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Committees and Areas of Focus: <br /> Advocates for Children: <br /> • Prevention of child abuse and neglect, preventable accidents and injuries involving children, <br /> and child and adolescent obesity and overweight <br /> Preventive Services: <br /> • Adult health promotion and disease prevention <br /> Voices for Healthy Adolescent Choices: <br /> • Adolescent pregnancy prevention,'improving adolescent parenting skills, improving access <br /> to health care for adolescents. <br /> Committee Goals <br /> Advocates for Children: <br /> Preventable accidents and injuries involvina children <br /> • By 2003, to improve child abuse and neglect services for at-risk children, parents and <br /> families by increasing public awareness of child abuse and neglect and identifying resources <br /> which help resolve family management and conflict issues. <br /> • By 2008, to reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect by parents or other caregivers <br /> by 10%. <br /> Childhood obesity <br /> • By 2003, to assess the incidence of childhood and adolescent obesity and physical activity <br /> and plan and implement collaborative intervention strategies. <br /> • By 2008, to reduce the incidence of childhood and adolescent obesity by 10% and increase <br /> the incidence of childhood and adolescent physical activity by 20%. <br /> Preventive Services: <br /> • By 2003, to improve lifestyle behaviors by 5% in the areas of tobacco use, physical activity, <br /> nutrition/obesity and alcohol use. <br /> • By 2003, to reduce at least one barrier to health promotion/disease prevention activities for <br /> at least 1 special population. <br /> • By 2008, to reduce mortality related to heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes by 10%. <br /> Voices for Healthy Adolescent Choices: <br /> • By 2003, to identify available adolescent pregnancy prevention and parenting programs and <br /> services and identify gaps in those programs and services. <br /> • By 2008, to reduce the incidence of adolescent pregnancy by 2% in OC. <br /> For more Information about how to get involved with Healthy Carolinians Contact: <br /> Maria Hitt, Healthy Carolinians Coordinator <br /> 2501 Homestead Rd. <br /> Chapel Hill, NC 27514 <br /> Phone: 968-2022 x 291 email: mhitt0 co.orange.nc.us <br />