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HPV and Cervical Cancer Recommended Resources

California Family Health Council's Resource Center has come up with a list of resources that health care providers can use when educating clients about this important topic. The list features education materials you can use with clients.

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.

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.

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.

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.