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The Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Division of Disease Control in collaboration with the Health Federation of Philadelphia, PA/MIDAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center, the School District of Philadelphia and Health Partners hosted a Youth Sexual Health Symposium promoting healthy sexual decisions among adolescent.

The Youth Sexual Health Symposium (YSHS) was held on Tuesday, May 20, 2014. The agenda is below and contains a links to the PDF version of the PowerPoint presentations used by each presenter during this Symposium.

To download the agenda in a printable format click here.

To download the program flyer in a printable format click here.

AGENDA

7:45-8:30 AM	Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00AM	Welcome, Opening Remarks Donald Schwarz, MD, MPH; Health Commmissioner and Deputy Mayor for Health and Opportunity Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH)
9:00-10:00AM	Opening Keynote: Sex Needs a New Metaphor (Less Baseball...More Pizza) Al Vernacchio, MSEd; Sexuality Educator Friends' Central School
10:00-10:10AM	Break
10:15-11:30AM	Breakout Session 1 MSM Youth, Love & Intimacy Noel Ramirez, MSW, MPH; Program Coordinator Philadelphia FIGHT Jay Grant, MSW; Associate Director The Attic Youth Center Social Media, Teens & Condoms Matt Prior, MPH; Communications and Policy Coordinator, STD Control Program, Division of Disease Control Philadelphia Department of Public Health Debasri Ghosh; Director of Education and Communication Women's Way Teen Pregnancy Prevention - Lessons from the Field from PHMC Tristan Ruby, MPH; "Plain Talk" Philadelphia Program Director Public Health Management Coorporation
11:30-11:45AM	Break
11:45AM-12:45PM	Lunchtime Keynote: We ALL Have a Role in Promoting Healthy Sexual Choices Roberta Laguerra-Frederique, MD; Clinical Director of Immuniology, Dorothy Mann Center for Pediatric and Adolescent HIV St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
12:45-1:30PM	HPV 101 Jill Foster, MD; Clinical Director of Immuniology, Dorothy Mann Center for Pediatric and Adolescent HIV St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
1:30-1:45PM	Break
1:45-3:00PM	Breakout Session 2 Teen Pregnancy Prevention - Lessons from the Field from FPC Kathryn Turnowchyk, MEd; Manager of Training - "I Matter" Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative Family Planning Council Preventing & Recovering from Teen Sexual Assault Salamishah Tillet, PhD; Associate Professor, Department of English University of Pennsylvania
3:00-4:00PM	Resource Area - Information & Networking with local health services organizations