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Planned Parenthood's Teen Peer Education Program is an award-winning, comprehensive teen pregnancy prevention program.  Developed in 1995, the program provides 38 hours of education, in collaboration with local youth-serving organizations.  The teens, 12-17 years of age, learn about abstinence, birth control, communication skills, dating and relationships, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.  The program promotes sexual responsibility, increases teens’ interpersonal skills, and provides accurate and age-appropriate information about sex, sexual health and risk reduction.

 

 

Awards:
    National  
         •  1997 PePe Award from Planned Parenthood Federation of America  
         •  1998 Mutual of America Foundation Community Partnership Merit award

    Local  
         •  2000 FOCUS St. Louis "What’s Right with the Region" award.

Results:

To date more than 1,500 Peer Educators have been trained and now serve as resource people for friends and families. To date the program has a 100% success rate with none of the participants becoming pregnant or impregnating a partner while participating in the program.

For more information, contact an educator at (314) 531-7526 ext. 329.