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Sex Ed on your Phone....seriously, are teens this stupid?
wtf ever happened to just using google?
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/148802.php
| quote: | | The New York Times on Sunday examined how some teen pregnancy prevention programs are using technology to connect with teenagers and improve access to sex education. The Times profiled the Birds and Bees Text Line, an educational text messaging service operated by the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of Durham, N.C. Teen pregnancy rates have been slowly climbing since 2003 in North Carolina, where schools teach abstinence-only sex education curricula. The state now has the ninth-highest teen pregnancy rate in the country, the Times reports. The Birds and Bees Text Line allows teens to obtain medically accurate answers to sex- and health-related questions through personal, anonymous text messages. The line has nine staff members who have graduate degrees in public health or social work, or have many years' experience working with teens. Under the program's guidelines, staff members do not give medical advice, instead instructing teens to see a doctor or referring them to local clinics, Web sites or emergency hot lines. The program is supported by a $5,000 grant from the state health department that pays for the cell phone line and advertising. The program is modeled after a similar effort in Alexandria, Va. |
i can see it now:
teen text: if i stik it in hur bum is she pregor?
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