7. Content
• HIV, STI’s and pregnancy prevention factors
• Negotiation and refusal skills
• Contraception and condom use skills
• Handling risky situations
• Attitudes on perceived risk of STI’s and pregnancy
• Development of positive norms
• Healthy relationships
• Parent engagement with focus on communication
about sexual behaviour and romantic
relationships
8. Effective Sexual Health Interventions
• Parent-youth relationships
– 83% of teens are afraid to ask their parents about
sex
– Talking to parents=safer sex
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4396579/)
9. At-Risk Youth
• History of teen pregnancy in the family
• History of pregnancy themselves
• History of abuse
• History of absence from school
(https://www.nursingtimes.net/Journals/2013/11/15/w/y/m/Teenage-pregnancy--and-sexual-
health-201113.pdf)
10. • Average age a Canadian loses their virginity:
15 years old
• 28% didn’t use a condom or other
contraceptive for their first time
https://clipartfest.com/categories/view/6049925b7c140c1e601754c45c2cbe6f1e8bf6e4/scared-clipart-face.html
11. Goals
• Lower rates of teenage pregnancy
• Lower rates of STI’s
– Chlamydia
• Destigmatization of sex
• Promote sex being openly talked about
12. Finances
• Traveling costs
• Hiring of public health nurses
• Staff training
• Increased supplies (varying birth controls,
condoms)
13. Why This Will Work
• Brings resources to the teens
• Mandatory in-class sessions
• Attention to at-risk populations
https://www.collegetimes.com/sex-dating/9-sex-essentials-everyone-should-own-95019
