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	<title>Tell Them SC &#187; Education</title>
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		<title>SC Ranks 45 out of 50 for Child Well-Being</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/07/sc-ranks-45-out-of-50-for-child-well-being/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/07/sc-ranks-45-out-of-50-for-child-well-being/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Annie E Casey Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kids Count Data Book]]></category>
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Yesterday, the Annie E Casey Foundation released its 21st annual Kids Count Data Book which measures the well-being of children throughout the country.
The Data Book ranks states on ten areas of well-being. They are

Child Death Rate (deaths per 100,000 children ages 1–14)
Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Percent Low–Birthweight Babies
Percent of Children in Poverty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TV Shows Highlight Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/07/tv-shows-highlight-teen-pregnancy-and-parenthood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[16 and Pregnant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bristol Palin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Levi Johnston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproductive Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secrect Life of the American Teenager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teen Mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unintended Pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tellthemsc.org/?p=690</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a day at the office, I look forward to a relaxing evening at home. Recently, this has involved a lot of reading, since I’ve started frequenting the Richland County Public Library. But this is also due to the fact that if I turned on the TV, I’d feel like I was right back at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare.gov</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/07/healthcare-gov/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/07/healthcare-gov/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tell Them]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Health and Human Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
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Today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a new website, Healthcare.gov, which provides individuals and consumers with more control and information about the health care industry.
Click here to read Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius’ statement on the launch of Healthcare.gov
The site allows individuals to see the insurance plans currently available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bristol Palin: One of Many</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/05/bristol-palin-one-of-many/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/05/bristol-palin-one-of-many/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ab-Only]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bristol Palin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comprehensive Sex Ed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the Hive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Headlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproductive Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bristol Palin is back in the news this week after giving an interview to Harpers Bazaar magazine. In it, she talks about what it was like being pregnant at 17, how she supports her son, and her relationship with Levi Johnston, her son’s father.
What I would like to know is this: why is the media [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Them members in Anderson, Cherokee, Pickens and Spartanburg</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/05/tell-them-members-in-anderson-cherokee-pickens-and-spartanburg/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/05/tell-them-members-in-anderson-cherokee-pickens-and-spartanburg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birth Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STIs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emma Davidson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Orner]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SC Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spartanburg]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tellthemsc.org/?p=533</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Attention all Tell Them members in Anderson, Cherokee, Pickens and Spartanburg.
We’re trying to get one last push to your State Senators before the end of the legislative session (Ends June 3rd) and we need your help. We want to remind them one more time that their constituents care about preventing unintended pregnancies and stopping the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/05/national-teen-pregnancy-prevention-month/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/05/national-teen-pregnancy-prevention-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 17:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birth Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STIs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tell Them]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comprehensive Sex Ed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emma Davidson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproductive Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unintended Pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tellthemsc.org/?p=516</guid>
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May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (NTPPM). This annual campaign is “designed to help communities recognize that the effects of unintended teen pregnancy and early childbearing are far-reaching.”
Teens need proper education and instruction on the importance of reproductive health.
The Guttmacher Institute has provided these facts:

Each year, almost 750,000 women aged 15–19 become pregnant. Overall, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I am Passionate About Responsible Reproductive Health Policy</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/03/why-i-am-passionate-about-responsible-reproductive-health-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/03/why-i-am-passionate-about-responsible-reproductive-health-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Rigg Monetti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tell Them]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtual March]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ab-Only]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cathy Monetti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproductive Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tellthemsc.org/?p=323</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am the mother of a 17-year-old daughter, and I consider myself to be (at least reasonably) politically aware. You’d think those two facts would lead to some general knowledge of sexual health legislative issues—particularly those that directly, and profoundly, affect the young women of our state.
But I am here to tell you that to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Something Worth Talking About</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/03/something-worth-talking-about/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/03/something-worth-talking-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teresa Cole</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tell Them]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtual March]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comprehensive Sex Ed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproductive Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teresa Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tellthemsc.org/?p=327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We don&#8217;t talk about things in the South. Our ability to keep family secrets and disguise dysfunctional relationships is as true to our DNA as biscuits and gravy.
And issue avoidance? It takes a lot of cheek-turning to get your state to the bottom of the heap in virtually every health, education and economic indicator.
But here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Am I Passionate About Responsible Reproductive Health Policies?</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/03/why-am-i-passionate-about-responsible-reproductive-health-policies/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/03/why-am-i-passionate-about-responsible-reproductive-health-policies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birth Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STIs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tell Them]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emma Davidson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tellthemsc.org/?p=41</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[South Carolina statistics read like a laundry list of reproductive health problems. We currently have the 3rd highest rates of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in the country, and 9th highest rates of AIDS cases. In fact the Centers for Disease Control has called South Carolina one of the Top 10 HIV “hot spots” in the country.]]></description>
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		<title>Kay Chitty</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/02/kay-chitty/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/02/kay-chitty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tell Them]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtual March]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ab-Only]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charleston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comprehensive Sex Ed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emma Davidson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kay Chitty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TTWomen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unintended Pregnancy]]></category>

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Tell Them is pleased and very proud to present Kay Chitty of Mt. Pleasant. Kay, a retired nurse, is a native South Carolinian, and recieved her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Nursing degrees from Emory University and her doctorate from the University of Tennessee. Kay is a former Dean of the Univeristy of Tennessee [...]]]></description>
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