You may now view the video and text archive of the Conference on the Sexual
Exploitation of Teens on the web. Bob Franklin of VDH spoke on March 24th.
View the archive at:
www.cademedia.com/archives/mchb/owh/protectingteens

Conference on the Sexual Exploitation of Teens

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services held a national conference
on issues related to protecting teens from sexual exploitation by older
partners. The conference took place on March 23-24, 2005 in Alexandria, VA.
Protecting teens from sexual exploitation by older partners is an issue of
great importance to the Department for many reasons. Teens in sexually
exploitive relationships are at risk for negative outcomes including
unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, violence and social and
behavioral difficulties in school and the community. Furthermore, their
older partners are in danger of violating state laws with potentially
serious legal consequences.

The goals for the conference included:

Providing a forum in which government officials, national youth-focused
organizations and service providers can engage in multi-disciplinary,
multi-perspective discussions about protecting teens from exploitive
relationships with older partners;

Gaining a better understanding from existing research about exploitive
relationships between teens and their older sexual partners and to explore
data and research gaps that, when improved, can lead to better prevention
and protective interventions;

Discussing current programs and laws designed to protect teens, including
reporting sexual assault and sexual exploitation of teens and management of
these cases; and

Building collaboration and communication among law enforcement, health,
education and social services providers relating to helping teens resist and
reject exploitive relationships.

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Rebecca K. Odor, MSW
Director of Violence Prevention
Center for Injury and Violence Prevention
Virginia Department of Health
109 Governor Street, 8th Floor
Richmond VA 23219
ph: 804-864-7740
fax: 804-864-7748
email: Becky.Odor@...
web: www.vahealth.org/civp