Teen birth rates are at an all time low nationally. We speak to a teen pregnancy prevention expert to find out why. As researchers continue to look for a cure for cancer, one doctor is studying the animal kingdom for clues on why some species are immune and why others can overcome the disease. He explains what he’s learned about cancer from mice, dogs and clams. We also learn some Vietnamese recipes.
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Study: Teen Birth Rates Are On Decline In Wisconsin, Across Nation
A new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the teen birth rate is at an all-time low in the U.S., with Wisconsin seeing some of the biggest declines in the past decade.
Contributing to those declines is the focus of Nicole Angresano, vice president of community impact for the United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County and who leads the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative. She said these drops are because young people have better access to information and health care.
“What we’re seeing now is that young people who have been given access to evidenced-based information, who have been given opportunities to have improved health care access, are really making better choices,” she said.
She said it’s also because young people are delaying sexual intercourse until they are older and those young people who are sexually active are using contraception.
While the birth rate has dropped nationally by 40 percent, the teen birth rate in Milwaukee has dropped 54 percent over the past decade. This is something that Angresano attributes to the community partnerships between business and faith leaders, community and school educators, parents and teens themselves.
“By appealing to people where they were, by framing this issue in a way where we could talk about it differently with different audiences, we made room for everyone to contribute. And I think that’s often missing,” she said.
She said talking about issues such as teen sexual activity can be particularly controversial and require thoughtful and careful participation from everyone.
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Teen Birth Rate On Decline
A new report show that teen birth rate is down nation-wide. We’ll take a look at those numbers and discuss where Wisconsin stands.
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Food Friday: Recipes And Stories From A Vietnamese Family Kitchen
On this edition of Food Friday, we learn how Chinese, French and Vietnamese cuisines come together in Vietnam’s food culture. And a member of a Vietnamese family that has opened several restaurants in the US shares recipes and stories from her mother’s kitchen.
Episode Credits
- Rob Ferrett Host
- Veronica Rueckert Host
- Judith Siers-Poisson Host
- KP Whaley Producer
- Judith Siers-Poisson Producer
- Nicole Angresano Guest
- Jacqueline An Guest
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