Youth Leadership Council members learn about pregnancy from UT Teen Health’s Educator, Jacklynn Ware.UT Health San Antonio’s Teen Health program will receive a $9.86 million grant over the next five years from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to bolster teen pregnancy prevention programs, officials announced Thursday.Success! You're on the list.
The grant funding will be used to establish collaborative programs in those counties with school districts, clinics, houses of worship, detention centers and other community-based organizations — especially in areas where education and health care access are lacking. “If you start early and talk often with your children, they’re able to have these goals in mind,” Todd said.
“We’re hoping that by leveraging all the services within these communities and counties, we’ll be able to see similar success in advancing adolescent health equity,” she said.San Antonio’s teen birth rate nearly matched the state of Texas birth rate of 22.4 births per 1,000 female population aged 15-19. However, Texas continues to rank within the top 10 highest teen birth rates. The national teen birth rate is 15.4 births per 1,000 females in that age demographic.
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