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"You Are Worth Keeping Safe": Condoms, Teenagers and the Media

B.J. Epstein | Posted 04.01.2012

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B.J. Epstein

Young adult literature -- which is where adolescents might get some of their ideas about sex -- is not quite there in terms of safe sex.

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A National Stand to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Janet Murguía | Posted 05.25.2011

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Janet Murguía

Before the age of 20, 52% of Latina teens become pregnant at least once. At almost twice the national average, Latinas have the highest teen pregnancy and birth rates of any major ethnic group in the United States.

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Study Finds 1 in 4 US Teens Has a STD

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.17.2011

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CHICAGO — At least one in four teenage American girls has a sexually transmitted disease, suggests a first-of-its-kind federal study that startl...

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