Education & Outreach
Planned Parenthood MN, ND, SD
Education & Outreach
Education and outreach is what separates
Planned Parenthood from other health
organizations.
Mission – promoting healthy sexuality
 Vision – to be a center of excellence
providing responsible sexuality education
in partnership with the communities we
serve.
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What to Expect from PPMNS
Educator
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We promote healthy sexuality
in all our presentations and
programs.
Information is factual, up-todate and medically accurate.
Content, teaching styles and
activities are customized, as
much as possible, to the
needs of the audience.
Overall delivery is welcoming,
respectful and nonjudgmental.
Diverse learning styles are
recognized through efforts to
engage listeners, when feasible
and appropriate, with a
variety of strategies.
Outreach
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Broad audience
Tabling at health fairs
Community events
Partnerships
Community
engagement and
feedback
Youth Programs
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Sexuality Education
◦ Builds competence in
knowledge, attitude and
skills
◦ Core area: sexuality, human
development, relationships,
sexual health, values,
attitudes, decision-making,
society and culture
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Peer Education
◦ Offers opportunities for
contribution to the program
and the broader community
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Group Experience
◦ Provides connection with
peers and caring adults
Youth Programs
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Hmong STAR
Native STAND
Que Onda!
Reach One Teach
One
Teen Council
Youth Power
Lay Health Advisor Programs
Community-specific
program facilitators are
bilingual and bicultural
 Work to increase access
and awareness of
reproductive health
services at PPMNS and
elsewhere
 Program participants
attend intensive
educational sessions
 Participants are trained to
serve their communities by
sharing knowledge and
resources
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Lay Health Advisor Programs
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Entre Amigas (Among
Friends)
◦ Culturally-specific
program for adult Latina
women
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Open Heart
◦ Culturally-specific
program for Southeast
Asian adults
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Partnership Project
◦ Culturally-specific
program for members of
African born and
immigrant communities
Education Content Areas
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About Planned Parenthood
Sexuality
Reproductive Anatomy
Relationships
Sexual and Reproductive
Health Care
Birth Control,
Contraception, Family
Planning, Child Spacing
Sexually Transmitted
Infections and HIV/AIDS
Parents Are Sexuality
Educators (PASE)
Lay Health Advisor Skills
Parent Programs
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PASE: Parents Are
Sexuality Educators
(offered in English,
Spanish or Hmong)
Mother-Daughter
Retreats: Making the
Connections
Mother-Son Retreats:
Building Foundations
Parent/Youth
programming
collaborations
Community Advisory Councils
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Youth Community
Advisory Councils
◦ Community partnership
to obtain input and
feedback from adults
and community partners
on PPMNS programs
and services
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Adult Community
Advisory Councils
◦ community partnership
to obtain input and
feedback from youth on
PPMNS programs and
services
Why Culturally-Specific Programs
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Decision making around sexuality is very much related to our personal, family and
cultural values and beliefs.
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Reproductive outcomes and decision making around sexuality are also a result of
social inequalities that affect access to information and resources for certain
communities.
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Effective sexuality education programs must make time to discuss and explore our
values and social circumstances as it relates to relationships and sexual decision
making.
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Planned Parenthood recognizes the long history of trauma and oppression
inflicted on communities of color in regards to reproductive health, and
specifically in educational settings. This understanding informs our
educational practices, as we seek to confront and address the harm that
has been done.
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Planned Parenthood is committed to helping reduce health disparities throughout our
region. Due to a lack of health care services, information and education – young
people and adults of color in Minnesota and North Dakota are at particularly high risk
for teen pregnancy and STDs. Culturally specific programming is the most effective
way to educate people about sexual health in a way that’s most meaningful to them.
Challenges
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Recruitment
Cultural
responsiveness
Historical trauma
Suspicious of
healthcare
Transportation
Accessibility and
affordability
School policies
Successes
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Change in knowledge around sexual
health and resources continues to be
high, ranging from 20% - 287% among
adult programs
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Increased comfortable level
communicating about sexual health
between parent and child, intimate
partners and among community
members
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Awareness about individual rights,
laws and regulations, and resources
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Safe, non-judgmental spaces and
permission to speak openly about
sexual and reproductive health topics,
attitudes and issues
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Saving lives and dreams one person
at a time
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Developing advocates to improve
their own lives, help family members,
friends and community members
Contact Information
[email protected]
612 – 821-6198