New Mexico Teen Pregnancy Coalition

New Mexico's Health Data
Indicator-Based Information System Online

Years of research have closely linked teen pregnancy and early childbearing to a host of other critical social issues, including overall child health and well-being, out-of-wedlock births, educational attainment and workforce readiness, responsible fatherhood, and poverty in particular, especially child poverty. If more children are born to parents who are ready and able to care for them, child and family well-being will improve. There will be less poverty and more opportunities for young men and women to complete their education or achieve other life goals.

The New Mexico Department of Health Family Planning Program offers a website that provides provides access to public health datasets and information on New Mexico's priority health issues. Visit the site.

Teen Birth Rate Rises for the
First Time in 14 Years

The teen birth rate in the United States rose in 2006 for the first time since 1991, and unmarried childbearing also rose significantly, according to preliminary birth statistics released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). For more information, read the entire news release here.

New Online Publications

• Teen Pregnancy Video Proposal
• 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
• Teen Parent Programs Resource Directory, 2004
• Bridging Our Past, Present and Future: Teen Pregnancy in New Mexico
• Meeting the Challenge: How to Reduce Teen Pregnancy in Your Community