Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Positive Youth Development
KAPPI, based at the Knox County Health Department, is part of a state wide effort to address the problem of teen pregnancy and parenting among youth. The community coalition has been working on teen issues for the past 17 years in Knox County. KAPPI represents 33 organizations that collaborate on a regular basis to address the issues surrounding teen pregnancy and parenting. The mission of KAPPI is to prevent adolescent pregnancy while improving services available for pregnant and parenting adolescents. Abstinence is the most responsible and effective means of preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, and should be strongly encouraged. However, it is recognized that some adolescents may become pregnant in spite of these efforts. Work must be done to insure that needed health, educational, vocational, and social services are accessible to these adolescents and their children.
Standing meetings for Coalitions (times, dates, places):
KAPPI meeting, 3rd Tuesday of every month, 12:00 noon.
KAPPI Sub-committees:
- Education
- Awareness
- Special Projects
List Healthy People 2020 topic area(s) and objective(s)
This project targets three healthy people objectives related to sexual health:
- Reduce pregnancy rates among adolescent females aged 15-17 and 18-19
- Increase proportion of adolescent females and males aged 15-17 years who have never had sexual intercourse
- Sexually Transmitted Disease – Reduce gonorrhea rates for females and males aged 15-44
KAPPI outreach in the community:
Schools
Drug, Fetal Alcohol and Shaken baby simulators
Resource trunks for teachers
knoxteenhealth.com
TTOPS Annual Conference for teens
Knox Teen Health Programs
Community
October…Let’s Talk Month for Parents
Community Fairs
Faith Trunks
Summer Camp
Knox Teen Health Club
Contact phone and email:
Reantha Pillay
Public Health Educator
Knox County Health Department
140 Dameron Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37917
865-215-5545
Reantha.pillay@knoxcounty.org
