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Evidence Based Strategies to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancies
Presented by
: Tara Mancini
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned PregnancySlide2
About The National Campaign
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About The National Campaign
Founded in 1996, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy seeks to improve the lives and future prospects of children and families by helping to ensure that children are born into families who are committed to and ready for the demanding task of raising the next generation.
We
address the complex factors that lead to unplanned pregnancy through offering national leadership on:
Policy
Research & Measurement
Program DevelopmentStrategic Communications Convening & Collective ImpactSlide4
Goal and Agenda
Goal: Provide you with ideas to address this issue with your available resources.
Today we’ll review
TANF Purposes 3&4
Trends in teen and unplanned pregnancy
Research on programs and s
olutions to reduce unplanned pregnancy Research on how pregnancy planning can increase opportunity and strengthen families and societySlide5
TANF PurposesProvide assistance to needy families so that children can be cared for in their own homes
Reduce the dependency of needy parents by promoting job preparation, work and marriage
Prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies
Encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent familiesSlide6
Reducing Out-Of-Wedlock Births
Programs
that provide sex education or abstinence education and family planning services to individuals, couples, and families in an effort to reduce out-of-wedlock
pregnancies
Flexibility of federal TANF fundsSlide7
Fatherhood and Two-Parent Family Formation and Maintenance Programs Programs that aim to promote responsible fatherhood and/or encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent
families
Activities may include
marriage and relationship skills,
parent
skills
workshops, financial planning seminarsSlide8
Dramatic Declines Among TeensSlide9
The Decline in Teen Birth Rates Has Accelerated in Recent YearsSlide10
Challenges /OpportunitiesSlide11
Challenges /OpportunitiesSlide12
Declines In Unplanned Pregnancy Rates
Women 20-24: 22%
Women 25-29: 13%
All women: 18%
Also
fell for women 30-34 and 35+ (not shown)Slide13
Challenges /Opportunities
Although women age 20-24 had the steepest declines in unplanned pregnancy
:
Roughly
1 in 12 will experience an unplanned pregnancy each
year.
They account for roughly 1/3 of all unplanned pregnancies.
More
than half who experience a pregnancy report it was
unplanned.
44
% of unplanned pregnancies among this age group lead to an
abortion.Slide14
Challenges /Opportunities
-32%
-20%
-26%Slide15
Our Challenge Today
Information
Access
OpportunitySlide16
Addressing Information Gaps
Evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention education programs
TPP Program $101 million competitive grants
Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) $75 million, mostly formula grants
State examples – Ohio & GeorgiaSlide17
Addressing Information Gaps Among Older TeensGeorgia: PREP at 4
universities
Mississippi: 2015 legislation directed public colleges to come up with plans to address the issue on campus
More states (AR, LA, TX, TN) have taken an interest in this legislation, realizing contributions to
college
completionSlide18
Awareness of Birth Control Methods, Women Ages 18-44, 2016
Source: Urban Institute,
Survey of Family Planning and Women’s Lives, January and February 2016Slide19
Addressing Information Gaps
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Addressing Information Gaps
Messages (and messengers) matter, they need to resonate in order to be heard.
Different messages for different audiences.Slide21
Addressing Information GapsSlide22
Addressing Gaps in Access
Uninsured /
Underinsured
Ensuring providers know about all methods
Ensuring all clinics have someone on site trained to administer (& remove) long acting methods
Ensuring clinics are properly stocked Slide23
Contraceptive DesertsAny Birth Control By CountySlide24
Contraceptive DesertsAccess to the Full Range of MethodsSlide25
Addressing Gaps In Access
Colorado Family Planning Initiative – a holistic approachSlide26
Addressing Gaps In Access
Colorado Family Planning Initiative: Results
15-24 year olds: LARC use quadrupled to
19%
2008-2014 teen
birth and
abortion rates declined 48% - the greatest TBR decline of any state20-24 year olds: Birth & abortion rates dropped Births among Medicaid-eligible women ages 15 to 24 dropped sharply between 2010 and 2012
WIC-eligible infants declined 26%
Risk of pre-term birth reduced by 12%Slide27
Addressing Gaps In AccessFunding - originally provided by a private foundation
ChampionsSlide28
Addressing Gaps In Access
Virginia experience trying to fill gaps in
K
nowledge among consumers
T
raining for providers
Stock of more expensive methods In 2016 and 2017 the Governor and Lt. Governor unveiled a plan to fill these gaps using TANF funding, but it did not get approval from the state legislature.Slide29
ASTHO’s
Increasing Access to Contraception Learning Community
http://www.astho.org/Programs/Maternal-and-Child-Health/Increasing-Access-to-Contraception/
Addressing Gaps in Access
State Initiatives to Increase Access to Contraception Slide30
Addressing Gaps in Access - Best Practices
Health Equity
Fundamental Supports
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Opportunity
Ensuring women have the tools (information and access) they need to plan their families increases opportunity at the:
Personal
,
Familial
, and
Societal levels. Slide32
Connect The Dots Slide33
70%
of Republicans
90%
of Democrats
81%
of all adults agree that birth control is a basic part of women’s health care
Broad Support for Birth
ControlSlide34
Takeaways
Directly related to the work you do everyday
Lots of examples from the country to build on
You can do it!Slide35
State Policy ResourcesSlide36
@
TheNC
@
Bedsider
@
StayTeen
Stay ConnectedSlide37
Q & ASlide38
Contact Information
Tara
Mancini
Public Policy Manager
The National Campaign
tmancini@thenc.org
www.thenc.org