MHD - NoCondom?NoWay!

NO CONDOM?
NO WAY!

INSIST ON SAFER SEX

Who we are

"No Condom? No Way!" is a campaign sponsored by the City of Milwaukee Health Department and other agencies in the Milwaukee area that are concerned about the health of teens. The goal of the campaign is to promote healthy relationships and provide factual information about sexuality to all teens. The campaign was also designed to provide information about safer sex and access to free condoms to teens that choose to be sexually active.

This campaign was developed in response to high rates of problems associated with teen sexual activity in Milwaukee.

Of the 50 largest U.S. cities, Milwaukee has consistently had one of the highest teen pregnancy rates. Over the past decade, Milwaukee’s teen pregnancy rate has steadily ranked among the top 5 worst in the nation.
In 2003, Milwaukee’s birth rate for girls under 18 was 4th worst of the 25 largest U.S. cities¹. In that same year, more than 25% of those babies were born to teens that were already mothers.²
Milwaukee also has consistently high rates of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea infections compared to other large U.S. cities. In 2004, 15 to 19 year olds accounted for 40% of all Chlamydia infections, and 37% of all Gonorrhea infections.³

Additionally, Milwaukee teens report high rates of sexual activity.

In 2003, almost 60% of Milwaukee public high school students reported havingsexual intercourse, and 22.1% reported having 4 or more partners in their lifetime.⁴
In 2003, nearly one-third of sexually active Milwaukee public high school students reported that they DID NOT use a condom during their last sexual intercourse.

The "No Condom? No Way" campaign is not meant to encourage sexual activity, or to argue against cultural, religious or ethical beliefs related to abstinence or condom use. Milwaukee Health Department supports parents as the primary sexual educators of their children, and encourages parents to visit the Parents as Partners section of our website.

Too many teens are becoming sexually active without knowing the facts about how to protect themselves against unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. For safer sex to become a meaningful option, teens need confidential and reliable resources to help them communicate openly about sexuality.

¹ Calculated by City of Milwaukee Health Department from CDC Natality Data Sets (1993-2003) and U.S. Census, 2002 (population denominators for 1993-2004 were estimated by average rate of change from 1990-2000)
² Calculated by City of Milwaukee Health Department
³ Calculated from State of Wisconsin STD data and U.S. Census data, 2000 (population denominators for 1998-2004 were estimated by average rate of change from 1990-2000)
⁴ Predicted number based on enrollment of 23,428 high school interns

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