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Let’s Talk About Sex(ual) Health

Teen Health Mississippi

The pages also include information about the type of sex education provided in the county’s school districts and what their priority for our CHART program is. THMS Programs LinkedUp : Finding healthcare after leaving high school can be a daunting task, but Teen Health Mississippi is here to help.

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3 Things Schools Can Do to REALLY Improve Student Health

SHAPE America

If you were to travel across the United States asking schools how they approach health education, you’d get a VERY wide range of responses. Some schools avoid the topic altogether. Some schools even host teen clinics right on campus. Let’s take a closer look at how each of these three strategies works in schools.

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Helpful Resources for Teaching Sex Education

Teen Health Mississippi

Sex education has the power to change a young person’s life for the better, but teaching it can be a daunting and loaded responsibility for educators. The Importance of Comprehensive Sex Education. We know the impact that comprehensive sex education can have on a young person’s life, and the data backs us up.

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4 Sex Education Stats That Show We Can Do Better For Teens

Teen Health Mississippi

When it comes to the state of sex education in Mississippi and across the country, there’s much work to be done if we want to see real results—more contraceptive use, less young people living with HIV, higher numbers of teens getting information to make informed decisions for their life and health. Sex Education Stats You Should Know.

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Supporting and Equipping Youth and Their Communities for National Adolescent Health Month

Teen Health Mississippi

In addition to May being Sex Ed for All Month , it is also National Adolescent Health Month. Our LinkedUp program works with school-based health centers in Mississippi to help young people learn about their healthcare options as they transition from high school to college, the workforce, the military, or wherever their plans take them.

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Live Well: Reproductive and Sexual Health

Human Kinetics

Customize health and sex education instruction to meet local needs Middle school and high school health education and sex education standards vary from state to state and from district to district.

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‘Youth Are the Future’: A Conversation With a Project ME. Influencer

Teen Health Mississippi

Nobody wants to talk about sex before marriage, but the reality of it is that people are going to have sex before marriage. A lot of that happens like in the high school and college settings, but it’s not really taught to us because of the belief that mostly everybody in Mississippi’s going to stay abstinent until marriage.

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