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Simmons Ballroom 1
Monday, October 29, 2007: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

B3: B-3 The Youth Factor: Reaching Youth with Preconception Care Messages

This session is designed to introduce programs targeted towards youth that deliver preconception health information and that provide preconconception care services. A youth panel will present their ideas on how to reach youth with preconception health messages.
Moderator:Danetta Taylor
3:30 PMSchool-Based Health Centers: A Systematic, Interdisciplinary Model to Increase Access to Culturally-Appropriate Preconception Health Care Services
James T. Nguyen, Adrienne Faxio
3:50 PMPregnancy Prevention Planning with a Youth Population
Pedro Naranjo, Pilar Zuniga
4:10 PMPreconcetion Health and Health Care: Teenagers' Perspectives: A Discussion by a Panel of Teens from the Alameda County School Health Services Coalition and the Contra Costa Health Services TeenAge Program
Hs Panel Discussion

The 2nd National Summit on Preconception Health and Health Care of CDC