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Local coalitions monitor programs and outcomes for an entire population, neighborhood, or community. They scan what is available and what is missing to support intended, well-timed pregnancies. They take steps to fill in the gaps.
Community-based organizations join forces to develop programs that reduce teen births and related risk behaviors and increase the proportion of youth who can avoid teen pregnancy.
Local collaboratives ensure that a range of counseling and mental health services is available to women facing unplanned or unwanted pregnancies.
Local coalitions keep funders and policymakers informed about barriers to effective action that require solutions at the funding, policy, or regulatory level. Local coalitions work with a variety of organizations and agencies to develop community-wide public education campaigns that emphasize the importance of:
- All births being intended and wanted
- Postponing pregnancies until parents are ready for parenthood
- Promoting the idea of childbearing as an undertaking for adults; discouraging early, unmarried childbearing
- Understanding the responsibilities involved in parenting and in meeting the needs of dependent children
- Women being in good health before becoming pregnant
- Recognizing early signs of pregnancy
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| Plain Talk is a neighborhood-based initiative that was implemented in Atlanta, San Diego, Seattle, New Orleans, and Hartford to help adults, parents, and community leaders communicate effectively with adolescents about reducing sexual risk-taking. Each Plain Talk community developed strategies suitable to its own cultures and circumstances. www.aecf.org/initiatives/plaintalk/index.htm
Planned Parenthood Golden Gate’s Promotoras Program, operating in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an education and medical outreach program in which trained, neighborhood-based Latina adults share information about reproductive health and sexuality with other Latinas. Promotoras are trained to distribute non-prescription birth control, talk with peers, and escort women to the clinic. Outreach happens during “platicas” (small talks) and in homes and other familiar settings. www.ppgg.org | |
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