THE IMPORTANCE OF SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION

The Orientation Term question was,

"What does it mean to be well educated?"

I answered the question as,

"A well-educated person is knowledgeable on sexual health because it allows them to make safer decisions and build healthy relationships"

As a peer educator at Planned Parenthood, I thought this would be a great opportunity to talk about the importance of being well-educated on sexual health topics, as it's the main focus of our work and the peer educator program. The goal of this project was to convey the importance of sexual health education, and raising the awareness of these topics for the viewers of my presentation.

My guided questions included,

1. What is Sexual Health?
2. Why is it important for people to be informed on sexual health?
3. What do Planned Parenthood Peer Educators do and how are they impacting their environments?

I created a visual essay and interactive trifold for my project. It included sifting through CDC census data, reflecting on my own experiences, and I interviewed peer educators and the Director of Education at Planned Parenthood about sexual knowledge.

Click here for my full project planning

Below are images of the trifold. I also brought in references and physical sources from different organizations, plus tangible models of different birth control and barrier methods used for educational courses at Planned Parenthood.

The interactive part of the trifold was the ability to listen to Andrea Nicoletta's full interview. You can listen to Andrea's interview below.

My project was evaluated through a rubric, as well as by the people who attended the orientation term exhibition.

The process for putting together this project was all about time management. I was juggling a few school classes and clubs, so I needed to create strict benchmarks for myself and organize my schedule effectively. I had to make compromises, as I wanted to do more than was realistic for the time that I had. I made appointments with my interviewees, which was more complicated than I thought it would be, I looked at national data as evidence to support my claim, stayed on top of NEO assignments, outlined the project, and created the visual presentation. All of this occurred over the course of the four weeks, working on one part of the project each week. Using sources like my peer educators and Andrea were really insightful, and brought my project together. I'm excited to continue working with them, and using them as possible resources for future projects, as they all had very concise and informative responses.

You can also see my bibliography for my research here