? ? . Local teens surveyed Some off those problems cited by local MM|m iKbde: Ming to WMkrcSMMi the m *ho loves Her so mmkIi ^hk Sntarday night will cool has fain to??rd her in nine moafths; not hau*c enovfh money to provide the baby with a good boane; and emotkmai problems which may lend to child abase. The ueamuj. *?* also asked to express their feelings about birth control. "If a person chooses to be sex ualty active, he or she should lake advantage of the precautions that can be taken," one local teenager responded. Another said birth control methods are not readily available to teenagers. One point the majority or those polled agreed upon was that most teenage girls in the county are aware of birth control methods. Those polled were also asked to suggest methods on how to solve the adolescent pregnancy problem. Some suggested giving teens more information at an earlier age and having freer access to birth control. "Nothing short of making all teenagers sterile will work." one of the respondents said. Another suggested, "having more extra curricula! activities for teenagers or more social places to meet." The survey has been made availaNc to the newly-formed Hoke County Adolescent Task Force. ? . .Group working on problem (Continued ftxxn pip 1) task foi? member Bobby Rogers said. "We're jus* seeing ?h? the community can do to compliment the on-going work of the health Jepaitmtw," Rogers said. By tavwt facts about adolescent prtfRMCKs the task force hopes to be prepared for any grant monks, that may be available in the future. Earher this year, the Depart ment of Social Services (DSS) learned that grant money to be us ed to combat adolescent pregnancy was. available to the county . But the grant application had to be completed within three weeks. "It was decided then it would just be too much of a job for one person to gather the information necessary to apply for the grant," task, force member Susan Moss said. "We decided to come up with a strategy so the next time money becomes available, we'll be able to apply for it," Moss said. More money for the prevention of adolescent pregnancy should be available in the future, according to DSS Director Ken Wuherspoon. ""There is going to continue to be grant money to address the pro blems of adolescent pregnancy ," Witherspoon said. Statistics gathered by the task force so far show; ?From July l">S4 to June 1985, 4? of the 186 Hoke County *omen to give birth were teenagers. ?Of those 47 teenage mothers, only five of them were married. ?For nine of those mothers, it was their second child. ?It was the sixth child for one of the women. ?A total of 99 induced abortions were reported in Hoke Countv in 1983. ?Of the 99 women receiving abortions, 26 were teenagers. ?In 1979, Hoke County had 112 live births per 1,000 females 15-19 years old; the county was rated se cond in the state. ?In 1983, the county had $$-live births per 1,000 females 15-19 years old and was rated 30th in the state. "Since 1979 there has been an improvement, but there's certainly a ways to go." Diehl said. Moss attributes the drop in the live birth rates to a health educa tion plan in county schools. Although statistics are not exact, Hoke County Juvenile County Court Counselor Jan Dial Smith estimates that about 80*"o of her caseload of youthful offenders were born to unwed teenage mothers. The Hoke County juvenile caseload averages around 150 per year. Smith said. Most of the youths' crimes range from petty larceny ..to truancy. Hoke County Health Depart ment statistics show that the coun ty is only meeting the needs of 39.6r? of the women in need of family planning services between the ages of 15 and 19. The local task force has learned of a program it plans to further study from the December 9 issue of Time magazine. The plan is modeled after five full-service health clinics located in high schools in St. Pauls, Min nesota. Along with offering a wide range of health services to its students, the clinics advise teenagers on methods of con traception. Births to female students in the school system dropped from 59 per thousand to 26 per thousand be tween 1977 and 1984. An additional aid to combating local teen pregnancies was in stigated at the mid-month meeting of the Hoke County Board of Commissioners. Commissioners agreed to changes in the health board budget to allow the hiring of a maternal health social worker and a family planning clerk. It is predicted that the problem of adolescent pregnancies will be reduced with the help of additional workers. The health director presented methods of combating adolescent pregnancies to the commissioners. Those strategies include: ?Increasing educational efforts to involve pre-teens and the adoles cent male. ?Intensifying training of profes sionals in human resources organizations to work with adolescents. ?Encouraging community wide concern for the development and improvement of preventive pro grams for teens. SHOP HERE FOR SUPER... HOLIDHV SflUinCS B&W Food Mart Hwy. 401 North R? ford. N.C. Santa arrives After parachuting into the obi -4rawrr rurt. 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