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Planned Parenthood’s Effects on Our Community

February 13, 2017

It’s often said that it is hard to imagine what life must be like for someone until you have walked a mile in his or her shoes. It took me less than a mile to venture to my local Planned Parenthood. Located right up the street from the Johns Hopkins medical campus in the heart […]

Diana Cholakian ⋅ A Day in the Life, Perspectives in Research Community Adolescent Sexual Education, infant mortality rate ⋅

Making a CASE for Sexual Education

December 24, 2015

In Baltimore City, teen pregnancy is significantly higher than the Maryland average, with 66.4 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19 in 2007, compared to 33.4 births per 1,000 teens statewide [i]. Baltimore also has a significantly higher rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) than the state of Maryland [ii], and teens represent 3.3 percent of […]

Ruchi Doshi ⋅ A Day in the Life, Perspectives in Research CASE, Community Adolescent Sexual Education, johns hopkins, Sexual Education ⋅

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