Sexual Health Report
Fall 2014
Introduction: This report covers all of the major Sexual Health projects that Sammy Lee and Steph Stone focused on Fall Quarter under the direction of Merril Lavezzo, Sexual & Mental Wellness Health Educator. These projects can be found in the Sexual Health 2014-2015 folder. File path: HEP : Sexual Health: Sexual Health 2014-2015.
Contents/Overview
Programs
1. Sex Jeopardy
Projects
1. Volunteer Training
2. Love Lab
3. HDE 12 Teachbacks
4. Educational Materials Created and Edited
Programs
1. Sex Jeopardy Programs
December 2nd, Webster 3rd Floor Study Lounge @8pm
This was the first Sex Jeopardy we had during Fall Quarter. Because one of the Sexual Health Student Assistants was busy, Jing, the Mental Wellness Student Assistant filled in and helped present the program with Stephanie. There was a very good turnout for the event, about 20 people there including RAs. However, we only had 5 evaluations turned in. We had some students trickle in and out since they would see the crowd, stay for a little while and then leave. Also, at the end some students left before filling out evaluations or just got their condoms and did not want to fill out an evaluation form. The crowd was very engaged in the game and generally the program went well overall. With the large amount of people attending, the crowd did get a bit loud at times. Our evaluations had good reviews on them, but one evaluation rated the question “the environment was conducive to learning” as a three, which the SAs would agree with because the group of people were enthusiastic, but loud. We would recommend that the SAs give the RAs more specific instructions for noise control. However, the room was silent during the demos and they were really interested in how those worked. The crowd was very receptive and it was a good program overall. One suggestion for future events is to pass out the evaluation forms and then allow them to come up to get their free condoms. It got a bit hectic at the end where people just rushed up to get free condoms and left without filling out forms.
Projects
1. Volunteer Training
Sexual Health Student Assistants trained HEP volunteers during the week of September 29 - October 1, 2014. Training topics included Student Health & Counseling Services (SHCS) services, a sexual health overview, and comprehensive information on all aspects of the Love Lab. On the first day, the Sexual Health Student Assistants started “Love Lab Boot Camp” by leading the volunteers in the Safer Sex Continuum Activity. For this activity, the volunteers were broken into smaller groups and given different sexual activities to place on the continuum before coming back together for a whole group discussion. After, Merril presented an overview of the HEP Sexual Health program and Stephanie presented on the sexual health resource cards. Additionally, the volunteers learned how to perform demonstrations of the external condom, internal condom, and dental dam. To finish the day, volunteers were given a tour of the volunteer and storage rooms and trained on all aspects of condom storage and office hour expectations for restocking the Love Lab. On the second day, the volunteers learned about general customer service expectations and role played skits about how to handle challenging situations that could occur at the Love Lab. Under Sammy’s supervision, the volunteers practiced taking the Love Lab out of the building and learned how to stock and restock the Love Lab. The volunteers also learned about WITIWI. Lastly, the volunteers performed teachbacks. 13 volunteers passed and 6 volunteers did not pass. Most volunteers showed great competency, but some still needed more practice with certain products or becoming more comfortable with the language. We provided the volunteers with practice time before the teachbacks, but the volunteer did not ask to try practicing with the student assistants until the last 20 minutes. We recommend emphasizing that the volunteers can practice with us and ask us clarification questions at the beginning of the practice time. During Plus/Delta, the volunteers also commented that they enjoyed the small group discussions during the Safer Sex Continuum and Love Lab situation skits, so we recommend trying to make the activities interactive for the volunteers.
2. Love Lab
At the SCC
In an effort to reach more students on campus, Sammy scheduled for the Love Lab to visit the SCC on December 3rd, 2014. However, due to the rain, the SCC Love Lab was canceled this quarter. We hope to have the Love Lab visit the SCC in future quarters.
At the ARC
The Love Lab at the ARC went smoothly. There were no serious issues that the students complained about. The volunteers enjoyed working at the Love Lab. They distributed condoms to at least 140 (but usually around 170) individuals each week with a greatest turn out of 276. The volunteers also performed 3 external condom demos, 3 dental dam demos, and 14 internal condom demos. This quarter the volunteers were let in by Sammy most weeks, but occasionally they were let in by the Volunteer Coordinator Catherine.
At the Wellness Carnival
The Wellness Carnival was held at the ARC during fall quarter this year, and the Love Lab was part of the event. Due to rain, the actual Love Lab cart was unable to go to the Wellness Carnival. Instead, the volunteers distributed pre-made bags and offered product demonstrations at a Love Lab table located. We had 51 people visit during the event, which is lower than we expected. The Wellness Carnival was located in the ARC Ballroom, so many of our regular ARC Lobby visitors did not attend. Additionally, we were located by the prize table outside the ARC Ballroom with a makeshift sign and did not have a realm on the passport, so many Carnival attendees either did not see us or did not realize we were part of the event.
Secret Shopper
This quarter, Sammy enlisted one former volunteer to be a Secret Shopper at the Love Lab on November 13, 2014. Before visiting the Love Lab, the Secret Shopper was given the Secret Shopper Questionnaire to use to evaluate the volunteers. The Secret Shopper had a positive experience at the Love Lab, stating that the volunteers were “friendly,” “quick,” and “knowledgeable.” However, the Secret Shopper commented that when given a demo, the volunteer assumed his partner was female. We plan on reviewing how to use non-heteronormative language at the beginning of Winter 2015 when we review Love Lab product demos with the volunteers. Secret Shopper information is helpful because it allows us to see in which areas the volunteers are excelling and in which areas they might need a little bit more training. We are planning on having more secret shoppers again in Winter and Spring 2015.
WITIWI
The Watch It, Teach It, Win It program was introduced to the volunteers during the Love Lab Boot Camp. We explained how WITIWI works and showed the volunteers the punch cards, specials buttons, and demo recording sheet in the Love Lab. We also explained that a person may only do one demo per visit to the Love Lab and they may only do a demo with the volunteers while the Love Lab is out on campus, not in the office. We also explained that when a participant completes all three demos successfully they then bring in their completed punch card to the office to redeem their prize, a sexual health t-shirt. We had 1 t-shirt redeemed this quarter. The volunteers performed 20 demos this quarter.
Social Media
This quarter, we wanted to increase our social media presence. On Facebook, Sammy has regularly posted twice a week. She posts about the Love Lab at the ARC on Thursdays and about a UC Davis resource or an interesting sexual health topic every Tuesday. On Twitter, Sammy set the goal of posting an average of twice a week, but in practice was only able to post an average of once a week. Next quarter, she will again try to post an average of twice a week with topics such as myth busting, pleasure, and interesting articles. A marketing request has been placed for a sign for the top of the Love Lab in effort to advertise our social media outlets and WITIWI.
Customer Feedback Survey
Since internal condoms are now available on the top of the Love Lab, we wanted to collect data about internal condom usage. In the survey, we asked customers who have taken internal condoms if they know how to use the internal condom, whether they have tried using the internal condom, and if they would use internal condoms again. We also asked customers about their external condom preferences to help us decide which condoms to continue ordering. To reach more customers, we collected information through both Survey Monkey and paper copies, and we received 59 responses.
3. HDE 12 Condom Teachbacks
This was the fourth year in which Professor Rapalyea asked us do condom demonstrations to her class. The purpose of this was to provide an extra credit opportunity in which the students watched the demonstration and then came into the HEP offices to “teachback” the procedure to one of the SAs or volunteers. One of the SAs (Steph) communicated with the professor and arranged the visit to the class. Both SAs and five volunteers went into the class on October 16th to present the demo. The presentation lasted about 15 minutes. Stephanie talked about HEP and what we do and then Sammy went on to do the external condom demo and talk about Love Lab resources. Stephanie then presented the standard dental dam, the glove dental dam, the condom dental dam and then mentioned saran wrap dental dams. The volunteers stood amongst the audience performing the demos as the SAs talked into the microphone and did the demos under the overhead projector. We also told the class about dates, time, location, and procedure to get credit for the teachbacks. The teachbacks themselves were held from 10:30 to 4:30 on October 29th and 30th. Although attendance was high, there were three to five staff members facilitating teachbacks at all times, so we managed to move students through the process fairly rapidly. At the final count, 372 students participated in the teachbacks.
4. Educational Materials Created and Edited
IUD Blog Post
Stephanie chose to do the blog topic on Intrauterine Devices (IUDs) for the fall blog post. She chose to take a “myth-busting” approach to the article and focused on barriers that might be preventing college students from wanting to get an IUD as a form of birth control. This topic was also chosen as a way to advertise that IUDs can now be inserted by a provider at UCDSHWC and are covered by SHIP insurance. The blog was edited by Merril Lavezzo, Sexual and Mental Wellness Health Educator, and Dr. Adele Moussas, one of the doctors that has been very involved in bringing IUDs to SHWC for implantation.
How to Get BC Card
Sammy and Merril worked with Holly to create a new sexual resource card that shows the efficacy and explains how to obtain different kinds of birth control methods. The front shows the gradient of birth control methods from most to least effective. The back provides information about different ways to get over the counter and prescription birth control.
Consent buttons
To prepare for Project Sexcessful, Sammy designed two new buttons to promote affirmative consent. One button says, “Do you wanna try ____?” to promote asking for consent to try new activities. The other button says, “Are you okay with this?” to promote checking in with partners during sexual activity. These buttons will come together attached to a card explaining the buttons, affirmative consent, and available resources.
How to be Sexcessful booklet
Sammy edited the “How to be Sexcessful” booklet this quarter. The booklet was already well edited, but some of the resources in the back need to be updated. Sammy suggested that we might want to include resources throughout the booklet when they are relevant to the topic. Sammy also suggested to include more information about affirmative consent and examples of how to naturally ask for consent.
BC descriptions for BC page
Stephanie is editing the birth control page and is working with Holly and Merril to make it more informative and visually appealing to students.