Births: Pregnant Teens in Tulsa County

About

This metric shows the percentage of women ages 19 and below who are pregnant. It is calculated by dividing the total number of teenage women who are pregnant by the total number of teenage women. For more information about the age categories used, see the note below. Notes: Data is only available at the county level and cannot be mapped by tract. Because we used two different sources to create this metric, the age categories do not perfectly match. The age categories we used from CDC (numerator) are ages 19 and below, while the categories we used from Census (denominator) are ages 10-19.

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Targeting Change

Catholic Charities
A residential program for women who are pregnant and above the age of 18. This transitional living program assists women and their newborn children.
Catholic Charities
Provides free pregnancy testing, SoonerCare registration, prenatal and postnatal OB care to patients by licensed family medicine OB doctors and supervised family medicine residents, a certified women’s health nurse practitioner, a pregnancy case manager, and an on-site counselor
Tulsa Health Department
The Tulsa Health Department's school health programs focus on two age groups: elementary-aged children (Pre-K through 5th or 6th grade, depending on the school district) and middle to high school students (5th or 6th grade through 12th grade). The elementary program aims to improve both the health and academic achievement of Tulsa County schoolchildren. It does so through collaboration with students, schools, and the community, aligning health and learning through comprehensive nutrition and health education. You can learn more about this program here: https://tulsa-health.org/programs/school-health/ The middle and high school program centers around the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP), which empowers young adults to make responsible decisions and educates them about the consequences of sexual activity. More information about this program can be found here: https://tulsa-health.org/programs/teen-pregnancy-prevention/