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Utilizing Technology to Raise the Awareness of STDs/Teen Pregnancy in Arkansas

Utilizing Technology to Raise the Awareness of STDs/Teen Pregnancy in Arkansas. Kathleen Courtney Coordinated School Health Arkansas Dept. of Education. ArSCA Conference June 14, 2012 Hot Springs Convention Center.

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Utilizing Technology to Raise the Awareness of STDs/Teen Pregnancy in Arkansas

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  1. Utilizing Technology to Raise the Awareness of STDs/Teen Pregnancy in Arkansas Kathleen Courtney Coordinated School Health Arkansas Dept. of Education • ArSCA Conference June 14, 2012 • Hot Springs Convention Center

  2. What’s Happening in Arkansas? STIs

  3. Chlamydia In Arkansas by Age 37% ADH – 2011 Arkansas STD Annual Report

  4. Chlamydia In Arkansas by Gender ADH – 2011 Arkansas STD Annual Report

  5. Chlamydia In Arkansas by Race ADH – 2011 Arkansas STD Annual Report

  6. Gonorrhea In Arkansas by Age 31% ADH – 2011 Arkansas STD Annual Report

  7. Gonorrhea In Arkansas by Gender ADH – 2011 Arkansas STD Annual Report

  8. Gonorrhea In Arkansas by Race ADH – 2011 Arkansas STD Annual Report

  9. Arkansas Ranks: 3rd in Syphilis 6th in Chlamydia 7th in Gonorrhea 11% 5-19 Yrs 37% 15-19 yrs 31% 15-19 Yrs 2012 - CDC

  10. Reported Cases of HIV by Age - 2011 N =259 43% ADH – 2011 Arkansas HIV Annual Report

  11. One/fifth, or 240,000 of the 1.2 million HIV carriers in the U.S. are not aware that they are infected. USA Today – 5/16/12

  12. Arkansas Ranks 3rd in Teen Births – Ages 15-19 13% • Mississippi 6,077 55.0% • New Mexico 3,867 52.9% • ARKANSAS 5,229 52.5% • Texas 47,751 52.2% • Oklahoma 6,496 50.4% • Louisiana 7,686 47.7% • Kentucky 6,689 46.2% • West Virginia 2,611 44.8% • Alabama 7,344 43.6% • Tennessee 9,254 43.2% 2007-2010 CDC/NCHS: Data Brief #89 - 2012

  13. Percentage of students who ever had sexual intercourse. Black* Male Female Total 9th 10th 11th 12th Hispanic White* * Non Hispanic 2011 – Arkansas Youth Risk Behavior Survey

  14. Raise Awareness in Arkansas • Problem with: • - Teen STDs • - Unintended Pregnancies

  15. HIV/STD/Teen Pregnancy Risky Behaviors HIV: Myths – Facts

  16. Kathleen Courtney Coordinated School Health Kathleen.Courtney@Arkansas.Gov

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