Adolescent Health
Information
The Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Adolescent Health Program (Adolescent Health) provides health education, resources, and technical assistance to help teens in Wicomico County stay safe and healthy. Adolescent Health offers customizable presentations and evidence-based programming designed to help young people prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, take care of their health, form healthy relationships, and more. Services and education are provided to pre-adolescents, adolescents, parents/guardians, and community groups.
For information about programs and services, contact :
410-219-7489
Adolescent Health presentation topics offered include, but are not limited to:
- Abstinence
- Communicating with children and teens about sexuality topics
- Consent
- Contraception (birth control)
- Healthy decision-making
- Healthy/unhealthy relationships
- Human reproduction
- Personal hygiene
- Puberty
- Refusal skills
- Self-esteem
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Teen pregnancy prevention
- Have another idea? Give us a call!
Adolescent Health offers the three following programs
Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (GEMS)
An after school health and social club for middle school females in Bennett Middle School, Salisbury Middle School, and Wicomico Middle School. The GEMS program emphasizes abstinence from sex, drugs and alcohol, and helps girls to develop responsible behavior, self esteem, and confidence.
GEMS uses the curriculum found here: https://www.etr.org/store/curricula/promoting-health-among-teens-abstinence-only/
Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP)
PREP is a 12-session safer sex and abstinence intervention for males and females ages 12-19. Adult preparation topics such as healthy relationships, financial literacy, and career/educational success are taught as well.
PREP uses the curriculum found here: https://www.etr.org/ebi/programs/promoting-health-among-teens-comprehensive/
PREP also offers the curriculum found here: http://seventeendays.org/
True You Maryland
True You Maryland offers a variety of sexuality education programs designed to help young people protect their health, form healthy relationships, and prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
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All of the following programs are available to community groups and high schools.
- Our extended comprehensive sexuality education program covers life planning, relationships, communication, preventing unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, and resisting media and peer pressure. This program is called Positive Prevention Plus: https://positivepreventionplus.com/.
- IN-clued Youth is a 3-hour sexuality education program for LGBTQ+ youth and allies.
- IN-clued Health Care is a 3-hour workshop designed to help health care staff provide LGBTQ-inclusive services.
- Plan A is a 25-minute video about birth control methods.
True You Maryland provides educational workshops to parents and caregivers in Wicomico County. For more information about True You Maryland program offerings, contact 443-614-7726
Why is sexuality education important?
Sexuality education helps young people achieve positive health outcomes. Sexuality education:
- Reduces sexuality transmitted infections,
- Reduces unintended pregnancies,
- Reduces dating violence,
- Delays initiation of sexual activity,
- Increases knowledge and skills in healthy relationships,
- Improves communication skills, and
- Improves media literacy
Would you like to bring these benefits to youth in your community? Contact us to learn how!
Resources
Adolescent Health connects youth, parents/guardians, and community members with services and resources in our area.
Adolescent Health provides Teen Help Cards to youth-serving agencies, organizations, and community groups. Request cards by calling 410-219-7489
