TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION MONTH

Contact:
Joy Bayley
407-723-5291
joy.bayley@flhealth.gov

ORLANDO, FL – May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month and the Florida Department of Health in Orange County wants to focus on preventing teen pregnancy.

This annual awareness is an opportunity to encourage parents to start conversations with their teens to make wise decisions and connecting youth to services that can assist.

Here in Orange County, there has been improvement in reducing teen pregnancies over the last five years. In 2020, births to teens ages 15-19 totaled 599 births at a rate of 12.9 per 1,000 total population¹. The prior year, there were 602 births in Orange County to teens between 15-19 years of age with a rate of 13.2 per 1,000 total population.¹

To highlight the local improvement of teen pregnancy prevention, we can look back ten years to 2010. That year, the birth rate of teens ages 15-19 in Orange County was 28.7 per 1,000 total population.¹

For information on ways to encourage their teens to make wise decisions to prevent teen pregnancy, parents can contact the Florida Department of Health in Orange County’s Family Planning and Prenatal program at 407-858-1487.  The program provides services for low-income clients throughout Orange County.

Wednesday Office Hours Now until to 6pm at Lila Mitchell

To expand pregnancy prevention outreach efforts to local teens, the Florida Department of Health in Orange County is providing easier access to family planning services through later walk-in hours on Wednesdays at their Lila Mitchell location, 5151 Raleigh Street, Orlando 32811.

Starting May 18, 2022, the Lila Mitchell office will remain open until 6:00 p.m. only on Wednesdays until further notice.

About the Florida Department of Health

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