A Global Look at Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Strategies for Success
The Office on Women’s Health (OWH) sent this bulletin at 04/29/2013 05:21 PM EDTThe Office of Adolescent Health invites you to attend its free webcast - A Global Look at Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Strategies for Success - on Thursday, May 2nd from 2:00 - 3:00pm ET.
Hear from Robert W. Blum, MD, MPH, PhD, an expert in adolescent health and teen pregnancy, about how teen pregnancy outcomes in the United States compare globally, and what we can learn from teen pregnancy prevention efforts abroad. During it, Dr. Blum will address the following questions:
- How do adolescent pregnancy and childbearing statistics in the United States compare globally?
- How do different factors and characteristics impact an adolescent's risk of teen pregnancy?
- What do we know about effective teen pregnancy prevention?
Register here, and please forward this message to others who care about teen pregnancy prevention and adolescent health. We also invite you to live tweet during the webcast using #TPPGlobal, and be sure to follow OAH on Twitter at @TeenHealthGov. This webcast will kick off a month of activities by OAH for its third annual recognition of National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month.
Sincerely,
Evelyn Kappeler
Director, Office of Adolescent Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
About Robert W. Blum, MD, MPH, PhD
Dr. Blum is the William H. Gates, Sr. Professor and Chair of the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has edited two books, and has written nearly 250 journal articles, book chapters and special reports. In July 2007, Dr. Blum was named the Director of the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute. He is also a consultant to The World Bank, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UNICEF, and the World Health Organization.
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