Health Officer - Schools Little Help in Teen Pregnancy Fight
Washington County Commissioners President Gregory I. Snook
prompted Christoffel's remarks during a Health Department budget presentation
by asking if the School Board was doing anything to lower the number of teens
giving birth… "Our relationship with the School Board has been difficult
to say the least," Christoffel said.
The teen pregnancy budget also would pay for a nurse practitioner at Elgin Station Community Center for additional teen clinical services, for medication and supplies such as contraceptives, and for a "mass social marketing campaign" to increase teen pregnancy awareness, improve communication between parents and teens and educate teens about sexual responsibility, abstinence and available clinical services, according to the proposed budget.
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