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| MN's Captive Teen Audiences Learn Real-Life Consequences |
| By publicnewsservice.org |
| Published: 04/03/2013 |
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Teens in juvenile detention settings in Minnesota are among the most at-risk for pregnancy or a sexually-transmitted disease, but new efforts are making a difference. According to David Kurtzon, program manager at Teenwise Minnesota, one such program that's having a positive impact is called SHARP. "The Sexual Health and Adolescent Risk Prevention program is designed specifically for use with kids in detention to pretty much focus on developing better decision-making skills, better goal setting, better awareness of what kinds of choices kids have made," he stated. Teenwise Minnesota is currently working with a number of county correctional facilities to bring the SHARP programming into those settings. For the youth that have gone through the one-time SHARP session, Kurtzon said that even a year later, they were making fewer sexually-risky decisions. Read More. |
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