Dr. Manoj Jain

Manoj Jain, MD MPH is an infectious disease physician, a writer, and a national leader in healthcare quality improvement.

Dr.
Jain writes regularly for the Washington Post, and the Commercial
Appeal (Memphis newspaper). His writings also appear in the New York
Times and the Times of India. He received his engineering, doctorate,
and public health degree from Boston University. He has served as a
consultant to the World Bank on HIV, and has been interviewed by CNN
International, National Public Radio, and India Today magazine.Over the
past 15 years Dr. Jain has given over a 150 talks, and published
numerous scientific articles, chapters and books. Dr. Jain has
conducted research on HIV epidemiology, quality improvement, and
spirituality & medicine.

Presently,
Dr. Jain is adjunct assistant professor at Rollins School of Public
Health at Emory University and the medical director at Tennessee’s
Quality Improvement Organizations. www.qsource.org.

He is a faculty for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement www.ihi.org, and is on the leadership team for the Healthy Memphis Common Table Community Partners Council www.healthymemphis.org and for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant. He has founded and chaired the Annual Nonviolence Conference in Memphis. www.gandhikingconference.org.

The “Big Talk” Has Little Effect

Unintended teenage pregnancies are a product of something gone awry in our society, in our schools and most importantly in our homes. As a parent and a doctor, I'm pretty sure the one-time talks parents have with teens about sex aren't worth much.