TORONTO, July 25, 2023 /CNW/ – The Sex Information & Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN) is pleased to announce the release of a sexual health promotion with Autistic youth toolkit.
According to a SIECCAN survey, less than half (48%) of Autistic youth reported that their sexual health education met their needs.
SEXUAL HEALTH PROMOTION WITH AUTISTIC YOUTH TOOLKIT: LAUNCHED! (CNW Group/SIECCAN)
Promoting sexual health with Autistic youth requires both addressing stigma and ableism, as well as providing Autistic youth with inclusive, accessible, and relevant sexual health information and services.
SIECCAN has developed a toolkit of resources to improve sexual health…
AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, and Frank Trinity, JD, AAMC chief legal officer, issued the following statement on the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard:
“We are deeply disappointed with the US Supreme Court’s decision to dismantle its longstanding precedent in the 2003 case, Grutter v. Bollingers, which had recognized student body diversity as a compelling interest permitting the limited consideration of race in admissions. Today’s decision demonstrates a lack of…
(Note: This article discusses sexual assault and other serious issues pertaining to mental health.)
Health professionals nationwide gathered together earlier this month to focus on an important topic: interprofessional collaboration. In support of this year’s Thought Leaders conference theme, “It Takes a Village,” Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) brought an array of speakers with backgrounds in public health, clinical mental health, nurse education and more to discuss regional and national healthcare topics .
“Experts shared their research and best practices for educating and addressing a variety of health concerns,” said Dr. Peggy Moriarty-Litz, EdD, MS, RN, CNE, the chief nursing…
Your work focuses on developing life skills curricula to help build healthy behaviors in young people. Could you tell us a bit about it? Why is your work important? Why do young people in Malawi need life skills education/CSE?
No society can thrive if its youth are not healthy. Life skills education was introduced over 20 years ago in primary schools in Malawi to help young people develop healthy behaviors. It includes concepts such as health promotion, social development, moral development and physical development, among others. For example, under the health promotion concept, “the learner will be able to make…