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Healthy Ansonians Anson County, North Carolina A Healthy Carolinians Partnership
MISSION
To make all of the citizens of Anson County aware of the measures that lead to good health: educated abstinence, prevention, safety, and promotion of a healthy lifestyle including exercise, good nutrition, and immunizations. This process begins at birth and continues throughout life making each individual more productive, thus, a Healthier Ansonian.
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Since July 2009, 85 young people have participated in the "Making Proud Choices" program, said Cindy Taylor-Lisenby, co-chairman of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Committee.
Taylor-Lisenby and Bonnie Morgan were selected as co-chairs at the Healthy Ansonians' Nov. 18 meeting. Former chair Subrina Hough had resigned due to taking a new job.
Taylor-Lisenby and Caroline Hightower have presented the program to area churches and organizations such as the Girl Scouts, Taylor-Lisenby said. The program urges abstinence first and comdom usage second.
"We are selling the message hard," Taylor-Lisenby said, "but we need help from the community to meet young people."
Taylor-Lisenby noted that parents are behind "Making Proud Choices." When she asked participants why they attended, most said their parents "made them."
A training session in October, "Parents Matter," aimed at reaching parents of children 9-12 years old and getting the parents comfortable with discussing tough topics -- sexuality, drinking, drugs -- with their chidlren. The program "makes parents define their values," Taylor-Lisenby said.
Fred Thompson, Ph.D., co-chairman of the Healthy Ansonians Task Force with Dr. Francis Kateh, said that it is an ongoing issue to reach young people who are not involved in any organization or church.
Kateh noted that "the breakthrough will be when we can get into the school system."
"We can't stop teens from having sex, but we can stop 11- and 12-year-olds," Thompson said.
Younger girls are more often made pregnant by a sibling or an older male and the situation should be reported to the authorities, Taylor-Lisenby said.
Girls are also "sexualized" by observed behavior in the home or in the media.
Kaye Ratliff, former director of Sandhills Mental Health, added that one of three girls and one of seven boys are sexually molested before the age of 18.
Diabetes, obesity go hand-in-hand
Paula Stegall reported on the Obesity Committee's activities in the absence of co-chairs Shirley Hardin, Cynthia Furr and Cary Rodgers.
Stegall said that although Anson Community Hospital had discontinued the Parish Nurse Program this year, the diabetes management part of the PNP is still doing pre-diabetic screenings at churches as a part of a Kate B. Reynolds grant.
Stegall said that 289 people had gone through the program, including 75 in the past week. This year, 323 people have been officially screened, of which 114 participated in Class I and 66 in Class II; and 51 completed their 90-day assessment.
The screenings are sustained though Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance, Stegall said.
The Obesity Committee is in the process of applying for a grant for an obesity program that will fit in with the diabetes program, she said. Carolyn Solomon added that there are barriers to people getting into such programs, such as lack of transportation, cultural or ethnic diversity, lack of knowledge, lack of resources, and religious, biological or psychological bias.
Solomon praised the "Divine Design" wellness program now taking place in Morven that emphasizes nutrition, exercise and behavioral changes as well as "a covenant with God."
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Did you make a New Year’s resolution to eat healthier, exercise more, lose some weight, or a combination of these? If so, Cooperative Extension may have just the program for you!
Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less, a weight management program developed by
the NC Cooperative Extension and the NC Division of Public Health, will be offered starting in February.
Classes will meet at the Cooperative Extension Center during the lunch hour. Janine Rywak, County Extension Director, will instruct the class. Cost for the 15-week program is $25.
Eat Smart Move More Weigh Less explores behaviors and strategies to help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Each session will include an educational component, exercise time, personal weigh-in, and a weekly challenge.
The program uses strategies proven to work. Participants will meet in a friendly, supportive environment and receive resource materials to help in their individual goals.
Each lesson informs, empowers and motivates participants to live mindfully as
they make choices about eating and physical activity. The program provides opportunities for participants to track their progress and keep a journal of healthy eating and physical activity behaviors.
A free orientation about the program will be offered on Tuesday, February 2 at 12:00 noon at the Cooperative Extension Center at 501 McLaurin Street. Class details and guidelines will be shared at that time, as well as proposed meeting schedules.
To sign up for orientation, or register for the 15-week program, contact the Cooperative Extension Center at 704-694-2915. Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less is part of the Eat Smart, Move More…NC movement to increase opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity wherever North Carolinians live, learn, earn, play and pray.
Find out more at www.EatSmartMoveMoreNC.com.
Are you at risk for developing diabetes?
You can prevent or postpone Diabetes 2
How?
Find out by attending our FREE diabetes Prevention Program Funded by Kate B. Reynolds Foundations Grant and Anson United Way
Over 40
Over weight
High cholesterol
Diabetes in immediate family
African American, Alaskan, American Indian Hispanic, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander
Since July 2009, 85 young people have participated in the "Making Proud Choices" program, said Cindy Taylor-Lisenby, co-chairman of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Committee.
Paula Stegall reported on the Obesity Committee's activities in the absence of co-chairs Shirley Hardin, Cynthia Furr and Cary Rodgers.
Carolyn Solomon added that there are barriers to people getting into such programs, such as lack of transportation, cultural or ethnic diversity, lack of knowledge, lack of resources, and religious, biological or psychological bias.
