Online Program

Oral

This joint session between the Men’s Health Caucus and Women’s Caucus is a follow-up session to last year’s groundbreaking session on gender-focused views of sexual health. This year’s panelists will represent some of the premier organizations working to ensure that both men and women are included in programs focused on improving reproductive health, including Advocates for Youth, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The session will specifically focus on (1) engaging young men in sexual and reproductive health promotion, though such initiatives as the Men on a Mission Challenge Campaign; (2) developing interventions with the stages of change in which men reside in mind, as seen with the Bedsider.org birth control support network; (3) examining the characteristics of men who report ever getting a woman pregnant as support for why these evidence-based approaches are needed for young males; and (4) exploring strategies underway in one southern state to better understand gender differences in teen pregnancy prevention programming.

Session Objectives: Discuss the stage of change theory and its applicability to interventions for men Explain limitations of conventional campaigns intended to engage men in issues related to sexual health promotion or healthy relationships. Describe the characteristics of male adolescents who report ever getting a female pregnant Describe strategies being used in one southern state to attempt to better engage the fathers of children born to teen mothers

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)