Health Canada, 2003
ASPSH offers ONLINE SEXUAL HEALTH WORKSHOPS to ASPSH members and others.
“Sexual health is a major, positive part of personal health and healthy living.”
From the Canadian Sexual Health Education Guidelines (Health Canada, 2003)
Canadian Sexual Health Education Goals:
- To help people achieve positive outcomes (e.g. self–esteem, respect for self and others, non–exploitive sexual relations, rewarding sexual relationships, the joy of desired parenthood); and
- To avoid negative outcomes (e.g. unintended pregnancy, HIV/STIs, sexual coercion, sexual dysfunction).
Five Principles of Sexual Health Education:
- Accessibility – accessible to all people.
- Comprehensiveness – a shared social responsibility requiring coordinated efforts of individuals, organizations, agencies and governments
- Effectiveness of educational approaches and methods – incorporates the key components of knowledge acquisition, development of motivation and personal insight, development of skills that support sexual health, development of the critical awareness and skills needed to create an environment conducive to sexual health.
- Training and administrative support – presented by well–trained individuals who receive strong administrative support from their agency or organization.
- Planning, evaluation, updating and social development – achieves maximum impact when it is:
- Planned carefully in collaboration with intended audiences
- Evaluated on program outcomes and participant feedback;
- Updated regularly; and
- Reinforced by an environment that is favourable to sexual health.
Canadian Sexual Health Education Guidelines (Health Canada, 2003) can be found online at http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cgshe-ldnemss/she_index.html
Contact ASPSH’s Education Program:
For more information, please contact Melanie Anderson at ASPSH@shaw.ca