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DLI in Action
Putting Teen Pregnancy on Pause
Champion
Forrest AltonSC Campaign to Prevent
Teen Pregnancy
ABOUT: Putting
Pregnancy on Pause
An effort to engage leadership across the state, specifically alumni of the Diversity Leaders Initiative in
conversations and initiatives to PUT TEEN PREGNANCY ON PAUSE!
TEEN PREGNANCY
and
POVERTY
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES a child grows up in poverty if:
1)The mother gave birth as a teen?2) The parents were unmarried when child was born?3) The mother didn’t receive a high school diploma?
NONE7%
Any ONE27%
Any TWO42%
ALL THREE
64%
TEEN PREGNANCY
and
EDUCATION
Only 51% of teen mothers have a high school diploma.
2% of young teen mothers will obtain a college degree by age 30.
Over 30% of teen girls cite teen pregnancy as a reason for dropping out.
Children of teen mothers are 50% more likely to repeat a grade.
Because of Involvement of DLI Alum…
AWARENESS OF ISSUE
MOVING TOWARDS
ACTION
Making Connections = Increasing Awareness
1. Created a postcard series (Core 84) so constituents could show they are part of the Core 84% of South Carolinians who support comprehensive sex education. More than 365 postcards have been sent to elected Legislators and Superintendents.
2. DLI alumni have been hosts of our annual fundraiser and awareness event at Pearlz in Columbia: Rhonda Midgette, Clare Folio Morris, Charles Weathers, Lee Pearson, and Alan Cooper.
3. In 2012, Mayor Steve Benjamin declared May Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month in the City of Columbia.
4. SC Campaign staff presented to Greenwood Rotary Club (85 people) because of Richard Whiting.
5. Alan Cooper interviewed Forrest for his publications – Midlandsbiz.com, Upstatebiz.com, and LowCountrybiz.com, which reached 12,000 people across the state.
6. Andy Brack has covered the issue of teen pregnancy prevention in the Statehouse Report multiple times.
7. Howard Boyd and Stewart Spinx sponsored a breakfast in Greenville County for community leaders.
What else have we been doing?
1. Continue to advocate for implementation of age-appropriate, research proven sex education in our public schools.
Become part of the “CORE 84”
2. Continue to raise awareness of this issue and encourage communities to move to action!
Do you have a community group we can speak to?
Where do we go from here?
Put one of Not Right Now Billboards on This Slide
Text4BabySC
Champion
Deb CampeauTrident Health System
The Issue:In the United States:
500,000 pre-term births, a 30% increase since 1981
28,000 children born in the U.S. die before their first birthday.
More face disabilities and serious life-long health problems due to low birth weight and prematurity
In South Carolina:
7.8% births were to woman receiving late or no prenatal care. 14.3% pre-term10th highest U.S. infant mortality9.9% low birth weight
The Strategy: text4baby FREE bilingual mobile information service
designed to promote maternal and child health.
Provides pregnant women and new moms with information to help them care for their health and give their babies the best possible start in life
Sends 3 text messages per week to enrollees on baby safety, nutrition, baby development, emotional and mental health support and access to care (Medicaid & CHIP information)
The Tactics:
Ends if user texts STOP or on the baby’s 1st b-day
User gets free tips 3x/week
If pregnant, user gets a starter-pack of 6 key messages (over 2wks)
User gives zip code,due date/DOB
User registers via text or website:Text BABY/BEBE to 511411
Why Texting? More than 85% of Americans own cell phones
72% send or receive text messages
Approximately 40% of U.S. births are covered by Medicaid.
80% of Medicaid patients send and receive text messages regularly
Progress in South Carolina 2012-2013
ENROLLMENT GREW!
5,331 (Feb 2012)10,600 (May 2013)
Third largest growth in mid-sized state
INITIATIVES:
Coalition Launch Webinar (50 participants)Text4babySC Coalition formed. SCDHEC and Children’s Trust agree to serve as co- lead agencies Text4babySC Facebook page & Twitter account createdUpdate emails sent to interested DLI gradsMedia blitz week of May 20th, launched at City of Columbia Kids Day event
Managing Partner:
State Partners: •South Carolina Dept of Health & Environmental Control•Children’s Service Alliance•The Children’s Trust for SC•McLeod OB/Gyn & McLeod Pediatrics, Dillon•Select Health of South Carolina•Trident Health, Charleston•MUSC Women’s Health•The Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg•Positioned with Purpose•Riley Institute at Furman University•South Carolina First Steps•South Carolina Solutions•United Way of Greenville County•BlueChoice Health Plan/ BlueCross BlueShield of SC•Safe Kids, Sumter Co.
Goals and Outcomes for South Carolina Continue to grow & strengthen text4babySC Coalition and statewide partners
Identify opportunities to incorporate text4baby enrollment systemically
Increase text4baby enrollment in South Carolina by 5,000 in 2013
95% of South Carolina text4baby participants will be satisfied with the service, and would refer a friend
Behavioral outcomes will include73% will learn about medical warning signs they did not know from a text4baby message71% will ask their doctor/nurse/midwife about a topic she learned about from text4baby. 67% will schedule doctors’ appointments because text4baby sent a reminder.53% of those without insurance will call a South Carolina or national referral or hot line
How can YOU engage?
•Visit www.text4baby.org and become a friend or partner of text4baby
•Secure and distribute free promotional materials in your lobbies, waiting rooms and at health events
•Download “Strategies for Action”, the Employer toolkit and the Partner toolkit for terrific implementation ideas
•See how your business, elected officials, or non-profit or faith-based group can help by clicking here!
•Add the Text4baby Web Button to your company/agency website
•Extend the social media campaign by joining FB and Twitter to keep up on the program’s progress and new opportunities
•Learn more at text4baby.org
Additional Information•Data and Evaluation•SC partner list•SC text4baby information Children’s Trust of SC
Like us on https://www.facebook.com/Text4BabySouthCarolina
Media BLITZ Day!
May 25
Spread the word on Media Blitz Day, May 25:FBTwitteremailPSPress release
Coalition Co-Chairs
Tracey McCloud @ [email protected]
Heidi Vaughn @ SC Children’s [email protected]
text4babySC
Battling Childhood Obesity
Co-Champions
Mitch KennedyCity of Spartanburg
Renee RombergerSpartanburg Regional
Healthcare System
Battling Childhood Obesity
Goal: To educate and empower a cross-section of state leaders to take action
DHEC Obesity: #1 Issue in SC
2 groups:
Statewide Stakeholder Group
SC Obesity Advisory Council goals/measurements/activities)
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Lori Phillips 803.545.0185
Funding: Community Transformation Grants Barbara Grice 803.898.0121
Other resources (technical support) Shauna Hicks [email protected]
Resources:Eat Smart Move More:
Amy Splittgerber
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 803.667.9810 ext 304
Working Well:
Jennifer Wright
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 803.744.3553
Resources:Department of EducationLynn Hammond
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 803.734.8076
Successful School programsGreenville County:
Ron Jones Email: [email protected]
Beaufort County:
Donna Hammond Email:[email protected]
Other Resources:SC Medical Association
SC Hospital Association
Local Partners:
Local Government
Service Organizations
Fitness Centers (physical activity)
Weight Loss groups
Healthcare professionals
Individuals with a Passion
Churches
Schools
Dietitians
Battling Childhood
Obesity
Co-Champions
Mitch KennedyCity of Spartanburg
Renee RombergerSpartanburg Regional Healthcare System
Livi’s Library
Champion
Susan DeVennySC First Steps
RESEARCH TELLS US…*Reading and literacy are foundational to school and life success;
Early reading aloud makes a difference. Exposure to words in books at a very young age can change the achievement trajectory for students (Hart & Risley, Meaningful Differences, 1995);
Independent reading matters. As few as 15 minutes per day has been shown to impact reading achievement (response to National Reading Panel, 2004);
* Poverty affects both early reading in the home, as well as access to books for independent reading.
LIVI’s LIBRARY:
Building readers one child at a time
OUR OWN SC RESEARCH TELLS US …
*Children born into conditions where the following risk factors are present are more likely to experience school failure by age 9:
1 in 5 children in SC lives in poverty; 4 in 10 of these children are NOT successful by grade 3 1 in 4 children in SC is born to a mother with less than a high school education; these children are nearly TWICE as likely to experience early school failure
1 in 8 children in SC is born to a teen mother; nearly 40% of these children are low achievers by age 9
3% of children in SC suffer from abuse or neglect before age 3; 52% of these children are unsuccessful by grade 3
SUCCESSFUL LITERACY and EARLY READING INITIATIVES …
*Meet families and children where they go every day(school, child care, doctor, church, library);
*Should focus on early childhood and primary reading to have the greatest effect on student achievement;
*Need to be sustainable and not “one time events;”
*Are relationship-based and locally-driven; should be “glued together” to reach families effectively.
“Sharing Livi’s love of reading”
You can help. The idea is so simple…
Through community partnerships, Livi’s Library collects gently-used, high quality children’s books for children birth to age 12.
Volunteers sort and host “free book fairs” at schools and preschools; or place Livi’s Library bookcases in areas where our most vulnerable children and families are served.
Each child selects two free books to take home and keep, building her independent reading collection.
JOIN US One SC and Livi’s Library Successes 2012-2013
DLI alums and partners have collected over 20,000 books for children! (200% of our GOAL!)
DLI alums and partners have gathered over 300 volunteers and 76 partner organizations and established 3 Livi’s Library Chapters (2 added chapters in development).
Livi’s Library filed a 501(C)(3) application and is a registered non-profit organization with the SC Secretary of State.
Since February 2012:
JOIN US WE NEED YOUR HELP!!
Donate your own gently used books (5 by each DLI grad = 6000
books)
Sign up to volunteer in a local Livi’s Library chapter (we need collectors sorters, mentors, carpenters)
Donate resources to support our work for young kids!
You can JOIN US and HELP A CHILD BECOME A READER TODAY:
JOIN US
Follow us on facebook ! Livi’s Library group
Contact us with your questions: [email protected] out our website at the Riley Institute: http://ow.ly/kKctl
THANK YOU!
Putting a Pause on Teen Pregnancy
text4babySC
Healthy SChools
Livi’s Library
Action Steps Today
1. Plan how you will participate in Media Blitz Day this Saturday, May 252. Find a “Road Show” event and plan to attend or host your own!3. Visit the Supercapstone project pages on Rileyinstitute.org and learn more4. Join Livi’s Library and text4babySouthCarolina Facebook pages5. Email people in your workplace or community about one or more of these initiatives6. Donate books and/or volunteer to help Livi’s7. Contact someone in your community to work with you in battling childhood obesity8. Email a champion and tell them you want to be a part!
Forrest Alton [email protected]
Mitch KennedyCity of [email protected]
Renee RombergerSpartanburg Regional Healthcare [email protected]
Susan [email protected]
Champions
DLI in Action