Listen to Public Radio RecordingAndrea Kane

Teen pregnancy continues to be an important challenge facing Montana and the nation. It is an issue where there's no shortage of data and research. At the same time, it is an intensely personal issue where deeply held opinions and beliefs often trump science. On April 8, 2010, Café Scientifique in Bozeman hosted a lively discussion with Andrea Kane from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. She spoke on the latest trends in teen pregnancy, research about what works, and what teens themselves say about all this. The engaged audience and Ms. Kane discussed various perspectives on why teen pregnancy matters and what to do about it.

Andrea Kane's Biography

Andrea Kane is the senior director of policy and partnerships at the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting values, behavior and policies that reduce both teen pregnancy and unplanned pregnancy among young adults. She is responsible for the National Campaign’s work on public policy, as well as partnerships with a wide range of national, state and local organizations. From 2001 through 2008, she was also affiliated with the Brookings Institution’s Center on Children and Families in various capacities. Before joining the National Campaign in 2001, Kane served at the White House Domestic Policy Council as a special assistant to President Clinton. She has also worked at the National Governors’ Association, and at the state and local level in California, Texas, and Virginia. She studied Government at Smith College, received a BA from Cornell University and an MPA from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas.

Click on the button at the top right-right of this page to listen to Andrea Kane's interview on Yellowstone Public Radio's Health Matters (April 28, 2010, archived)

 

The Café Scientifique was co-sponsored by Montana INBRE and Montana State University COBRE programs.