Podcasts and Multimedia: Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Abstinence Education
Dr. Carl Lejuez of the University of Maryland has spent years researching why and when people take risks. He talks with NCFY about the balloon-popping video game he uses to study risk taking, and about the implications of his findings for traumatized youth.
Time: 11:33 | Size: 10.5 MB | Transcript
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As program coordinator at the Bristol HUB Youth Center in Vermont, Ryan Krushenick leads a popular teen pregnancy prevention curriculum tailored to be welcoming to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. He talks to NCFY how to practice inclusive teen pregnancy prevention work.
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Bryan Samuels, commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, and Andrew Barnett, executive director of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League, talk to NCFY about the need to include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth in teen pregnancy prevention efforts.
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Karl Kallgren, director of the Union City Sustained Youth Development Project, talks to NCFY about the highly personalized youth program that has helped teen pregnancy rates drop by 20 percent in this rural Pennsylvania community.
Time: 4:00 | Size: 3.7 MB | Transcript
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An expert on teen pregnancy prevention for over 40 years, Dr. Michael A. Carrera talks about the specific challenges and rewards of getting youth to care about their futures.
Time: 5:09 | Size: 4.7 MB | Transcript
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Two team members from Jacksonville’s Project S.O.S. program describe how their original play, "Live Like it Counts," has helped convey the benefits of healthy youth lifestyles and sexual abstinence to a larger audience.
Time: 8:21 | Size: 7.6 MB | Transcript
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Three young men and a youth development expert advise abstinence educators on how to best reach teen guys with the abstinence message.
Time: 12:21 | Size: 11.3 MB | Transcript
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A NCFY staff member talks to a young woman who says abstinence is more than a decision not to have sex. It's a way of valuing herself.
Time: 07:18 | Size: 4.1 MB | Transcript
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