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May 2006 update on new publications, actions you can take, and more!
Advocates for Youth's e-News Update
Today, May 18th, is National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
A preventive HIV vaccine is the best hope for slowing the spread of HIV.
A preventive HIV vaccine is a substance that teaches the body's immune system to recognize and protect itself against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Ideally the vaccine would be given to uninfected (HIV-negative) people to keep them from becoming infected, if exposed to HIV, by helping their immune system to respond faster to the HIV virus before it takes over the immune system's defenses.
To learn more about HIV vaccines, clinical trials and to read personal stories, please visit: http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/hivvaccine.htm
May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (NTPPM)
Since 1991, U.S. teenage pregnancy, abortion, and birth rates have declined steadily in every age and racial/ethnic group. Teenage birth rates declined in every state as well as in the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands. Research indicates that sexually active teens are becoming more effective users of contraception and that more teens are choosing to remain abstinent during early and middle adolescence. Nevertheless, the United States continues to have higher rates of teen pregnancy, birth, and abortion than other industrialized nations. Teens ages 18 and 19 account for as much as 66 percent of U.S. teen births. Most teenage mothers come from socially and/or economically disadvantaged backgrounds; adolescent motherhood often compounds this disadvantage.
To read the entire publication, please visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/factsheet/fsprechd.htm
For more information about National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, please visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/ntppm.htm
Or, to find evaluated, effective programs, visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/programsthatwork/index.htm
Apply now for the Eighth Annual European Study Tour!
Advocates for Youth and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte are sponsoring the eighth European study tour, October 20-November 6, 2006. Apply now to travel to Netherlands, France, and Germany to identify the strategies, programs, and policies that have positively influenced adolescent sexual behavior and outcomes in these countries.
For more information and to download the application, please visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/news/events/stdytour.htm
Job Opening! Program Manager, Young Women of Color Initiatives
IThrough funding from private foundations and government grants, Advocates provides training and technical assistance to youth-serving organizations, AIDS-service organizations, community-based organizations, and youth leaders throughout the United States to improve their HIV/STI prevention programming for “youth in high-risk situations.”
The Program Manager will oversee Advocates’ Young Women of Color Initiatives, including an Office of Minority Health cooperative agreement, a Young Women of Color Leadership Council, and a peer education program.
To read the full job description, please visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/about/employment.htm
Take P.A.R.T.!
Take Positive Action for Responsible Television (Take P.A.R.T.) to support accurate sexual health information and positive images on television.
This month, we recognize the hit series, Without a Trace and America's Next Top Model.
- Without a Trace brought attention to treatments that can prevent HIV transmission from pregnant women to their infants.
- America’s Next Top Model introduced the young modeling aspirants to the importance of speaking out on HIV and AIDS.
Responsible television means depicting storylines that can raise public awareness of important and difficult issues. These programs each highlight an important aspect of the fight against HIV and AIDS. Send a letter in support of Without a Trace and America’s Next Top Model.
You can help Advocates for Youth with a contribution today. To donate, visit http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/about/donatetoday.htm
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