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One of the most strategic and direct means available to improve the overall well-being of youth and to help students graduate is to proactively address the barriers to their success, including absenteeism attributed to teen pregnancy and health complications caused by sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. The Healthy Colorado Youth Alliance (The Alliance) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit coalition of organizations who believe that adolescent pregnancy and STI rates can be reduced through sustained statewide efforts that include youth and family engagement, proven science-based education and intervention, and advocacy.
Our Mission The Healthy Colorado Youth Alliance seeks to reduce rates of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, in Colorado youth by ensuring that all young people have access to science-based, comprehensive, medically-accurate, culturally sensitive, and age-appropriate sexuality education, information and resources to make informed decisions about their health and relationships.
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| Last Updated on Monday, 07 June 2010 10:00 |
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The mission of Look Both Ways is to improve the lives of youth by imparting the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed decisions about their sexual health. We aim to inspire educators, empower youth and promote diversity by providing comprehensive reproductive health curriculum, resources and training to schools, educators and community groups.
The concept of Look Both Ways was created by Dr. Betsy Cairo, a reproductive biologist and educator. She had just attended an abstinence-only training course and couldn’t get this comparison out of her mind… “Abstinence-only programs are like telling your kids to only look one way when they cross the street. By focusing all of our attention in one direction, kids are blind-sided by the traffic coming from the opposite way the very moment they decide to step into the street.”
This thought fueled Cairo to start an organization that teaches students to ‘look both ways’ at abstinence and at sexual activity. By focusing on science-based information about our bodies and the risks and responsibilities that come with being sexually active, Look Both Ways empowers students of every culture, religion, sexual orientation, and gender to make educated choices about their reproductive health.
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