Delaying The Second Pregnancy in Teen Mothers Project
The goals of the project are to help teen mothers to delay a second pregnancy, practice contraception correctly and consistently and to remain in and graduate from high school. An estimated one in five teenage mothers will get pregnant twice before reaching age 20 (Greer and Levin-Epstein, 1998). In 2002, 21% of all births to mothers under the age of 20 were births to youth who already had a child (Klerman, 2004). 31% of births to mothers aged 16 or younger are followed by a second pregnancy within 24 months.
Introduction and Training: Delaying the second pregnancy among teen mothers
Date: January 29, 2016
Time: 9- 11 am
Location: 110 Canal St., Umass Lowell Innovation Hub
Places are limited! to attend please RSVP to Ainat Koren
We work to decrease teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease transmission among Greater Lowell youth through information gathering and distribution, integration of services, and supporting effective initiatives. The next meeting will be on Thursday, December 3, 2015, 12:00pm-1:30pm,
Location: Family Planning Department, 2nd Floor, Lowell Community Health Center,
161 Jackson Street, Lowell, MA
For More Information Contact: Stephanie Buchholz
School Curriculum Subcommittee focuses on providing age appropriate evidence based education to youth in grades K-12. Currently, members of the SUP Task Force are advising on the selection and adaptation of evidence-based curricula to be implemented in the city and towns. For More Information Contact: Maria Ruggiero at MRuggiero@lowellma.gov
Environmental Strategies Working Group (ESWG), led by Lowell Community Health Center, is the primary avenue for youth to engage in substance use and prevention efforts, and it works to inform and educate youth, parents, and adults in the community about how substance abuse is affecting neighborhoods.
The group meets every Thursday at 3:30- 5pm at Teen Block, 2nd Floor,
Lowell Community Health Center, 161 Jackson Street, Lowell, MA.
For more information, contact: Sochenda Uch
