New Mexico Teen Pregnancy Coalition

Virginia Department of Health's Partners in Prevention Program: Ball Talk in Fredericksburg

The Virginia Department of Health's Partners in Prevention program focuses on unplanned pregnancy prevention among 20-29 year-olds. This builds on an ongoing effort in the state to reduce non-marital births by funding ten local grantees who are reaching out to individuals through community colleges and vocational schools, parole and probation offices, subsidized housing, and family planning clinics. Two of the sites currently funded reach large numbers of young men through basketball leagues. As a condition of participating, the men must complete an educational session on family planning, healthy relationships, and male responsibility before the games begin.

You can view highlights from the recent matchup between the teams from the Bragg Hill Family Life Center and the Twin County Prevention Coalition and learn more about the Partners in Prevention Program on the Campaign's YouTube page:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeeqUHbXPhY&feature=channel_page.

New Online Publications

• Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Toolkit
• 2004-2006 Average Birth Rate to Hispanic Females
• Teen Birth Rates, Albuquerque Census Tracts 2001-05
• Child Trends Newsletter
• NM Teen Resource Directory 2008
• Free Publications from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA, 2007)
• Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Report Card, 2007
• New Mexico Selected Health Statistics Annual Report, 2005
• NM Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey, 2005
• Fatherhood Research
• Bridging Our Past, Present and Future: Teen Pregnancy in New Mexico
• Meeting the Challenge: How to Reduce Teen Pregnancy in Your Community