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    Milwaukee Alliance for Sexual Health

    Project Overview

    3rd Funding Cycle Development Award
         Project Start Date: 7/1/2007
         Project End Date: 6/30/2008 - No Cost Extension through 7/31/2008

    Project Goal Statement: The goal of this two-phase project is to reduce the rates of sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancies among African American adolescents in the city of Milwaukee. The objectives of phase two are 1) to form the Milwaukee Alliance for Sexual Health (MASH) as a robust network of partners committed to working together toward this goal; and 2) to prioritize and implement recommendations from the Strategic Plan.

    Award Amount: $50,000

    Community Partners:
    Primary Community Partner: City of Milwaukee Health Department
    Additional community partner organization names:

    • New Concept Self Development Center
    • Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Division of Public Health

    Academic Partners:
    Primary Academic Partner: Wendi Ehrman, MD, Department of Pediatrics
    Additional Academic Partner: Seth Foldy, MD, MPH, Department of Family and Community Medicine

    Project Progress Summary Reports:
         Project Progress Report Summary July 2007 - July 2008
         Project Final Report Summary    

    Affiliated Web Pages:
        City of Milwaukee Health Department
        New Concept Self Development Center
        Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Division of Public Health

    Project Dissemination Efforts (as reported by project partners)
         None reported