I am writing my reflection entry on the presentation about Sexual Health from Tuesday, April 2. This topic interested me for two reasons: the way the information was presented, and the fact that my home county has a very high teen pregnancy rate. I really enjoyed how she had many items (birth control, models, and instruments) and hands on material that was passed around rather than her just standing there and talking for an hour.
This topic impacts my life because this was one of the first times that I had heard some of the things that she talked about. In high school, my sexual education class was abstinence-only, so I didn't learn about the proper precautions to take when having sex; I just learned not to have sex. Katy informed us that having sex is healthy if you take proper precautions such as dental dams, condoms, and birth control. Sexual health is very important to public health because almost everyone has sex or their life is greatly impacted by sex; however, many people do not receive proper sexual education. Many people learn to not have sex, so when they do become sexually active, they don't know the proper precautions to take, which greatly increases the chance of pregnancy and contracting a STI.
I do not have any questions about sexual health because Katy did such a great job teaching, but my questions would how can we use public health to get sexual education other than abstinence-only into a greater number of high schools?
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