WELCOME TO THE FIRST SEXUAL HEALTH PLANNING FORUM 29th September 2004 Fir Trees Hotel Strabane

1
WELCOME TO THE FIRST SEXUAL HEALTH PLANNING
FORUM29th September 2004Fir Trees Hotel
Strabane
2
STRATEGIC CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND TO THE DAY

• The strategic context for sexual health
• How we intend to manage the process
• Your role in implementing the WHSSB strategy

3
STRATEGIC CONTEXT
4
GOVERNMENT LEVEL
Investing for Health Strategy (March 2002)
Tackle the factors which adversely affect health
and perpetuate health inequalities to Improve
the health of all our people and reduce health
inequalities
5
REGIONAL LEVEL

• Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood Strategy and
  Action Plan (2002)
• Parent/child communication
• Sex education in context of RSE
• Promoting Self-esteem
• Access to services, especially in areas of
  deprivation
• Adequate funding

6
REGIONAL LEVEL (contd.)
Regional Sexual Health Strategy (Draft 2004)

• Reduce incidence of STIs including HIV
• Reduce no. of unplanned births to teenage mothers
• Provide education and information
• Facilitate equitable access
• By
• Promoting openness
• Tackling underlying determinants
• Reducing stigma and discrimination
• Focus on people in need (S75)

7
WHSSB LEVEL
Life-Long Sexual Health For All

• Develop healthy personal and sexual relationships
  throughout the lifespan
• Provide information and services
  to meet needs of population
• Target teenage pregnancy
• Reduce STIs,
• Provide supportive environment for sexual and
  reproductive health

• Young Health 2002-2005

• Health improvement, fair access, effective
  delivery, efficiency, patient /carer experience,
  health outcomes

8
COMMON PURPOSE

• Reduction in teenage pregnancy
• Reduction in STIs and HIV
• Positive information and education
• Equitable and appropriate services

9
COMMON ASPECTS

• Policy implementation
• Needs assessment
• Targeting those in greatest need
• Education and training
• Improving services
• Support for teenage parents

10
COMMON ETHOS

• Involving people
• Respecting people
• Respecting confidentiality
• Building on effective practice
• Also
• Partnership working
• Equality
• Human rights
• TSN

11
THE PROCESS

• Managing change
• Design team
• Carrie Jain
• Tony Doherty
• Evelyn Kerr
• Siobhan McIntyre
• Bridie Mullin
• Ann Linstrom
• Cathy Mullan
• (Dr Bill McConnell)
• Task Team
• Planning Forum

12
DESIGN TEAM (6 members)
PLANNING FORUM (All Task Teams )
...Needs Assessment.
...Policy Development....
... ..Monitoring and Evaluation
. .....Communication
..
13
BENEFITS OF TASK TEAMS

• Members chosen for interest, enthusiasm,
  commitment, part of day job
• Supports the work you do
• Improves communication and co-ordination
• Raises profile of sexual health and increases
  what can be achieved
• Ensures money is well spent

14
CONCLUSION

• The strategies are all going in the same
  direction
• We have chosen a process that maximises the
  commitment and interest of all of you
• There are clear benefits in being involved

15
PROGRESS SO FAR

• Young persons sexual health clinic
• LARATOT
• Love for Life
• School Age Mothers (SAMS)
• Young Fathers project HAZ
• Support for teenagers in schools
• Surestart initiatives

16
PROGRESS SO FAR (contd)

• Needs assessment on young people
• Ante-natal/parentcraft for young people
• Service improvement eg Family planning
• Multi-disciplinary training for staff working
  with young people/parents
• Website

17
THIS YEAR

• Address waiting lists (Family Planning Services)
• Expand GUM services
• Improve access to services for young people (S.
  Sector)

18
FUNDING STREAMS

• Myths and Reality (DHSSPS)
• HWIP
• LHSCG

19
Completed tasks

• Teenage needs assessment
• (University of Ulster)
• Website
• (Biznet Solutions)

20
TEENSHOT

• Karen Casson
• Marlene Sinclair
• University of Ulster
• Jordanstown