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Abstinence Education

The goal of the Abstinence Education Program is to reduce pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases among youth and to increase each teen's chances for a healthy and successful future.

Abstinence education is teaching youth refusal skills — as well as the reasons why abstinence is a good choice. Currently, we are supporting the development of a statewide public awareness campaign that will target youth aged 10-14 years and parents.  The campaign may include public service announcements, television ads, radio ads, and other forms of media messages.  For additional information about the Abstinence Education program, please contact (360) 236-3515.

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Links to external resources are provided as a public service and do not imply endorsement by the Washington State Department of Health.

Center for Health Statistics provides pregnancy rates in WA State by county and age from 1997 to 2000.
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is working to reduce the rate of teen pregnancy by one-third between 1996 and 2005. National teen pregnancy statistics; research; resources for teen, parents, professionals, and policy makers.
 
Bright Futures Guidelines for parents and health care providers to help children from birth through adolescence grow up healthy.
 

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Documents posted in .PDF version on the Department of Health Web site will be made available in an alternative format on request to users who are unable to download or view .PDF files on the Web. To request documents on the Child and Adolescent Health Section Web site in alternative format, contact cahcp.support@doh.wa.gov or (360) 236-3531.


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