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economist suntribune health issues saturday april 6 2002 pregnancies in region by carolyn barry r special tothe economist suntribune therateof teen pregnacyiri york region is half therate of that in the rest of ontario v mostirecent figures showpregnan- cies among teenage girls between the ages of 15 to 19 are 208 per cent in york region while the rate in ontario stands at 41 per cent the rate of teen pregnancies in york region is actually the lowest in ontario arid it has been for many years said kathy white manager of healthy sexuality a public health program in york region white said the regions low rate can be attributed to several reasons espe cially the availability of contraceptives last year more than 5000 teens vis ited local health clinics in and around newmarket where coritfaceptives have become more available through walkin clinics j as well she added many doctors are now more willing to prescribe birth con trol to teens a better sex education curriculum in schools is also being credited with helping to keep the regions pregnancy rate low- heather sears a health educator with the york region district school board said the new curriculum places emphasis oh personal responsibility for making informed decisions the expectations are there and i think that acquiring the information and skills with respect to sexuality is a lifelong process ms sears said health education curriculum changes in 1999 included teaching stu- dents in grade 9 not only about repro- ductiye organs contraception and sexu ally transmitted diseases but also about decisionmaking recognizing pressure to be sexually active and identifying community support grade 10 students learn the effectsof choices related to sexual intimacy plus a fmore indepth look at topics already covered in grade 1 1 relationships are the main focus as students learn skills needed to sustain an honest respectful and respon sible relationships are looked at closely grade 12 students learn more about pregnancy including how to have a our difference memberowned golf club there is a limited number of equitytype memberships for sale also availabje tyear trial associate memberships visit us at our website at vinvwvyhitevalegolfclubcom for infoirnation call 9052949600 healthy pregnancy and birth york region teachers applaud the iiew curriculum we talk about decision making contraceptives birth control and body image we try to cover as many arranged topics as we can said blaine scatcherd a physical education teacher at dr john m denison high school in newmarket livio iannucci a physical education teacher at sacred heart catholic high school in newmarket said students at the catholic high school receive the same sex education as those in the pub lic high schools the argument has always been do you teach about contraception and we do that in our board and in our school we talk about it he said we dont give diagrams of how this one works and how that one works and here are the potential dangers of this we basically discuss contraception no matter how much time or energy is spent on teaching healthy sexuality there will still be teens that will have sex early in life una wright community education coordinator at the rose of sharon a support system directed toward young mothers in newmarket said although more mothers are using the program it doesnt reflect an increase in teen preg nancies it just means there is more aware- nessin the community ms wright said we help them with their education parenting skills and working through any issues that might be interfering with living more independently however ms white said the most important thing is to talk about choices not everybody is sexually active nor do they need to be as adolescents and i think sometimes there is a prevailing opinion that everybody is doing it arid thats not correct at all she said we need to support abstinence as a positive choice not really a lack of opportunity its a choice its a good choice you dont have to 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