http://www.floridaplannedparenthood.org/taxonomy/term/5 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.floridaplannedparenthood.org/blog/janeldoyle/male-sexual-health <p>As the saying goes, it's a man's world — except, perhaps, when it comes to reproductive and sexual health. There, by and large, women's reproductive health issues reign — just think of the TV ads for the new cervical cancer vaccine, or the pink ribbons for breast cancer research.</p> <p><a href="http://www.floridaplannedparenthood.org/blog/janeldoyle/male-sexual-health">read more</a></p> http://www.floridaplannedparenthood.org/blog/janeldoyle/male-sexual-health#comments boys Family Planning hiv men reproductive health sex education Sex Education sexual health sexually transmitted disease STD teens test Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:47:35 -0600 Voxy Lady 284 at http://www.floridaplannedparenthood.org http://www.floridaplannedparenthood.org/blog/janeldoyle/manatee-county-crisis <p>After reading about the crisis Manatee County is facing in regards to teen pregnancy one thing was evident; the county's approach to abstinence only sexual education is failing miserably. Here are the sobering facts:</p> <p>Manatee County has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the state.</p> <p>Out of 67 counties, Manatee is the 17th highest; and, in births to teens 10 to 14 years of age, Manatee has the 13th highest rate.</p> <p>In 2006, one-third of 2,196 ninth-graders surveyed admitted that they had sexual intercourse. This was a 3 percent increase over the 2004 results.</p> <p><a href="http://www.floridaplannedparenthood.org/blog/janeldoyle/manatee-county-crisis">read more</a></p> http://www.floridaplannedparenthood.org/blog/janeldoyle/manatee-county-crisis#comments AIDS Bradenton education hiv HPV Manatee County pregnancy testing prevention safe sex sex education Sex Education sexually transmitted disease STD teen pregnancy Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:57:46 -0600 Voxy Lady 279 at http://www.floridaplannedparenthood.org