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¡JJnrtlanò ©baerner July 11,2012 Teen Pregnancy Woes c o n t i n u e d f r o m front African-American teens, the preg nancy rate was down b y . 1 percent, but was still 2.6 times higher than the rate for white teens. Improving the outcomes will re quire intervention, Saragoza said. “The reality is that kids are hav ing sex, but I think one part of the work is to provide information about behavior, healthy relationships, and if you are a teen parent, how this will impact your life,” she said. Some of the consequences of teen pregnancy are the impacts it has on young women continuing their education.“We know teen preg nancy and births are associated with higher school dropout rates and affect economic and employment opportunities,” Saragoza said. Reducing the rate and disparities of teen pregnancy for minority com munities depends on prevention efforts. “Our staff encourages kids that vices are abortion services. “One in five American women has chosen Planned Parenthood for health care at least once in her life, and those who seek reproductive healthcare in the northwest are no different,” Delapoer said. Planned Parenthood, the largest non-profit family planning and re productive rights organization in Oregon and Southwest Washing ton, provides more than 60,000 women, men and teens with ser vices each year. “The vast majority— 89 percent - o f PPCW ’s patients are low-in come. Many of our patients are uninsured or underinsured,” she said. “It’s critical for our patients that we co n tin u e to find w ays to publically fund access to contra ception,” said Delapoer, who added 75 percent of Planned Parenthood’s patients in Oregon rely on some type of federal funding to pay for their health care. Page 9 Aim to Understand Cancer Volunteer today for a cancer-free tomorrow The A m erican C ancer S ociety seeks Portlanders help in identifying potential risks of cancer in a study, which happens every 20 years. Throughout the month of July, you can fight back against cancer and volunteer to take part in the organization’s nation-wide study, which will help researchers better understand the genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors that potentially cause or prevent the disease. The research study is the third conducted by the American Cancer Society known as the Cancer Prevention Study (CPS), which in the past has identified both smoking and obe sity as being tied to cancer throughout the duration of the program that began in the 50s. According to the organization, the data collected during the studies is critical to become closer to a cure. This week, the institution will be set up CPS-3 participation sites in several downtown locations, from July 10-14. Participation includes a 30-minute commitment to enroll, before blood will be drawn. From there, participants will receive periodic surveys asking for information on lifestyle, behaviors, and other factors related to their health. Participants must be between the ages o f 30-65, with no personal history of cancer. Appointments can be made at a participation site at several locations around the downtown metro area. For more information, to set up an appointment, or identify locations, visit www.cps3portland.org. We provide teens with comprehensive, medically accurate, age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health Uz Delapoer, communications director for information. — Planned Parenthood Colombia Willamette use the school based health centers to include their paren ts,” said Saragoza, who added the impor- tance in ensuring state programs and projects meet the needs by in- teracting with the community. Through education and health care services, Planned Parenthood has worked for many years to re- duce the raté of teen pregnancy throughout the country, providing education and outreach programs to help teens make smart, healthy decisions. “We provide teens with compre- hensive, medically accurate, age- appropriate sexual and reproduc- tive health information,” said Liz Delapoer, communications director for Planned Parenthood Colombia Willamette. “Our preventive health care services work to keep teens and women healthy and prevent unintended pregnancies.” Still, she said, there needs to be an increase in both funds and atten tion for reproductive health for resi dents of all ages. According to Delapoer, Planned Parenthood services help prevent more than 584,000 unintended preg- nancies each year throughout the country, and the number of abortions has also been reduced, as education and preventative services became more readily available. She said less than five percent of Planned Parenthood’s health ser- Clients of the organization span across all generations, although the majority of patients are between the ages of 20 to 29, but seven percent of their services are provided for individuals under the age of 18- years-old. “Access to birth control prevents unintended pregnancies, improves health outcomes for women and families, and enables women to bet- ter participate in the workplace and provide for their families,” she said, “Contraception is not just about the young women taking responsi- bility, but about the young men taking responsibility as well,” said Saragoza. But more than access to contra- ception, she said teens have ex- pressed the need to be able to talk to their parents about sex and repro- ductive health. “It is important that as a parent that you are conveying the most useful information to your son and daughter,” said Saragoza. 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