The Stephon Youth Health and Resource Collective (SYHRC): Brings awareness to youth issues in the community such as sexual health, homophobia, agesim, and racism, while assisting high school and college student activists with support services.

• Provides training and skills development for youth activists.

• Provides peer education about sexual health.

• Improves “contraception access” on campuses, and in the community.

• Serves as a catalyst for high school and college success.

The State of Sex Education (Statistics & Facts – 2022)

January 7, 2022

Addressing teen pregnancy/parenthood

• 89% of all teen births are to unmarried couples.

Addressing the spread of STIs

• About 40% of sexually active teen girls [aged 14 to 19 ] have at least one STD.

• Young adults [15 to 24] account for more than half of all reported cases of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea.

Addressing parental concerns

• Most parents want their children to wait for marriage before having sex.

• Almost 3/4th of parents are opposed to premarital sex both in general and to their adolescents.

Issues that support the consensus to “wait”

• Waiting to have children until marriage decreases the likelihood that both parent and child will live in poverty.

• Most adolescents support reserving sex for marriage, both in general and for themselves.

Addressing sex education access

• 24 states require the said education in the schools.

• As per the sex education facts and statistics, 92% of male and 93% of female teenagers reported being taught about STDs, and 89% of male and 88% of female teenagers reported receiving instruction on how to prevent HIV/AIDS from their parents.

 Source: https://admissionsly.com/sex-education-statistics

Collaborations/Partnerships:

Volunteers of America/ HIV Prevention

U of K HIV Prevention Team

IU Southeast

Kentucky Health Justice Network

Advocates For Youth

Kentuckiana Aids Alliance