About the

Program:
My Family. My Plan (MyFamPlan) is a
health communication program that
focuses on healthy family planning
within the community and public that
focuses on educating the adolescent
population
population.
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Our Mission Statement:
To encourage positive and accurate
family planning education and provide
ABOUT…
reliable resources to the community
and public by advancing outreach and
advocacy efforts. Family
Our Goal:
The goal of this program is in
Planning
conjunction with the Healthy People
2020 goal. This goal is to improve
pregnancy planning and spacing, and
prevent unintended pregnancy by MY FAMILY.
accurately and adequately educating
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within the community and MY PLAN.
public.
Healthy Family Planning for
Adolescents

MY FAMILY. ‘MYFAMPLAN’
MY PLAN Tel: (123) 456-7890
456
12345 Southern Cal Way Web: www.myfamily-
www.myfamily
San Diego, CA 67890 myplan.weebly
myplan.weebly.com
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What is Family Planning? What Else?

Family planning is defined as “educational  Family Planning also involves sexual
comprehensive medical or social activities and reproductive health education
which enable individuals and couples, which includes information that
including minors, to freely anticipate and covers all aspects of sexuality,
attain their desired number of children and services, and options such as sexual
the spacing and timing of their birth.” This development, healthy relationships,
also includes the ability to select the means preconception
conception care, and pregnancy.
by which conception may be achieved, either
through the use of contraceptive methods  Today, out of an approximate 42
and/or the treatment of involuntary million teens, roughly only 1.2
infertility. According to the Centers for percent of them practiced in the
Disease Control and Prevention, family prevention of unintended pregnancies.
planning is one of the ten great public health This leads to…
to
achievements of the twentieth century and its
accomplishments can be compared to that of Practicing Safe Sex!
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vaccinations and advances in motor safety. There are several ways
wa one could practice
safe sex. These will aid in the prevention of
Importance? unintended pregnancies, which is a practice
of family planning.
planning Some of these methods
Family planning is essential because it also aids in the prevention of STI’s
STI and HIV.
addresses three critical needs: (list Is
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1. It helps couples avoid unintended
pregnancies; 1. Contraception (birth control)
2. It reduces the spread of sexual 2. Condoms (male & female)
transmitted infections (STIs); 3. Spermicide
permicide
3. By addressing the problem of STIs, it 4. Abstinence
helps reduce rates of infertility.