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2004 Healthy Schools Leadership Assembly-  October 14, 2004

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New! Energizers
Classroom Based Physical Activities!
The way teachers integrate physical activity with academic concepts.
Check out these short, about 10-minute, activities
that classroom teachers can use to provide activity to children.

Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel
The US Department of Health and Human Services’ National Diabetes Education Program has developed a guide for schools to help address the needs of all students with diabetes; Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel. This new guide offers school administrators, health service providers, and teachers a comprehensive resource that provides basic information about diabetes, lays out a team approach to diabetes management, and reviews the federal laws pertaining to schools’ responsibilities to educate students with diabetes.

New: N.C. Recommended Standards for All Foods in Schools
School Assessments (Healthy Active Children Policy)

CDC’s School Health Index – for Assessment and Planning

NC Manual: Effective School Health Advisory Councils

CDC Guidelines for School Health Programs

Recommendations for Individual Diabetes Care Plan Guidelines

Crisis Planning: A Guide for Schools and Communities

CDC Guidance for Management of School Students Exposed SARS.

Schools Plan Responses To Bioterrorism: Education Week

CSHP Infrastructure: Strategic Plan

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Ashe& Wanda Elliott Appalachian District Health Dept

School Nursing Contacts by County Listed Under B
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Beaufort County

School Health: Martha Guttu
(252) 946-6481 ext. 290

Child Health: Barbara Lanford
(252) 946-6481, ext. 291

Immunization: Walter Council
(252) 413-0587

Nutrition: Kathy Griffin
(252) 946-6481, ext. 373

Exceptional Children: Kathi Wilhite
(252) 328-1519

Bertie County
School Health: Martha Guttu
(252) 946-6481 ext. 290

Child Health: Barbara Lanford
(252) 946-6481, ext. 291

Immunization: Walter Council
(252) 413-0587

Nutrition: Kathy Griffin
(252) 946-6481, ext. 373

Exceptional Children: Kathi Wilhite
(252) 328-1519

Blanden County
School Health: Ruth Storms
(910) 643-9172

Child Health: Betty Cox
(910) 486-1191

Immunization: Elaine Thomas
(910) 486-3398

Nutrition: Sue Williams
(910) 486-1703

Exceptional Children: Linda West
(910) 486-1624

Brunswick County
School Health: Ruth Storms
(910) 643-9172

Child Health: Betty Cox
(910) 486-1191

Immunization: Elaine Thomas
(910) 486-3398

Nutrition: Janet Bryan
(252) 946-6481, ext. 326

Exceptional Children: Linda West
(910) 486-1624

Buncome County
School Health: Sue Lever
(828) 645-1426

Child Health: Helen Farrell
(828) 236-9661

Immunization: Gina Holland
(828) 652-8939

Nutrition: Martha Boyette
(828) 645-2069

Exceptional Children: Carol Arnold
(828) 227-2085

Burke County
School Health: Sue Lever
(828) 645-1426

Child Health: Carolyn Moser
(828) 680-9782

Immunization: Charles Philbeck
(704) 480-5439

Nutrition: Regina Asriel
(828) 654-9930

Exceptional Children: Glenda Adams
(336) 667-2191

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Ashe Wanda Elliott Appalachian District Health Dept

School Nursing Contacts by County Listed Under Y
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Yadkin County
School Health: Rachel Pich?
(704) 663-1699 ext. 269

Child Health: Cheryl Lowe
(336) 771-4608

Immunization: Ron Sapp
(336) 222-8246

Nutrition: Julie Hurt
(704) 663-1699

Exceptional Children: Glenda Adams
(336) 667-2191

Yancey County
School Health: Sue Lever
(828) 645-1426

Child Health: Helen Farrell
(828) 236-9661

Immunization: Gina Holland
(828) 652-8939

Nutrition: Regina Asriel
(828) 654-9930

Exceptional Children: Carol Arnold
(828) 227-2085

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Ashe Wanda Elliott Appalachian District Health Dept

School Nursing Contacts by County Listed Under W
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Wake County
School Health: Dale Floyd
(919) 733-3497

Child Health: Jackie Harrell
(919) 571-4700

Immunization: Marian Scott
(919) 255-1538

Nutrition: Annette Furr
(919) 571-4700

Exceptional Children: Melinda Chambers
(919) 530-6353

Warren County
School Health: Dale Floyd
(919) 733-3497

Child Health: Jackie Harrell
(919) 571-4700

Immunization: Marian Scott
(919) 255-1538

Nutrition: Annette Furr
(919) 571-4700

Exceptional Children: Melinda Chambers
(919) 530-6353

Washington County
School Health: Martha Guttu
(252) 946-6481 ext. 290

Child Health: Barbara Lanford
(252) 946-6481, ext. 291

Immunization: Walter Council
(252) 413-0587
Nutrition: Kathy Griffin
(252) 946-6481, ext. 373

Exceptional Children: Kathi Wilhite
(252) 328-1519
Watauga County
School Health: Amy Quesinberry
(336) 771-4608 ext. 334

Child Health: Carolyn Moser
(828) 680-9782

Immunization: Charles Philbeck
(704) 480-5439

Nutrition: Regina Asriel
(828) 654-9930


Exceptional Children: Glenda Adams
(336) 667-2191

Wayne County
School Health: Martha Guttu
(252) 946-6481 ext. 290

Child Health: Jackie Harrell
(919) 571-4700

Immunization: Isabel Reynolds
(919) 420-7926

Nutrition: Janet Bryan
(252) 946-6481, ext. 326

Exceptional Children: Linda West
(910) 486-1624

Wilkes County
School Health: Amy Quesinberry
(336) 771-4608 ext. 334

Child Health: Carolyn Moser
(828) 680-9782

Immunization: Charles Philbeck
(704) 480-5439

Nutrition: Regina Asriel
(828) 654-9930


Exceptional Children: Glenda Adams
(336) 667-2191

Wilson County
School Health: Dale Floyd
(919) 733-3497

Child Health: Jackie Harrell
(919) 571-4700

Immunization: Isabel Reynolds
(919) 420-7926

Nutrition: Janet Bryan
(252) 946-6481, ext. 326

Exceptional Children: Melinda Chambers
(919) 530-6353

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TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION

CONTACT:: Ellen Essick, CDC Cooperative Agreement Grants Manager
 Nakisha Floyd, Abstinence Education Consultant

GOAL

To provide age appropriate, medically accurate HIV/STD and teen pregnancy prevention education to all school-age children with an emphasis on minority populations whom are disproportional impacted, through a collaboration of the Department of Public Instruction, local school systems, higher education, state and local health departments, and community-based organizations.


TEEN PREGNANCY

North Carolina is consistently ranked ninth in the nation for teen pregnancy rates and continue to hold steady, with 2007 state rates nearly the same as those over the previous three years. The four-year plateau follows a 13-year decline that resulted in the state’s lowest ever rates in 2003. The state’s adolescent pregnancy rate has declined by 36% since 1992. The 2007 pregnancy rate for teen’s ages 15 through 19 was 63.0/1,000, a 0.1% decrease from 2006. The total number of NC teens aged 15 to 19 who were pregnant in 2007 was 20,019. Nearly 29% of those were repeat pregnancies. The number of 10 to14 year-oldswho were pregnant in 2007 was 404.

Among minority populations, Hispanic teens had the highest pregnancy rate, although their rate has dropped nearly 7% since 2003. The 2007 pregnancy rate among Hispanic adolescents in the state was 167.4/1,000 girls aged 15 to 19, a 5.7% decrease from 2006. Black teens had pregnancy rate of 87.1/1,000, a 0.9% increase from 2006. The number of pregnancies among American Indian teens and other minority groups was too low to calculate reliable rates. The disparity between white and minority teen pregnancy rates has narrowed since 1992, when the minority teen pregnancy rate was two times higher than the white rate. In 2007, the minority teen pregnancy rate was twice that of white teens.

Unplanned pregnancies during the teen years have long been associated with a host of critical social issues, including poverty and overall child well-being, out-of-wedlock births, workforce readiness, and responsible fatherhood. After increasing 24% between 1986 and 1991, the teen birth rate for girls aged 15-19 declined 35% between 1991 and 2005 (National Center for Health Statistics, 2005). During the same time period, official child poverty rates fell by 23 percent and percentage of children living with a single mother declined for the first time in decades. The report also showed that the decrease in the teen birth rate accounts for 26 percent of the reduction in the number of children under age six living in poverty between 1995 and 2002. In fiscal year 2004, teen pregnancy cost North Carolinians $312 million in WIC, Medicaid, TANF and food stamps (Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy). Interrupting this cycle of poverty and disadvantage is a critical social priority, and helping young women and men avoid early pregnancy is easier and much more cost effective than dealingwith all of the problems that occur after their babies are born.

GUIDELINES FOR HIV/STD AND TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION
IN SCHOOLS

In North Carolina HIV, sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy prevention education teaches that the expected standard for all school age children is Abstinence Until Marriage. However, according to General Statute (G.S.) 115C-81 Basic Education and the North Carolina Healthful Living Standard Course of Study, the effectiveness and failure rates of condoms and other birth controlmethods must be taught in the seventh and eighth grades respectively.

Instruction in the use of and/or demonstration of condoms is a part of a comprehensive sexuality education program. Before a comprehensive sexuality education program is adopted, the local board of education shall conduct a public hearing and make all instructional materials available for review by parents or legal guardians for at least 30 days before the public hearing and 30 days afterthe hearing.

Each school year, before students may participate in any portion of an HIV, sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy prevention education program, the local boards of education shall adopt policies to provide opportunities either for parents and legal guardians to consent or for parents and legal guardians to withhold their consentto the students’ participation in any or all of these programs.

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