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GREENSBORO, N.C. — In its very first 6 months, the JustTEENS good health clinic at the Guilford County good health Department helped a lot more compared to 500 teenage patients.
“We’ve had 24 percent improve in the total variety of visits from the very same period last year,” explained Judy Southern, clinical solutions routine manager.
Southern says while they’ve been treating teenagers for years, JustTEENS is a separate, private and confidential portion of the clinic. They recommendations patients under twenty years of age that can easily come alone or along with a parent.
“If a moms and dad comes along with a teen, we ask them to wait in yet another location so this location remains confidential and private for JustTeens,” she added. The suggestion started along with the Cone good health Foundation and a objective to lessen the teen pregnancy price in Guilford County and, specifically, Greensboro.
“We promote abstinence yet we do have actually others contraceptive ways the teen can easily receive,” Southern said.
The county’s teen pregnancy rate general has actually in fact minimized in recent years. However, ethnic disparities are stark. In Guilford County, Hispanic teens account for 47.9 of every 1,000 births. The price for African American teens is 39.1 of every 1,000 births. Those are compared to the considerably lesser 11.3 price for Caucasian teen moms.
The JustTEENS clinic listed here is modeled after one in Gaston County. “Their teen pregnancy price in 3 years low by forty percent. And the disparity was dissolved.”
The clinic likewise supplies life preparation help, school phsyicals, pregnancy tests, STI screenings and treatments and immunizations.
To make an appointment, call (336) 641-3245.
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Interesting Statistics regarding North Carolina teens and sex:
- Nearly 70 percent of North Carolina higher school seniors have actually had sex. Fewer compared to half of those students used a condom the last time.
- Young individuals that obtain abstinence-just education are 50% a lot more most likely to get hold of pregnant as teenagers compared to those that obtain comprehensive sex education.
- 87 percent of teens claim it would certainly be less complicated to steer clear of sex if they could have actually open, honest conversations along with their parents regarding it.
These numbers were offered by the good health Department and are according to school studies from the Youth Behavior Risk Surveillance System.
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