Making Proud Choices! A Safer Sex Approach to STDs, Teen Pregnancy, and HIV prevention program aims to provide young adolescents with the knowledge, confidence and skills necessary to reduce their risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), HIV and pregnancy by abstaining from sex or using condoms if they choose to have sex. The curriculum consists of eight modules delivered by trained facilitators to young adolescents. 

Youth in Cleveland County Schools

Health Educators from the Cleveland County Public Health Center teach and enhance medically-accurate, culturally  appropriate comprehensive reproductive health and safety educational programming in health/PE classes to students in Cleveland County Schools.

Both prenatal care providers in Cleveland County offer a comprehensive service array to support prenatal patients to support the outcome of a healthy pregnancy and healthy birth. 

The Cleveland County Health Department provides a comprehensive service array as well through a network of clinical services. 

• The CCHD Prenatal Clinic saw 282 unduplicated patients in 2,345 visits during FY 21-22; from 7/1/22 – 12/31/22, the clinic served 164 patients in 916 visits. The number of patient visits daily ranged from 9 to 17 depending on the provider availability.
• 28 prenatal patients participated in childbirth classes to prepare them for healthy pregnancy outcomes.
• A Licensed Clinical Social Worker provided through a collaboration with Kintegra Health was embedded into the prenatal clinic at least two days per week to serve patients with behavioral health or substance abuse issues.  Prenatal clinic staff also assessed patients for tobacco use and provided tobacco cessation materials and referrals to Quitline NC. 
• Ultrasound technicians now provide ultrasound services to patients one day a week on-site.
• Prenatal clinic staff initiated a Safe Sleep program providing education to patients and families on Safe Sleep practices; participating patients are entered into a drawing for a Pack N Play and are also surveyed 3 months after delivery to assess compliance with Safe Sleep practices.  Participants in the survey are provided with $20 gas cards to encourage survey completion.
• Prenatal Clinic staff made referrals to the WIC program and the Dental Clinic for supportive services to clinic patients. 
• The Nurse-Family Partnership program, an intensive home visiting program targeting first-time, low-income mothers, served 67 families with 31 babies born into the program during 2022. Two graduation events were held to recognize families whose children had reached the two-year-old mark and completed the program.
• The Case Management for High-Risk Pregnancies (CMHRP) program staff managed 309 patients during fiscal year 21-22 and managed 100 patients from 7/1/22 – 12/31/22.  CCHD case managers worked with patients both at CCHD and Shelby Women’s Care OB/GYN. 
• The Case Management for High-Risk Children (CMHRC) program staff managed 274 patients with referrals to supportive services in FY 21-22. 
• The CCHD Family Planning Clinic served 1,013 unduplicated patients in FY 21-22 and 696 unduplicated patients from 7/1/22 – 12/31/22 delivering preconception/family life planning services as well as provision of contraceptives.  A successful grant application for three additional years of family planning services was submitted and awarded through Title X and Women’s health Service Funds. 

The service array for Shelby Women’s Care OB/GYN can be found on their website https://atriumhealth.org/locations/detail/atrium-health-womens-care-shelby-obgyn.