S/HE
The Sexual Health Educators (S/HE) provide presentations on healthy relationships and sexual health to classrooms and housing units on campus. If you are interested in a presentation, please email the group at: hs_peered@d.umn.edu, or contact the S/HE advisor, Dori Decker, at ddecker@d.umn.edu.
Is S/HE a good fit for you?
We are looking for students who have an interest in learning about a wide spectrum of relationship and sexual health topics and sharing that information with other students in various ways.
The main topics the sexual health group covers includes:
- Healthy vs. unhealthy relationships
- Contraceptives
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Abstinence
- Consent
S/HE Training
S/HE members are trained every fall in a variety of topics. Some of the speakers we have had include:
- Sharon Anderson, Women's Health Nurse Practictioner
- Planned Parenthood
- The Women's Health Center
- GLBT Panel
- Natural Birth Practitioner
- HIV/AIDS Awareness Organizations
Learn more about relationships and sexual health:
- About Contraceptives: the Simplified Version (created by S/HE)
- Women's Health and Contraception at Health Services
- 4me@UMD: the MN family Planning Program
- Stoplight for consent, American Health College Association
- Sexually transmitted Infections, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- STI and HIV Testing at Health Services
- What did you drink? (Information about date rape drugs, brought to you by S/HE and APE)
Choosing a Contraceptive, What to know:
If you are interested in using a birth control method, it is important to meet with a health care provider who can facilitate the processs with you based on your medical history and sexual health lifestyle. If you are interested in researching various methods of birth control to better understand your options, the following websites may be helpful:
Bedsider.org: This site's intended
audience is teens and young adults. It is a very interactive site with fact
sheets, videos with real patients, options for
reminders (daily/weekly/90 days) and also fun features such as
frisky Friday announcements. http://bedsider.org/
Method Match:
This is a site created by the Association of Reproductive Health
Professionals. There are aq series of questions you answer that will guide you to
particular methods.
There are fact sheets that can be downloaded and given to patients. http://www.arhp.org/methodmatch/
My Method: Planned Parenthood's My Method, lLike Method Match, asks a series of questions that will take you to
the methods that meet your criteria. https://www.plannedparenthood.org/all-access/my-method-26542.htm
Sexual Health Resources:
UMD Health Services – www.d.umn.edu/hlthserv/
615 Niagra Court
Duluth, MN 55812
(218) 726-8155
Northland Gay Men’s Center - http://sites.google.com/site/ngmcduluth/
32 East 1st Street, Suite 103
Duluth, MN 55802
(218) 722-8585
PAVSA (Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault) – www.pavsa.org
32 East 1st Street, Suite 200
Duluth, MN 55802
Office: (218) 720-4890
24-Hour Crisis Line: (218) 726-1931 or (866) 229-7425
Sexual Health Educators – hs_peered@d.umn.edu
Planned Parenthood of Duluth – www.plannedparenthood.org
1001 East Central Entrance, Suite 200
Duluth, MN 55811
(218) 722-0833
UMD Sexual Harassment Office – www.d.umn.edu/umdoeo/
Cathy Rackliffe, Intake Coordinator
Darland Administration Building, Room 255
Duluth, MN 55812
(218) 726-6827
Women’s Health Center - http://www.womenshealthcenterduluth.org/
The Building for Women
32 East 1st Street, Suite 300
Duluth, MN 55802
(218) 727- 3352
Women’s Resource and Action Center – wrac@d.umn.edu
Kirby Student Center 266
1120 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
(218) 726-6292
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