Available Services for Adolescent Births

Plan Your Health: Live Your Life Booklets: This resource promotes the concept of lifetime health among adolescents. It also focuses on the importance of making a life plan and deciding whether that plan includes becoming a parent someday or not. Furthermore, this tool outlines many variables and behaviors that increase the likelihood of having healthy pregnancy outcomes in the future. Whether or not a pregnancy occurs in the future, adolescents need to be aware that how they treat their body now, can directly affect birth outcomes down the road. The information provided in this tool empowers adolescents with the knowledge they need to make wise decisions about their health, life goals, and reproductive future. Copies of this resource are available free of charge to Utah residents and organizations. To request copies, please call 801-538-6253, or send e-mail to egerke@utah.gov. The booklet is available in English and Spanish and can be viewed in English at the following site: http://health.utah.gov/mihp/pdf/Teen_RLP_082709.pdf.