Teen Health
Our bilingual (English/Spanish) outreach team is active at local high schools and continuation schools, as well as targeted outreach, workshops and community events aimed at increasing responsibility in preventing teen pregnancy.
Our team provides:
- Pregnancy prevention and family planning
- Birth control methods education
- Prenatal services
- Parenting and child safety tips
The Male Involvement Program (MIP) teaches:
- Pregnancy prevention education for young men, by young men
- STD education
- Lifestyle skills
- Healthy relationships
- When to say "NO"
- Not everyone is doing it
The MIP outreach team is active at local high schools, continuation schools, and participates in targeted workshops at local junior colleges, substance abuse centers, and vocation training centers.
After School Teen Center
Tri-City’s MIP and Outreach team helped implement a 'pilot-program' at Newark Memorial High School presenting sex prevention and health education to young males. Classes are held after school at the Teen Center 2 hours per day, 4 days per week. Scheduled topics are facilitated by the MIP staff.
National Pregnancy Prevention Day
On May 7, 2008, the Outreach team joined thousands of teens nationwide in the seventh annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. The purpose of this event is to focus attention of teens on the importance of avoiding unplanned teen pregnancy and parenthood. TCHC conducted our community event at Newark Memorial High School during the lunch period for the students, with the full support of faculty, staff, and principal. The message was straightforward: Sex has consequences. We estimate that over 200 teens attended the lunch time event. All the teens that participated in the event were referred to Tri-City Health Center for services.
