In Case You're Curious: Reaching Teens at their Fingertips
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The importance of reaching teens on their cellphones is well-known, but with dozens of ways to run a textline, PPRM has created a specific set of text practices that have been extremely successful through the textline, In Case You’re Curious (ICYC). This session will not only discuss how to run an effective textline, but how to integrate it into daily lessons and conversations around sexual and reproductive health. This will be an interactive forum for discussion around positive uses of technology, including examples of social media based on the ICYC textline.
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- 1. REACHING TEENS AT THEIR FINGERTIPS Rebecca Engel Director of Education Innovation Responsible Sex Education Institute at Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains @reebse @PPRockyMountain @incaseyourecurious
- 3. “You can ask a random question about sex and you don’t feel it was stupid. Even if it was, they can’t judge you because they don’t know it’s you. And it’s too gross to ask my parents.”
- 4. In 2015: 88% of teens had or had access to cell phones or smartphones. 90% of those teens with phones exchange texts. *Stats from Pew Research Center, 2015
- 5. • Provide access to medically-accurate information whether or not a young person has in-person education. • Connect young people to health center services they need and want. Program Goals
- 7. ICYC What is a blow job? My boyfriend asked me to do it and I said yes but I don’t know what it is. My dick is stuck in a toaster. What do I do? How can I tell my boyfriend that I don’t want to have sex? What is the average size penis for a 14 year old? Do I need parents permission for birth control? I was having sex and the condom broke. What do I do? Will my girl get pregnant for sure?
- 10. 2015
- 12. • about 650 questions per month; • from 245 area codes; • and around 2,500 individual phone numbers; • averaging 6 interactions per texter. In 2015 ICYC received:
- 13. Texters referred to health centers: 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 Sex & Masturbation Contraception (w/o condoms) Anatomy & Puberty Pregnancy STI Condoms Most common topics: 26%
- 20. Rebecca Engel Director of Education Innovation Responsible Sex Education Institute Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains rebecca.engel@pprm.org icycurious.tumblr.com @incaseyourecurious www.texticyc.com Youtube.com/texticyc