Micro Blog Month 2022

Launched in 2020, over 100 educators and authors have joined in with the last two #microblog events here on slowchathealth.com and they have been a huge success, lasting a full month and featuring voices from across the globe. Sharing bite-sized blog posts of approximately 500 words, there have been submissions from experienced bloggers, first-time writers, …

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Youth largely underestimate the risks of contracting STIs through oral sex, a new study finds

Young people say they don’t use protection during oral sex. F.G. Trade/E+ via Getty Images Tammy Chang, University of Michigan; Arianna Strome, University of Michigan, and N'dea Moore-Petinak, University of Michigan The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Young people are largely unaware of the risk of contracting …

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Free Appearance Discrimination Lesson

Since 2004 the Dove Self-Esteem Project. has worked with leading experts in the area of body image to develop evidence-based tools. Aiming to ensure that the next generation grows up enjoying a positive relationship with the way they look—helping young people raise their self-esteem and realize their full potential. Through the Project, Dove has reached …

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Three New Sexuality Education Books for 2022

As a health teacher I have become the neighborhood "go-to" for questions and conversations about difficult parenting and care-giving conversations that need to be had with tweens and teens but still remain awkward. I don't mind embracing that role. After all, I've been teaching health education for so long that I have trouble remembering just …

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