CFHC to Launch New Effort to Help Parents Talk with Kids About Sex; Project Will Provide Parents Information and Resources to Keep Kids Healthy and Safe.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- On Monday, October 10, The California Family Health Council, Inc. (CFHC CFHC California Family Health Council CFHC Caritas Francis Hsu College CFHC Chinatrust Financial Holding Company CFHC Central Florida Health Care CFHC Concord Feminist Health Center CFHC Central Florida Hurricane Center CFHC Community Family Health Center ) will launch "Talk With Your Kids," a new effort to keep kids healthy and safe by helping parents talk with their children about sex. "Talk With Your Kids" will provide parents with information and resources they need to help young people make healthy decisions about sexual behavior sexual behavior A person's sexual practices–ie, whether he/she engages in heterosexual or homosexual activity. See Sex life, Sexual life. . A new website and blog, www.talkwithyourkids.org, as well as printed materials will provide "tip and fact sheets" and offer links to other resources to inform and assist parents and others. CFHC is also training community health providers to work effectively with parents to encourage healthy conversations about sex. (Materials are available in English and Spanish.) "Talk With Your Kids" is being launched in October in conjunction with National Family Sexuality Information Month. Additional information, including a video news release produced by CFHC (in English and Spanish) will be available at www.talkwithyourkids.org on Monday, October 10. A Beta SP version of the news release is available to broadcast news organizations on request. For information or assistance please contact John McDonald at john.mcdonald@stonesthro.com or by phone, 310-798-3252. "Talk With Your Kids" is a project of The California Family Health Council, Inc., a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. working to improve the quality of and access to family planning family planning Use of measures designed to regulate the number and spacing of children within a family, largely to curb population growth and ensure each family’s access to limited resources. and reproductive health services. |
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