SIECUS Report articles from January 2004

SIECUS Report archives from January 2004

Taking culture into account.(From the President)
January 1, 2004... I am particularly excited about this issue of the SIECUS Report because it is made up entirely of resources, recommendations, and examples from the field. Throughout my career, I have found that nothing reenergizes my own work as much as...

Cultivating advocates in underserved communities.
January 1, 2004... In 2001, the Ms. Foundation for Women developed New Partners, New Initiatives: Improving Youth Access to Sexuality Education and Services, a program designed to increase community-based advocacy for improved access to sexuality education and...

Family planning of Chelan Douglas -- Wenatchee, WA.(Washington)
January 1, 2004... This nonprofit family planning clinic has served north-central Washington for almost 30 years. Family Planning of Chelan Douglas (FPCD) is a full-service family planning clinic for women and men. However, it does not provide abortion services...

Northwest community education center -- Granger, WA.(Washington)
January 1, 2004... NCEC is the home of Radio KDNA--the oldest and largest Spanish-speaking community radio station in Washington, serving a five-county region focused on the Yakima Valley (south-central WA). Started as a farm worker education and advocacy...

Odyssey youth center -- Spokane, WA.(Washington)
January 1, 2004... Odyssey is a relatively new LGBTQ youth outreach and education center, providing safe space for sexual minority youth from eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Its New Partners project involves youth panels speaking to...

Luz social services -- Tucson, AZ.(Arizona)
January 1, 2004... Luz is a large service organization that provides direct services, education, community development, and drug abuse prevention through its offices in Tucson and the rural mining towns to the northeast of Tucson. Luz also runs charter middle and...

Omeyocan YES (a project of the southern Arizona AIDS foundation) -- Tucson, AZ.(Arizona)
January 1, 2004... Omeyocan Youth Empowerment and Sexuality (Omeyocan YES), is a mixed-gender holistic prevention project designed to stem the rise of HIV among young (high-school age) Latinas in Tucson. The emphasis of the program is on the development of...

Southeastern Arizona Behavioral Health Services (SEABHS) New Turf Prevention's youth advocates -- Sierra Vista, AZ.(Arizona)
January 1, 2004... Southeastern Arizona Behavioral Health Services (SEABHS) is a large behavioral and mental health service provider for four rural counties to the south and east of Tucson. New Turf Prevention is SEABHS' prevention division, providing community...

Addressing HIV/AIDS Latino perspectives and policy recommendations.
January 1, 2004... Editor's Note: In July 2003, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) published a report that provides recommendations on how to develop programs and policies to effectively address the AIDS epidemic among Latinos....

New resource from Advocates For Youth.
January 1, 2004... The January 2004 issue of Transitions, a publication of Advocates For Youth, focuses on serving youth of color. The publication includes information on Asian and Pacific Islander Youth, Latino Youth, and GLBTQ Youth. Articles discuss social...

In their own words: sexuality within Black urban youth culture.
January 1, 2004... Black inner-city youth have expressed their struggles around sexuality in their actions and their words. Within low-income Black urban youth culture, engaging in early sexual relations and participating in risky sexual behaviors have become a...

Brighter Futures & Promotoras: Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas.(Examples from the Field: Culturally Competent Sexuality Education Programs)
January 1, 2004... Community served: Mexican and El Salvadoran immigrant community Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas (PPHST) has a two-pronged Hispanic Outreach Program located at a church in the heart of their community. This program serves a...

En El Aire: Temas de Salud Para La Mujer Latina (on the air health resources for Latinas); Wake County (North Carolina) Human Services.(Examples from the Field: Culturally Competent Sexuality Education Programs)
January 1, 2004... Community served: Spanish-speaking radio audience Wake County Human Services coordinates a call-in radio broadcast on WETC 540 AM (La Super Mexican). The objectives of the radio series are to raise awareness of health issues, improve access...

Entre Amigas: Planned Parenthood of Minnesota/South Dakota.(Examples from the Field: Culturally Competent Sexuality Education Programs)
January 1, 2004... Community served: Spanish-speaking adult Latinas Planned Parenthood of Minnesota/South Dakota's (PPM/SD) Entre Amigas is a lay health advisor program for adult Spanish-speaking Latinas. The objective of Entre Amigas (Spanish for "Between...

Focus on Kids and ImPact: Wayne State University.(Examples from the Field: Culturally Competent Sexuality Education Programs)
January 1, 2004... Community served: African-American parents and teens Focus on Kids (FOK) is a community-based HIV/STD prevention program for high-risk urban youth ages 9-15. It is designed to help youth learn the skills and gain the knowledge they need to...

Goddess Girls: Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver.(Examples from the Field: Culturally Competent Sexuality Education Programs)
January 1, 2004... Community served: Latina girls ages 9-11 Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold[TM] through three program departments: Center Programs, Outreach Programs, and Health & Sexuality Programs. The...

Hablando Claro (Plain Talk for Parents): Teen Pregnancy Coalition of San Mateo County.(Examples from the Field: Culturally Competent Sexuality Education Programs)
January 1, 2004... Community served: Spanish-speaking parents and children Hablando Claro or Plain Talk for Parents is a two-part workshop designed to help parents/caregivers improve their skills in talking with their children about sexuality issues. The Teen...

Health Assessment tool: Opportunities Industrialization Center West.(Examples from the Field: Culturally Competent Sexuality Education Programs)
January 1, 2004... Community served: African-American, Latino, and Pacific-Islander young people ages 14-24 Each year, several hundred young people between the ages of 14-24 participate in youth programs at Opportunities Industrialization Center West (OICW),...

Healthy Choices: Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts.(Examples from the Field: Culturally Competent Sexuality Education Programs)
January 1, 2004... Community served: Youth ages 10-20 involved with Department of Youth Services and the Department of Social Services The Keep Teens Healthy Project (KTH) is a program designed to provide health education to MassHealth (Massachusetts' state...

HIV/AIDS prevention and care gay and lesbian asylum reproductive health and sex education domestic violence and women empowerment female genital mutilation counseling: M.E.N.T.O.R.S.(Examples from the Field: Culturally Competent Sexuality Education Programs)
January 1, 2004... Community served: Arab-Americans, primarily women, gays and lesbians, and those affected by HIV M.E.N.T.O.R.S., Middle East Natives, Testing, Orientation, and Referral Services, provides a variety of services to Middle-Eastern and Arab...

Set the P.A.C.E.!: a family intervention to promote health in Children; Emory University.(Examples from the Field: Culturally Competent Sexuality Education Programs)
January 1, 2004... Community served: Parents of elementary aged children in an urban African-American community Set the P.A.C.E.! (Parents and Children Empowered) is an HIV-prevention and parent education program that is being implemented as part of a...

R. E. A. L. MEN: an HIV prevention program for fathers and their sons; Emory University.(Examples from the Field: Culturally Competent Sexuality Education Programs)
January 1, 2004... Community Served: Fathers and sons The R. E. A. L. MEN (Responsible Empowered Aware Living) project is an HIV-prevention intervention designed for fathers and their sons. The project was implemented as part of a research study funded by the...

Wisconsin youth HIV prevention institute: Diverse & Resilient.(Examples from the Field: Culturally Competent Sexuality Education Programs)
January 1, 2004... Community served: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth Diverse & Resilient is a capacity-building, non-profit organization whose mission is the healthy development of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and...

Young Men's Program: Long Island Crisis Center.(Examples from the Field: Culturally Competent Sexuality Education Programs)
January 1, 2004... Community served: Young men who have sex with men ages 13-20 Long Island Crisis Center's Young Men's Program, an initiative of its Pride for Youth division, targets young men-who-have-sex-with-men (YMSM), ages 13-20, with an emphasis on...

Teaching about safer-sex Ense[+ or -]ando el Sexo Seguro in English and en espa[+ or -]ol.
January 1, 2004... The history of AIDS education takes us back to the 1980s, the decade when the world first learned about HIV and AIDS. First described as pneumocystis pneumonia (1) in 1981, the public came to erroneously understand AIDS as a disease that...

A lesson in both English and Spanish: Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey Morristown, New Jersey.(The Condom Lineup)
January 1, 2004... THE CONDOM LINEUP OBJECTIVES: Participants will: * Feel comfortable discussing correct condom use. * Discuss factors that influence effective condom usage. RATIONALE: All too often education about condom use fails to...

Voices for California views on teen pregnancy from different ethnic groups: Get Real About Teen Pregnancy; Los Angeles, California.
January 1, 2004... Editor's Note: Get Real About Teen Pregnancy is a state-wide public education campaign in California. The campaign is run by Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and supported by a grant from the California Wellness Foundation. In late 2002,...

Gay-boy talk: discourse for stopping HIV infections among young gay men.
January 1, 2004... The perceived need to "intervene" with young gay men has been heightened by the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the risk of HIV exposure. However, constantly being cast as a population in need of public health intervention can have a stigmatizing effect....

New resource from NMHA.(National Mental Health Association)
January 1, 2004... The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) recently developed "What Does Gay Mean?," an anti-bullying, educational initiative, to raise awareness of anti-gay prejudice and its mental health impact, and to improve understanding and respect....

Siecus fact sheet: sexuality and youth in communities of color.(Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States)
January 1, 2004... Young people in communities of color face disproportionate rates of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. The reasons for these disparities are rooted in the complex social, economic, and political landscape...