What Is “The New 3Rs: Rights, Respect, Responsibility”?
The New 3Rs Mission Statement:
To help Oregon youth develop healthy sexual attitudes and behaviors, supported by proven public health strategies that reduce teen pregnancies, births, abortions and the incidence of sexually transmitted infections.
The New 3Rs is a new way of thinking about adolescent sexual health. It aims to create a youth-positive climate that takes practical, tangible form through an open-ended set of activities.
The New 3Rs is not a specific program or project. Instead, it is an organizing principle supported by a host of programs, projects, curricula and policies.
Core Values:
- Rights: We believe youth have the right to accurate information and access to health services.
- Respect: We respect youth as valued members of the community, with much to offer.
- Responsibility: We trust youth to make responsible decisions when they are provided information, taught skills and given support to do so.
Because The New 3Rs emphasizes an adaptable, research-based public health approach, it has gained broad-based support throughout Oregon. Faith leaders, health professionals, educators, parents, youth and policy leaders/influencers have endorsed The New 3Rs and are integrating its values in their own work and/or personal lives.
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The proven public health strategies that The New 3Rs employs include:
- Family communication,
- Comprehensive sex education,
- Confidential and accessible health services,
- Effective mass media campaigns,
- Positive youth development and
- Public policies based on sound public health
approaches.
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