Shelby
Riedel,
B.S.
Master of Public Health Student
LSUHSC New Orleans School of Public Health
Shelby Riedel graduated from Northwestern State University in the Louisiana Scholar’s College in Natchitoches, Louisiana with a Bachelor of Science in biology and is a current 1st year Master of Public Health in epidemiology student at Louisiana State University Health Science Center in New Orleans. She is a first-year member of the New Orleans Adolescent Reproductive Health Project and has served as a teaching volunteer, board member, and research chair.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Louisiana ranked sixth in birth rates among women 15-19 years old in the U.S. in 2016. Louisiana residents ages 15-24 account for 50% of all new STDs while representing only 25% of the state's sexually experienced population. Reproductive health education has been shown to improve reproductive health outcomes. The aims of this study were to improve reproductive health knowledge among adolescents in the New Orleans community and to improve interprofessional collaboration and confidence in discussing reproductive health topics among healthcare students. Pretests and posttests were administered…