Relationships Matter: Partnering to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancy
The NHMRC, Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Innovation Center have just released their report outlining ways that relationship education and pregnancy prevention can work together. Relationships Matter: Partnering to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancy is the report from a conference held in 2010 that brought together experts and practitioners in both relationship education and pregnancy prevention. The primary implications of this forum were to find common ground to bring the fields of pregnancy prevention and relationship education together and identify strategies for action. The suggested strategy includes the development of appropriate resources for youth and practitioners; evaluating existing programs; training pregnancy prevention staff in relationship skills; and researching relationship behaviors and attitudes among vulnerable youth.
