From kal0303@doh.wa.gov Wed Jan 27 10:55:16 1999 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with ESMTP id KAA30130 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:55:14 -0800 Received: from smtp.doh.wa.gov (hub.doh.wa.gov [192.230.1.5]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.2+UW99.01/8.9.2+UW99.01) with SMTP id KAA23020 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:55:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from Connect2 Message Router by smtp.doh.wa.gov via Connect2-SMTP 4.00; Wed, 27 Jan 99 10:56:29 -0800 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <872B754A014C3700> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 99 10:55:49 -0800 From: "Lukens-Bull, Katryne A." Sender: "Lukens-Bull, Katryne A." To: ph-assess@u.washington.edu Subject: Teen Pregnancy pub X-mailer: Connect2-SMTP 4.00 MHS to SMTP Gateway Here is a report you might find useful A National Strategy to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Annual Report 1997-98 http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/teenp/97-98rpt.htm Recently released online, this document from the US Department of Health and Human Services is the first annual report on the progress of the National Strategy to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, introduced in January 1997. The report does contain some good news: teen birth rates have decreased nationally and in all states since 1991, falling twelve percent nationally and sixteen percent or more in seventeen states. The report contains statistics and analysis of teen birth and pregnancy rates, by age and race. It also details the strategies and partnerships forged by the HHS to continue this encouraging trend. Appendixes include Teenage Birth Rates in the US: National and State Trends, 1990-96; an overview of various HHS teen pregnancy provision programs; and Teen Parent Provisions by state. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Katryne Lukens Bull, MPH, CHES Phone: (360) 236-4063 Washington State Department of Health Fax: (360) 586-7424 Office of Planning Pager: (360) 971-0586 1112 SE Quince St. E-mail: kal0303@doh.wa.gov PO Box 47890 Olympia, Wa 98504-7890 .