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Websites on HPV and Cervical Cancer Prevention

Posted August 31, 2006 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

Websites on HPV and Cervical Cancer

Want to find out more about HPV and cervical cancer? Would you like to refer your clients to reliable websites that they'll find useful? Here's a list of websites with practical and up-to-date information.

Birth Control Update: FemCap, The New Cervical Cap

Posted August 14, 2006 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

The FDA has approved a new birth control cap that covers the woman's cervix. The Prentiss Cervical Cap has gone off the market, but FemCap is a reusable cap that women can use instead.

Let your clients know that this option exists. It's a good idea to let them know the basics of every method so that they can make a truly informed decision. The FemCap doesn't work particularly well if the woman has already had a child.

Teensource News: Collaboration with UNITY Magazine

Posted July 14, 2006 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

Welcome UNITY to Teensource!

UNITY and CFHC are now collaborating to provide you with interesting articles on reproductive health from other youth.

UNITY (Understanding the Needs and Imagination of Today's Youth, is a publication of the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. Unity is a quarterly magazine produced by youth of the Hollywood and Los Angeles community.

Peer Providers: Mandated Reporting

Posted June 30, 2006 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

The purpose of mandated reporting is to protect people from abuse. Mandated reporters tell child protection agencies or the police about situations that might be abusive. Mandated reporters must be at least 18 years of age. If you are under 18, your supervisor must make the report.

Most sexual activities between minors close in age, who both consent, are not reported. While there are laws against minors having sex, it is not your job to enforce those laws. Your job is to help protect people from abuse.

Peer Providers: Confidentiality

Posted June 14, 2006 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

Each client’s personal information is protected by law. Every talk you have with a client is confidential. Every written record about a client is confidential. Information can be shared with a clinic staff member who needs to know.

Meet Marisol Cabrera, Peer Provider in San Diego, California

Posted May 31, 2006 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

Marisol Cabrera has been a Peer Provider at Family Health Centers of San Diego for several years. Being a Peer Provider has opened up new vistas in her life and she plans to become a social worker in the future.

What got you interested in becoming a Peer Provider?

I like talking to young teens about things they can't even talk to others about.

I like it when they open up to me and ask me for reassurance if they need to.

Agency News- Teens Teaching Through Theatre

Posted May 14, 2006 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

Carnelius Quinn from T4, a program of Routes for Youth, was recently interviewed about this creative program. T4 is a unique theatre troupe in that it fuses two worlds together that rarely gets a chance to co-exist. Carnelius says, "While we rehearse and perform like any other troupe, our jobs do not end there. The writing is our own – inspired by the lives of the cast, and their encounters in the community. We are a mirror for life, and a drawing board for change. The group is its own community, and provides an outlet for the cast to speak.

Peer Providers: You Have the Power to Help Parents Too

Posted April 30, 2006 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall


If you are a Peer Provider in search of educational materials to share with parents, here are several resources you're sure to find helpful:

First off, California Family Health Council has a great resource for you: Talkwithyourkids.org

Quiz Explores Tough Decisions Teens Have to Make About Sex

Posted April 14, 2006 - 8:00pm by Elizabeth Randall

Peer providers from California to New York and everywhere in between are working to promote the 5th Annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy taking place on May 3, 2006.

You can encourage the teens you serve to take a short and engaging on-line quiz. This informative quiz asks teens to think about what they would do in a number of tough and realistic sexual situations. You can click here to connect to the quiz any time during the month of May.

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