San Antonio Report: Nearly $10M grant coming to Bexar, rural counties to reduce teen pregnancies
July 7, 2023
Jennifer Todd, JD, RN , project manager, UT Teen Health, was quoted in this article. Read More
San Antonio Express-News: UT Health gets $10 million to reduce teen pregnancy in South Texas
July 7, 2023
Kristen Plastino, MD, director, UT Teen Health, vice chair, clinical operations and professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, was quoted in this news article. Read More
FOX 29/KABB TV: Efforts escalate in Bexar County to combat teen pregnancy with $10 million federal grant
July 7, 2023
Jennifer Todd, JD, RN , project manager, UT Teen Health, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
KSAT 12: UT Teen Health gets $9.86 million federal grant to stem teen pregnancies in South Texas
July 7, 2023
Jennifer Todd, JD, RN , project manager, UT Teen Health, was interviewed for this news segment and Kristen Plastino, MD, director, UT Teen Health, vice chair, clinical operations and professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, was quoted in this news article. Watch Now
UT Teen Health approved for five-year, $9.86 million federal grant to stem teen pregnancies in South Texas
July 6, 2023
Rates are well higher than national average in counties facing health disparities Teen pregnancy rates are up to four times higher than the national average in South Texas, pointing to adolescent health care inequities affecting those who historically have suffered from socioeconomic disparities. UT Teen Health, an initiative of UT Health San Antonio that promotes […]
UT Health San Antonio, statewide program provides free child mental health services
June 2, 2023
In a recent study published in the Journal of American Medical Association, pediatric visits nationwide to the emergency room for mental health reasons have doubled. Of those visits, the proportion of visits for suicide-related symptoms increased five-fold. Steven Pliszka, MD, chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The University of […]