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The Teenage Access Project (TAP) was supported by the Special Projects of National Significance Program to expand and ensure access to health and support services for disadvantaged, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive, and at-risk adolescent and young adult women aged 10-21 years by: (a) preventing further HIV transmission through empowerment and reduction of risk behavior, (b) providing HIV counseling and testing to increase screening of young women, and (c) facilitating referrals to medical and psychosocial services through the TAP activities. TAP served 403 young people (82% African-American and 83% young women). The basic elements of the TAP service model components were: (a) outreach to community agencies serving high-risk, disadvantaged young women; (b) My Individual Responsibility Reduces Our Risk (MIRROR), a six-module risk-reduction and empowerment activity specifically designed for young women in Jefferson County, using a small group format; and (c) the Adolescent Testing Center (ATC), a center for age and culturally appropriate HIV testing, pre- and posttest counseling, risk assessment, and referrals. HIV testing and pre- and posttest counseling were provided confidentially in both clinical and community settings. More than 200 participated in the MIRROR activity. A total of 101 young women received HIV counseling and testing services.

Almost one half of all the dental accidents recorded during this study occurred when the victim was moving and struck a stationary object. Falls and vehicles were about equally responsible for half of the accidents. Accident proneness seemed to be affected by age and sex with the teenage group reporting the most dental accidents (35.76%) and males reported dental accidents three times as often as females. Of orthodontic patients, 16.43 percent had a history of dental accidents in contrast to about five percent of the general population. From the limited data available, approximately three fourths of the persons reporting said no seat belts were available in their automobiles. The remaining one fourth had belts but they were not being used at the time of the dental injury. Right-handed victims tended to be injured on the right side of the mouth and jaw and left-handed victims exhibited more injuries on the left side. As was anticipated, a high percentage (23 percent) of the residents of a hospital for the mentally retarded exhibited dental injuries.