Ongoing Activities - Support Staff Participating in Coalitions
8.4.5 Ongoing Activities - Support Staff Participating in Coalitions
Both systems were asked if they supported their staff in participating in health, sexuality or HIV coalitions that would generate social support for HIV/sexuality education and policies as well as greater awareness of sexual health issues. A minority of health and education ministries, school districts and school principals reported that they supported their staff being involved in such coalitions. Whereas a majority of public health unit staff were supported.
Figure 197
| Support Staff Participa- tion in Coalitions |
Planned next 2 yrs |
Regularly |
Once in last 3 yrs |
Once in last 4-10 yrs |
Never |
Not role |
Don’t Know |
No Response |
| MOH - 27e | 16.7 |
25.0 |
16.7 |
0.0 |
16.7 |
8.3 |
16.7 |
0.0 |
| PHU - 22c | 3.9 |
65.7 |
14.7 |
3.4 |
7.5 |
2.3 |
0.0 |
2.7 |
| MOE - 21u | 0.0 |
27.3 |
9.1 |
9.1 |
45.5 |
9.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| SD - 22s | 0.9 |
35.9 |
10.3 |
12.2 |
27.7 |
n/a |
13.0 |
0.0 |
| SP - 25b | 0.0 |
11.0 |
4.7 |
3.0 |
67.1 |
n/a |
14.2 |
0.0 |
Sustained Social Marketing
Based on the responses from the majority of public health respondents, there are few social marketing campaigns currently being organized to address adolescent sexual health issues. Less than 25% of health respondents at all levels reported that they regularly have advertising campaigns aimed at youth about sexual health issues.
Summary of Results Related to Sustained Social Marketing
Health respondents were asked a series of questions about their activities to generate awareness and social support for adolescents to prevent HIV/STD or promote sexual health. In many cases, the public health unit respondents and the public health nurses did not respond to these questions, indicating that they are not aware of such campaigns or that their public health organization is not conducting such campaigns.
A minority of public health respondents at all levels reported that media or awareness campaigns were coordinated with school curricula or programs.
A minority of health respondents at all levels reported that awareness campaigns are coordinated with the delivery of information and counseling services.
Few health respondents said that their awareness campaigns were based on marketing research on the youth audience.
Less than one-third of health respondents at all levels reported that they involved or consulted AIDS/sexuality groups on advertising campaigns.
Public health respondents reported that awareness campaigns did not often include advocacy messages.
As well, a minority of public health respondents reported that they regularly have social marketing programs aimed at the business community or at securing the support of local service clubs or voluntary foundations.
A minority of public health nurses and teachers reported that they coordinated their efforts with community events or activities related to HIV or sexuality. About two-thirds of nurses and about one-third of teachers reported that they used AIDS Awareness Week materials in their work.
Based on the response from teachers, it would appear that an average amount of parent support for the sexuality education program is not a big concern for teachers.