Teen Pregnancy Prevention Seminar

"What Are They Thinking?"

Teen pregnancy is at the root of a number of important public health and social challenges in the City of Richmond.  This is our first annual seminar that is offered as a part of National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, May 2010. 

Target Audience:  Health Educators, Prevention Specialists, Educators, Social Workers, Counselors, Youth Services Workers, Youth Pastors, Health Care Providers, Parents.

Seminar Objectives:  By the end of this seminar participants will:

• Understand the impact that teen sexual activity has on the developing adolescent brain
• Learn about early sexual debut research
• Learn effective strategies for decreasing teen pregnancies
• Know about programmatic efforts to address youth risk taking behaviors
• Gain the perspective of Richmond youth
• Obtain valuable resources

Seminar Information: 

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Seminar

May 14, 2010

8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Crowne Plaza Richmond Downtown

555 E. Canal Street

Richmond, VA  23219

Featured Speakers:

      Freda McKissic Bush, M.D., FACOG, is a partner in private practice with East Lakeland OB-GYN Associates in Jackson, Mississippi and a Clinical Instructor in the Department of OB-GYN and Department of Family Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.  Dr. Bush serves as a Chair-elect of the Federation of State Medical Boards.  She has co-authored Hooked: New Science on How Casual Sex is Affecting Our Children, with Dr. Joe McIlhaney.  Hooked examines how sexual addictions and dysfunctions are both developed and exacerbated by casual sex among teens.

      Christopher Doyle is a behavioral research analyst with the Institute for Youth Development.  He has a B.A. in Political Science and History and is in the process of completing an M.A. in Professional Counseling.  He is the author of Benefits of Delaying Sexual Debut (2008) and Benefits of Delaying Sexual Debut Africa (In Press), co-authored two original research studies on the sexual behavior of adolescents and sexual minorities in the United States, and is an editor of The Youth Connection and Journal of Adolescent & Family Health.

     Clovia Lawrence, is a seasoned broadcast journalist who is best known in the Richmond Metropolitan area as "Miss Community".  With more than 20 years experience and a real passion for tackling tough topics and issues that affect the lives of people from every walk of life, Ms. Lawrence is the product of the Richmond Public School system and a graduate of Virginia Union University.  Covering the Central Virginia market, she has a proven track record as a news reporter, announcer and community affairs director working at more than a dozen radio stations.  Ms. Lawrence has hosted teen forums throughout the City.  She is a member of the Richmond Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Community Advisory Board. 

  Agenda

  8:00 -   9:00 AM          Registration

  9:00 -   9:20 AM          Opening Remarks

  9:20 -   9:40 AM          Richmond Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Overview

  9:40 - 10:00 AM          Perspective on Healthy Youth Development

10:00 - 11:00 AM         Teen Sexuality and Brain Development Presentation

11:00 - 11:15 AM         Break

11:15 - 12:15 PM         Early Sexual Debut Research Presentation

12:15 -   1:15 PM         Lunch

  1:15 -   2:15 PM         Breakout Sessions

  2:15 -   2:45 PM         Networking and Vendor Showcase

  2:45 -   3:45 PM         Youth Speak Out Panel Session

  3:45 -   4:00 PM         Closing

Sponsors:  Richmond City Health District - Adolescent Health Program and Richmond Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

For more information contact Dot Nolte at

dorothy.nolte@vdh.virginia.gov