Dr. Sisley will present an overview and 1997 Nueces County and Texas teen pregnancy statistics as part of a two-day lecture series on Del Mar College's East Campus. Narrowing the problem down to Nueces County, Texas Department of Health statistics for 1996 indicate the percentage of births to teen mothers under age 18, compared to overall births, outpaced other metropolitan counties and the state. Statistics show teen birth rates reached 9.3 percent of all county births, while the state's overall figure only reached 6.8 percent. The problem still persists. The lecture series is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, Feb. 11-12, in the College's Richardson Auditorium, Ayers at Baldwin.
Lectures are open to the public free of charge.
Participants should allow ample time to locate parking spaces during peak class times. McIver Furman Del Mar Lectureship. To date, over 300,000 students have participated in his program state-wide. Lecture topics include the role parents and the community should play to prevent teen pregnancies, communication barriers, preventive measures, reaching younger generations and legal aspects. Combined, all topics and exhibits will teach participants what they can do to break the county's teen pregnancy cycle.