.
- Lets join our efforts to decrease the number of
pregnancies in our beautiful teenagers.
14- We can do it by
- Working together
- Home School and Community
15Bibliography
- The National Latino Research Center (2002)
- www.csusm.edu/nlrc
- Public Policy Institute of California (November
2007) - www.ppic.org
- Latina Lista (December 2007)
- www.latinalista.net