Getting It Online

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Getting It Online

• Sexual Health Education using MSN Instant Chat

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VISION A community of informed people who achieve
their potential and who contribute to the health
and well-being of individuals and the community.
MISSION Planned Parenthood of Toronto is a
community-based, pro-choice agency committed to
the principles of equity and to providing
accessible and inclusive services which promote
healthy sexuality and informed decision-making to
the people of the City of Toronto.
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Programming Services

• Teen Programming
• Primary Health Care Services
• Anti-Homophobia Education (T.E.A.C.H.)
• Community Health Promotion
• Womens Programming
• Community Based Research
• Service Provider Training
• Young Men/Newcomer Youth/Young Parents/LGBTQ Youth

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Teen Programming

• 1993 Teen Sex InfoLine (TSI) accepts 1st call
• 2002 TSI launches new website for teens,
  Spiderbytes.ca, providing 24-hour a day answers
  to frequently asked questions about sexual health
  for youth
• Peer volunteers begin offering peer-based
  information via email and MSN Instant Messenger
• Currently, the Teen Sex Infoline and Spiderbytes
  Instant Messaging operate Monday through
  Wednesday, 4-9, and Saturday and Sunday, 12-6

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Volunteers

• 16 19 years old
• 10 week training course
• Orientation
• Evaluation

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Training

• 10 week training course
• Orientation
• Planned Parenthood Values
• Healthy Sexuality
• Anti Homophobia
• Anti Oppression
• Birth Control Methods, ECP
• Pregnancy Options
• Abortion
• STIs
• Healthy Relationships
• Sexual Pleasure

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Teen Programming Benefits

• Peer to Peer
• Social hub changes in early adolescence
• Effective way to reach youth in their early teens
  
• Draws on credibility younth enjoy among their
  peers
• Communication style and demeanor accepted by
  peers

• Youth Involvement
• Developed initiative specifically envisioning
  youth involvement
• Youth participation means recognizing strengths,
  intelligence and interests
• Beyond tokenism

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Program Statistics
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Advantages

• Confidential
• Private
• Free
• Easier to monitor than phone
• Disclose without being overheard, client paces
  session

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Challenges

• Prank clients, flame
• Network failure
• Statistic collection
• Promotion dollars
• Audible hints

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Hot Topics

• 16 birth control options and emergency
  contraception
• 16 virginity, first time sex acts, or sexual
  readiness
• 15 pregnancy
• 9 womens health and menstruation
• 8 STIs
• 4 mens health

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Common Topics

• BC/ECP
• Virginity/Sexual Readiness/Am I normal?
• Pregnancy
• Womens Health
• STIs
• Mens Health

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Emerging Trends

• Cellular technology
• MSN Passport/Windows Live Messenger
• 3-way

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Contact
Susan Flynn Director of Research Program
Development sflynn_at_ppt.on.ca Shawn
Fowler Coordinator of Teen Programming
sfowler_at_ppt.on.ca