THE solution for curbing teen pregnancy

Teen pregnancy is back on the news crawl with the recent announcement of Sarah Palin's pregnant teen daughter.



Sadly, this isn't an isolated event. One of our clients, The Center for Research on Adolescent Health and Development at the Public Health Institute, released a report in the spring that shows the rising teen birth rates are costing California taxpayers $1.7 billion dollars a year, levying an average taxpayer cost per county of more than $29 million.



The public is looking for a solution to this "growing" issue and I think India may have the secret! The country's latest effort to combat unsafe sex is a Gates Foundation sponsored cell phone ringtone that sings a reminder every time you get a phone call. Yeah, it's a little crazy but with over 200 million cell phone users in India a catchy jingle just might become all the rage. Maybe we should try it right here in California where teens can't be more than 10 inches from their cell phones.



~ Nicole



(Hat tip to sWell's Rahul K. Parikh for sharing this song)