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2006-7
Want respect? Wear a condom
The Department for Education and Skills and the Department of
Health chose City and Islington as only one of three FE Colleges in
England to pilot a new student-led sexual health campaign.
Fourteen students, all of whom study courses on health and
social care, volunteered as peer communicators and spoke to fellow
students as part of the “Want Respect? Wear a Condom” campaign,
about the staggering rates of pregnancy and increasing rates of
STI’s among teenagers in England.
With an inflatable bed as the centre piece stand, the peer
communicators handed out leaflets and condom holders, to raise
awareness among fellow students at the Centre for Health, Social
and Child Care on Holloway road. The teenagers involved all
received training from out reach workers at Camden and Islington
Primary Care Trust in sexual health matters and from a company
called Role-Plays for training in delivering messages to peers.
Danielle Callaghan (16) said: "More teenagers will listen to us
than adults, we are not opinionated and they can relate to us".
Refiye Semay, also 16, said: "The role-play workshops and the
information has been really useful. We are here to listen to people
and let them know of the consequences of unprotected sex".
Camden and Islington Primary Health Trust staff were also on
site to raise awareness of Chlamidia which affects 1 in 10 people
sexually active under 25. Free tests were offered all week.
Joanne Folwell, Quality Manager for Students, said: "I’ve been
very impressed with our students this week, they’ve been very
mature and keen to get involved in what can be an awkward subject
for some but, by using informed and enthusiastic young people
to deliver messages to their peers we believe we can make a
positive impact".
The Department for Education and Skills and Department of Health
will consider rolling out the project to all Further Education
Colleges next year.