Current Events in Women's Health and Family Planning

National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy May 4, 2005
Thousands of teens nationwide are expected to participate in the fourth annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Sponsored by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, the National Day is designed to focus the attention of teens on the importance of avoiding teen pregnancy and other consequences of sex. WHFPT has agreed to help make sure that the 2005 National Day is a success. The National Day is organized to reach teens directly through an innovative, online quiz. On May 4, 2005 (and for a few weeks thereafter), teens will be encouraged to go online to www.teenpregnancy.org to take a short, engaging, and informative quiz that asks teens to reflect on the best course of action in a number of tough and realistic sexual situations.

Nearly 560,000 people in all 50 states participated in the 2004 National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. A survey of some of those who participated indicates the quiz is a success: 55% of teens said that the National Day Quiz made the consequences of sex more real to them and 79% said the Quiz made them think about what they would do in such situations.