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PPFY NETWORK Thank you for visiting the PPFY NETWORK Newsletter website. The PPFY NETWORK is an interdisciplinary newsletter designed to assist those involved in prevention of teen pregnancy. Unfortunately our funding was discontinued, and we cannot continue to publish the newsletter. Thanks to everyone who supported the newsletter throughout its eighteen years of publication. We have heard from many of you about how it helped you in your work to reduce teen pregnancy. Please feel free to download and use the issues that appear on this website. March 2000 Issue A User’s Guide To Data On Teen Pregnancy Colorado: Teen Pregnancy/Pregnancy Prevention A Emergency Contraception Update Facts At A Glance Get Organized: A Guide For Preventing Teen Pregnancy Policies And Programs Promoting Positive Youth Development: Beyond The Prevention Of Teenage Pregnancy Preventing Teen Pregnancy In The Next Millennium Real Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Investing In The Children Of Teen Mothers Sharper Messages. Bolder Actions. Putting Pregnancy Prevention Back into the Youth Preparation Picture The Next Challenge: Guarding Against Complacency What Will Become Of Poverty-Stricken Children In The New Millennium? What’s Troubling Girls And What We Can Do About It In The New Millennium Why Wait To Have A Baby? December 1999 Issue THEME ISSUE: PREVENTING TEEN PREGNANCY IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE Teen Pregnancy Prevention: The Genie In The New Millennium A Grandmother’s Rhetoric A Note From The Field Making A Difference: Pregnancy Prevention Strategies To Lift Teens Out Of The Forgotten Half Marriage And Teen Pregnancy: Strange Bedfellows? Policies And Programs Promoting Positive Youth Development: Beyond The Prevention Of Teenage Pregnancy Preventing Teen Pregnancy In The Next Millennium Real Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Investing In The Children Of Teen Mothers Sharper Messages. Bolder Actions. Putting Pregnancy Prevention Back into the Youth Preparation Picture The Next Challenge: Guarding Against Complacency What Will Become Of Poverty-Stricken Children In The New Millennium? What’s Troubling Girls And What We Can Do About It In The New Millennium Why Wait To Have A Baby? September 1999 Issue The Prenatal And Early Childhood Nurse Home Visitation Program: A Model Prevention Program For Young Families "High Culture": Portrayals Of Substance Use In popular Movies And Music Sex On TV: Content And Context Peer Effects On Adolescent Girls' Sexual Debut And pregnancy Risk Peer Programs To Prevent Teen Pregnancy: What Have We Learned? Between A Rock And A Hard Place: Noncustodial Dads May Want To Contribute, But The System makes It Tough Evaluating Teen Pregnancy Prevention Projects using Randomized Designs: The Washington State Experience Kids Ready To Talk About Today's Tough Issues Before Their Parents Are: Sex, Aids, Viokence, And Drugs/Alcohol Teenage Pregnancy - The Case For Prevention Students In Unsafe Schools At Higher Risk Of Becoming Teen Mothers California Launches Local Student Health And Sexual Behavior Assessment System Contrary to Popular Belief, Two-thirds Of Sexually Active Women Younger Than 18 Have Partners Close To Their Age June 1999 Issue THEME ISSUE: ABSTINENCE "Abstinence is a value, not a contraceptive choice for the sexually active." The above quote is from Karen Pittman's column in Youth Today, Vol. 8, #3. Reprinted with permission. Abstinence: Putting It In Perspective A Brief Overview Of Pregnancy Prevention Efforts In California CDC Funds 13 Demonstration Projects: Community Coalition Partnership Programs For The Prevention Of Teen Pregnancy Evaluating Section 510, Abstinence-Only Education Programs Federal Abstinence Education Grant Program The Impact Of Abstinence-Only Programs A Look At The Controversy Major Findings Of The AMCHP State-by-state Abtinence Education Survey Resources States' Implementation Of The Section 510(b) Abstinence Program Youths In Care, Sexuality Education And The Child Welfare Response March 1999 Issue Television As A Sex Educator: It's Messages, Modes Of Influence, And Impact Teen Wire.Com Sex, Contraception And Childbearing Among High-Risk Youth: Do Different Factors Influence Males And Females? Second Pregnancies Among Teenage Mothers School Engagement Reduces The Risk Of Teen Childbearing Preventing Teenage Pregnancy: School Leaders Speak Out Positive Youth Development At Work Lessons Learned: European Approaches to Adolescent Sexulality Family Influences On Teen Pregnancy Beyond Collaboration: 10 Keys To Sustaining Partnerships & Community Building Initiatives December 1998 Issue THEME ISSUE: PREGNANCY PREVENTION -YOUTH DEVELOPMENT APPROACH Recent issues of this newsletter have presented evidence that growing up in a supportive and caring environment reduces youths' risk of engaging in destructive behaviors such as premature sexual activity, substance abuse, and delinquency. There is also evidence that providing protective factors in home and community can help youth overcome barriers that place them at risk. In response to these findings, this issue presents positive youth development efforts that have been shown to improve youths' self-esteem, problem-solving skills, moral choices, and resilience. Asset-Building And Risk Reduction: Complementary Strategies For Youth Development Teen Pregnancy Prevention: A New Approach Beyond Prevention: Linking Teenage Pregnancy Prevention To Youth Development Communities That Care An Operating System For Positive Youth Development From Abusive To Protective Cultures Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy: A Youth Development Approach Resiliency And Youth: Following The Path With Heart Safe Havens And Their Contributions To Healthy Youth Development Share Youth Discoveries Study Shows Sports Reduce Teen Pregnancy Risk Contact Barbara Dietsch Program Director 562-799-5126 bdietsc@WestEd.org