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Hartford Action Plan on Infant Health Honored at National ConferenceJanuary
7, 2002 ... Advocates for Youth honored the Hartford
Action Plan on Infant Health, Inc., as the winner of its Supernova Award for 2001 at an award luncheon on December 3, 2001,
at the Wyndham Hotel in Washington, DC. The
Supernova Award was created to honor long-term leadership, dedication, vision,
and positive impact as an agent for change in the area of adolescent sexual and
reproductive health. The
Hartford Action Plan on Infant Health, Inc., has offered programs since 1985
that provide the resources necessary to assist adolescents in making positive,
responsible health decisions, including the innovative “Breaking the Cycle”
teen pregnancy prevention campaign. The
Hartford Action Plan was instrumental in July 2001 efforts to pass policy to
provide reproductive and preventive health services, including contraception,
counseling, and testing, for students in the Hartford school system. Action Plan
programs are made possible by a variety of public and private funding sources,
including corporate contributions from MassMutual, CIGNA, The Hartford, and
Travelers/Citigroup.
“The
Hartford Action Plan’s persistence in advocating for the right of young people
to make their own responsible decisions about their reproductive health is
nothing short of extraordinary,” said Barbara Huberman, Director of Education
and Outreach for Advocates for Youth. “Its
program and advocacy work can serve as a lasting template for other groups in
the field.” Advocates
for Youth’s 20th Anniversary Conference, Rights, Respect, Responsibility: A New Paradigm for Healthy Adolescent
Sexuality, was held December 2-4, 2001, in Washington, DC. This three-day
learning opportunity challenged youth-serving professionals, sexuality
educators, policy makers, health care providers, and youth themselves to examine
current adolescent reproductive and sexual health policy and practice and to
embrace a new paradigm – one that affirms adolescent sexual development as
normal and healthy. Advocates
for Youth is an international, nonprofit organization that works in the U.S. and
the developing world to create programs and support policies that help young
people make safe, responsible decisions about their sexual and reproductive
health. |