The Healthy Colorado Youth Alliance and Colorado Youth Matter are looking for presenters for our 3rd Raising the Bar conference this Fall.

Raising the Bar 2011 will focus on connecting the dots between increasing opportunities for our youth and families and teen pregnancy and STI prevention. This year we will be including an emphasis on advocacy and leadership development. As always, we will also highlight the importance of supporting research-based programs and policies and comprehensive opportunities for a promising future. We know these factors greatly contribute to positive health outcomes for youth and provide young families a promising future and we look forward to promoting them. The conference will take place on October 19-20, 2011.

On May 13, Colorado became the 12th state in the country to adopt a comprehensive anti-bullying bill, which explicitly protects LGBT youth. Remarkable bi-partisan leadership – from Republican Rep. Kevin Priola, Democratic Rep. Sue Schafer, Sen. Pat Steadman, and Governor John Hickenlooper worked with a coalition of nearly 30 organizations to ensure all youth in Colorado are protected from bullying and harassment in our schools.

Happy National Women’s Health Week! The typical American woman wants only two children. To achieve this, she must use contraceptives for roughly three decades. Finding the right method can be challenging for many women, and using contraceptives consistently and correctly over a lifetime is difficult.

Check out more facts on contraception in the U.S.