GOALS FOR THE PAST WEEK:
My goal this week was to continue my research on my topic, which included articles on sex education, as well as teenage pregnancy and STD rates in the United States.
MENTORS:
This week Ms. Bullis started to talk with us about our mentors, explaining that we were most likely going to find them through email. She stressed that we needed to edit and proof read our emails before sending them out and that the emails were to be professional. I am planning on starting my search next week.
RESEARCH;
As for research, I spent most of my week on the CDC (Center for Disease Control) website, looking through the different articles and statistics they had available. In particular, I looked at the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System. This program (found here: http://nccd.cdc.gov/youthonline/App/Default.aspx) breaks down the statistics per state based on questions (ie how many teens have had sexual intercourse?, sexual intercourse before 13?). I also plan to look further into a program of the CDC that I stumbled upon called DASH (Division of Adolescent and School Health) that talks about progress in education and research of STDs. The article I found is here: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/about/pdf/hivstd_prevention.pdf I plan to look more into the program and what it has done into more detail soon.
Finally, on Wednesday I had to print out a copy of one of my articles, and I chose to take the CDC's report on teen pregnancies from April 8, 2014. This article gave me a break down of trends from 1991-2012, and also broke down the current statistics by state.
GOALS FOR NEXT WEEK:
Start trying to find a mentor by sending out at least one email, and to continue my research further. This next week however, I want to look closer at the trends I have already found and create a list of more specified topics to research (rather than just generally searching about the issues I am covering).
My goal this week was to continue my research on my topic, which included articles on sex education, as well as teenage pregnancy and STD rates in the United States.
MENTORS:
This week Ms. Bullis started to talk with us about our mentors, explaining that we were most likely going to find them through email. She stressed that we needed to edit and proof read our emails before sending them out and that the emails were to be professional. I am planning on starting my search next week.
RESEARCH;
As for research, I spent most of my week on the CDC (Center for Disease Control) website, looking through the different articles and statistics they had available. In particular, I looked at the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System. This program (found here: http://nccd.cdc.gov/youthonline/App/Default.aspx) breaks down the statistics per state based on questions (ie how many teens have had sexual intercourse?, sexual intercourse before 13?). I also plan to look further into a program of the CDC that I stumbled upon called DASH (Division of Adolescent and School Health) that talks about progress in education and research of STDs. The article I found is here: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/about/pdf/hivstd_prevention.pdf I plan to look more into the program and what it has done into more detail soon.
Finally, on Wednesday I had to print out a copy of one of my articles, and I chose to take the CDC's report on teen pregnancies from April 8, 2014. This article gave me a break down of trends from 1991-2012, and also broke down the current statistics by state.
GOALS FOR NEXT WEEK:
Start trying to find a mentor by sending out at least one email, and to continue my research further. This next week however, I want to look closer at the trends I have already found and create a list of more specified topics to research (rather than just generally searching about the issues I am covering).