To decrease teen pregnancies in Idaho, Southeastern Idaho Public Health utilizes the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (APP) program to teach Reducing the Risk (RTR) curriculum in local high schools. APP aims to provide youth and their parents access to comprehensive sexual health education, which studies find helps teens delay sexual activity and use condoms and birth control correctly to avoid sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and pregnancy.
To obtain information on teen pregnancy prevention, contact SIPH’s Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program Coordinator, LeAnne Salinas , at 478-6315 or visit these informational links.