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Title: Update on the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative TPPI, Jackson County


1
Update on the Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Initiative (TPPI), Jackson County
  • Michelle White, Teen Pregnancy Prevention
    Initiative Coordinator

2
Teen Pregnancy in Jackson County
  • Fourth highest teen pregnancy rate in Michigan
  • Disparities between African American and
    Caucasian birth rates (3 times higher)
  • 20 of all teen births are to mothers who
    already have one or more children
  • Approximately 13.6 of live births were to teens,
    while 32 of all infant deaths were to teens
  • 35 of women received less than adequate prenatal
    care and 11 of babies were preterm
  • High rates of sexual abuse among juveniles, child
    abuse and neglect, school dropout rates, STDs,
    child poverty

3
Teen Pregnancy is Closely Linked to Other
Critical Social Issues
  • Poverty and Income Disparity
  • Overall Child Well-Being
  • Infant Mortality
  • Out-of-Wedlock Births and Marriage
  • Responsible Fatherhood
  • Workforce Development
  • Education Levels/School Failure
  • Child Abuse and Neglect
  • Child Welfare
  • Juvenile Delinquency/Incarceration

4
History of Jackson County Health Department
  • Received Abstinence Funding since 1990
  • Leader in community for teen pregnancy
    prevention Jackson County Abstinence
    Partnership, Jackson Youth Partnership, etc.
  • Received 1.35 in funding for Teen Pregnancy
    Prevention Project (TP3) from 2000-2003
  • Provided education to majority of school
    districts in Jackson County (i.e., puberty,
    STDs, abstinence, birth control)

5
Why the United Way and Teen Pregnancy Prevention?
  • The mission of the United Way of Jackson County
    is to improve peoples lives by mobilizing the
    caring power of Jackson County to create lasting
    change in community conditions
  • Jackson County has a long history of high teen
    pregnancy rates
  • Teen Pregnancy was identified as a priority area
    through United Ways community needs assessment
    process in 2005

6
What is the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative
(TPPI)?
  • Advisory Committee made up of local teen
    pregnancy prevention experts
  • Mission is to reduce the teen pregnancy rate in
    Jackson County and address contributing factors
    for Jackson Countys young people
  • Recently conducted a strategic planning process
    in 2006-2007 to develop a community-wide plan for
    reducing Jackson Countys teen pregnancy rate
  • Receives 75,000 per year for 3 years
  • Pursuing Hope for Our Youth
  • Copy on www.uwjackson.org

7
Who makes up the TPPI?
  • Community agencies Health Department, Center
    for Family Health, Allegiance Health, Planned
    Parenthood, counseling agencies, United Way,
    Jackson Public Schools, African American churches
  • Labor and Delivery nurses
  • Concerned Citizens
  • Parents
  • Teens

8
Strategic Planning Process for Teen Pregnancy
Prevention Initiative
  • Assessed Teen Pregnancy Prevention programs in
    place for Jackson County
  • Collected information on successful programs on
    national, state, and county levels
  • Conducted 6 focus groups locally with teens, teen
    parents, and parents for ideas and feedback

9
Strategic Planning Process for Teen Pregnancy
Prevention Initiative
  • Analyzed Jackson birth rates by age, race, and
    birth certificate data
  • Collected valuable input from stakeholders group
    and target population
  • Key theme was lack of hope in Jackson Countys
    youth
  • Identified Jackson specific needs and gaps
  • Advisory Committee ranked interventions to
    determine direction of initiative

10
Why the Disparities?
  • Generational Cycles/Cultural Patterns
  • Poverty
  • Lack of hope for a successful future
  • Desire for unconditional love
  • Lack of parental connection
  • Status/positive attention from friends
  • Very accepted in certain communities

11
Overall Goals of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Initiative
  • Implementation of the Carrera Program
  • Multi-faceted holistic approach to teen pregnancy
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Family Life and Sex Education
  • Lifetime Individual Sports
  • Self-Expression
  • Mental Health Services
  • Comprehensive Medical and Dental

12
  • Hope is a powerful contraceptive. The way
    that you help young people avoid pregnancy is by
    providing them with real evidence that good
    things can happen in their lives.
  • Dr. Michael A. Carrera
  • Childrens Aid Society - Carrera Program

13
Overall Goals of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Initiative
  • Parent Community Education in Neighborhoods
    with High Teen Pregnancy Rates
  • House to House program - Prenatal Task Force
  • Daughters of Promise - Monument of Faith
  • Parent/Teen Connectedness Workshops

14
Overall Goals of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Initiative
  • Advocacy Plan for Jackson County
  • Work with sex education committees within local
    school districts
  • Encourage comprehensive sex education at the high
    school level
  • Educate the public on teen pregnancy
  • Increase awareness on programs currently in place

15
Community Call to Action Event
  • Official release of our strategic plan
  • Took place March 13, 2008 with 140 in attendance
  • Moderator, United Way Executive Director, TPPI
    Coordinator, 6 panelists for a 2 hour event
  • Invited key leaders, elected officials, schools,
    faith-based organizations, young people
  • Positive media attention
  • Promoted on local cable channel after event
  • Multiple demands for presentations after this
    event

16
Media Campaigns
  • Targeting Parents and Teens
  • Website Development www.tppijackson.org
  • Six Billboards
  • Radio Advertising
  • Television Advertisements

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Citizen Patriot Coverage
Effort to reduce teen birth rate gains momentum
Woman shares experiences of being a teenage
mother
20
School Based Sex Education Jackson Public
Schools
  • Committed to comprehensive, long-term sex
    education programming
  • Sex Education Advisory Committee meets monthly
  • Puberty the Wonder Years curriculum for 4th-6th
    grades
  • Safer Choices curriculum for 7th-8th grades
  • Healthy Relationships/Michigan Model for all 9th
    graders
  • Comprehensive Sex Education beginning in 7th grade

21
Local Teen Pregnancy Video
  • Selected 8 teen parents ( 5 females and 3 males)
    to a participate in a video targeting teens that
    focuses on prevention
  • Began the process in April of 2008
  • Goal 17 minute video with discussion guide to
    show in local tpp programs, distribute to all
    school districts and to community agencies
  • Created both an abstinence-only and a
    comprehensive version

22
GET REAL Summer Program
  • Abstinence Mini-grant for summer of 2008
  • 80 inner-city young people (males and females)
  • Hired 4 African American staff to lead program
  • Program was 3-4 days per week, 1 field trip/week
  • Purpose is to expose young people to new
    opportunities, empower them, incorporate guest
    speakers and personal testimonies, weekly themes,
    mentoring, positive role modeling, parent
    programming, overnight retreats

23
Other Critical Services/Programs
  • Teen Parent Program
  • Teen Health Center at Parkside
  • Center for Family Health
  • Planned Parenthood
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters
  • Crisis Counseling Services
  • Faith-Based Programming
  • Afterschool programs and recreation centers

24
What Success Will Look Like
  • Implementation of the Carrera Program in 2009
  • Parent/Community Education being offered through
    creative strategies in targeted neighborhoods
  • All Jackson County School Districts implementing
    age appropriate, research-based, long term sex
    education programming

25
What Success Will Look Like
  • Jackson County residents being more aware of the
    issue of teen pregnancy
  • More adults mentoring young people
  • Looking for all opportunities to instill hope in
    Jackson County teens
  • Businesses, Agencies, Faith Community, Funders
    all getting more involved in positive youth
    development

26
Obstacles and Challenges
  • Consistent and Long-term Funding
  • Regular attendance in programs outside of school
  • Hiring reliable, dedicated staff
  • Parental involvement
  • Lack of caring adults in teens lives
  • Breaking the cycle - Generational Patterns
  • Dealing with Poverty
  • Teen Pregnancy is NOT always viewed as a negative
    thing
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