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What Men Want to Know About Sex and Birth Control
Want a booklet that empowers men to learn more about birth control? What Men Want to Know About Sex and Birth Control is a great resource. This booklet is easy to read and gives information for men about 16 types of birth control. Mostmen know about condoms, but it's good to know about other types of birth control too. That way a man can be as supportive as he can be when it comes to the method chosen by his partner.
Written from a male point of view, this booklet can help a man feel more comfortable talking with is partner about:
- How to decide on the best method of birth control.
- How to protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases.
- How to use birth control correctly, every time.
This colorful and appealing booklet is available in English and Spanish. Published by California Family Health Council, Inc. this booklet is available at CFHC Health Ed.
October is Health Literacy Awareness Month
California Family Health Council is celebrating Health Literacy Awareness Month by making two evaluation tools available to health care providers coming to www.healthed.org. You know it's important to evaluate the health education materials you use with your health care clients. But where can you start?
Most patients like concise, easy-to-read, and attractive health education materials. And most people read comfortably at the 5th grade level or lower, especially when it comes to health care information. It's important to check the health education materials you plan to use with your clients for reading level. Click here for the Fry Graph and Instructions for evaluating the reading level of your document.
Once you've found out that the material is easy enough for most of your clients to read, then take some time thinking about other issues. Is it culturally appealing to your population? Is the print size big enough to read easily? Is there plenty of white space to draw the reader into the document? Use CFHC's easy-to-use Checklist for Evaluating Health Education Materials to help guide your decision-making process.
By the way, all the materials in CFHC's Online Database has already been evaluated by a professional health educator. Don't miss this great online resource to help you find the best client education materials available. Click here to access the Online Database.
Free Info on Breast Cancer during October
In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, encourage all your female clients to screen for breast cancer. This includes young women, too. Over 10,000 women under the age of 40 are diagnosed with breast cancer every year.
During October, California Family Health Council is making available a free copy of “We’re Taking Care of Our Lives.” This pamphlet, which we developed for Susan G. Komen Foundation, includes step-by-step instructions on breast self-exam for young women. Your clients can email resources@cfhc.org to get a free copy.
Here are some other ways to get involved:
- Teach young clients to do self-breast exam once a month.
- Remind them to come in once a year for a clinical breast exam.
- Tell your clients to start getting mammograms at age 40 (or age 35 if there’s a family history of cancer).
- Keep teen-friendly materials about breast care in your waiting area and exam rooms.
For more information on National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, click here to visit the official website.
Reaching Out for Success
This helpful report on improving your community outreach efforts in general contains helpful suggestions for enhancing your family planning services to men. Developed for the California Family PACT program, the principles and suggestions presented here will certainly help you in your efforts to reach out to men wherever you practice.
Download this useful report here.
National Men's Health Week
As a health professional, you know that many men don’t visit the doctor unless they feel sick. They don’t always know that some diseases, including sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), may not have signs or symptoms.
June 11-17 is National Men’s Health Week. You can help raise awareness of preventable health problems. Encourage men and boys to seek early detection and treatment of disease.
You can also:
- Advertise National Men’s Health Week to your colleagues and ask them to promote it.
- Host a men’s health fair or other event in your office or community.
- Ask your male clients to come in for regular check-ups.
- Put male-focused health education materials in your waiting area.
To get free sample copies of CFHC’s booklets “What Men Want to Know about Sex and Birth Control” or “Two Heads Are Better Than One” go to samples@cfhc.org or call 1-800-428-5438 or visit our online store.
For more ways to get involved, click here to visit the National Men’s Health Week website at www.menshealthweek.org.
Inservice Videos on Health Literacy
The American Medical Association Foundation has two excellent video resources for training your staff about Health Literacy. Check out "Low-health literacy: You Can't Tell by Looking" and "Health Literacy: Help Your Patients Understand."
HPV and Cervical Cancer Recommended Resources
Our Resource Center health educators have come up with a list of practical, up-to-date information on HPV and Cervical Cancer for your staff and your clients. Read the helpful articles on this important topic. Use the easy-to-read and accurate patient education materials we have evaluated. Check out the websites that your staff and your clients are sure to find useful.
Click here for a list of resources for you and your patients (PDF).
How to Talk with Teens About Love, Relationships, & SEX: A Guide for Parents
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Authors: Amy G. Miron & Charles D. Miron
This fabulous book covers everything parents might want to discuss with their teen about intimacy and sex. It gives up-to-date information about teen sexual behavior, as well as exercises to help parents break the ice and invite discussion. It describes how to personalize the information depending on the child’s needs, family values, and comfort level. The book also has a list of other resources including books, organizations, hotlines and websites. Available in English.
Click here to order from Amazon.com
Talking with Teens and Preteens: Helping Your Child Make Healthy Choices
Distributor: Channing Bete
Reading Level: 7th
This pamphlet is a great resource for parents who are trying to start talking with their teens and preteens. It has engaging photos and helpful tips for parents. Specific topics include how to talk about sex, limits, and drugs as well as violence. An excellent resource for your clients who are parents! Available in English.
Click here for the distributor website.
Educator Training Assessment Tool
The Educator Training Assessment Tool from the Association for Sexuality Education and Training (ASSET) is a great resource for anyone who supervises health educators. This tool breaks the assessment of health educators into four categories: setting the stage, methodology, delivery, and content. These simple lists flow like a health education session and contain insights that are tailored to reproductive health and sexuality topics. Use this handy tool to assess yourself, another individual, or your staff!
