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An Evaluation Of A Sexual Health Education Program For Adolescents In A Residential Treatment Program In The Philadelphia Area, Rachel Powell (Student), P. Smith, Amy Leader
An Evaluation Of A Sexual Health Education Program For Adolescents In A Residential Treatment Program In The Philadelphia Area, Rachel Powell (Student), P. Smith, Amy Leader
College of Population Health Posters
BACKGROUND
The US is currently experiencing an epidemic; millions of American adolescents are affected by sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), teen pregnancy and intimate partner violence (IPV), costing the country both socially and economically:
- Adolescents 15-24 years of age account for 50% of the 20 million new STD cases each year
- US birth rates are significantly higher than countries in Europe
- 6.8 times higher than teens living in the UK
- 13.9 times higher than teens living the EU
- In 2010 18.7% of adolescents ages 11-17 experienced IPV for the first time
- Adolescents who are diagnosed with an STD, are teen parents …