PASH

Peer Activities in Sexual Health

Report 12: April 2014 – March 2015

Liz Murray Sexual Health Promotion Practitioner Sexual Health Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Central Clinic 1 Mulberry Street Sheffield S1 2PJ

Tel: 0114 30 51821 E-mail: [email protected] www.sexualhealthsheffield.nhs.uk

INTRODUCTION “I chose to become part of PASH as sexual health is very valuable in life. Sexual health to me means more than The PASH young people’s peer education project is freedom just from sexual infections. I would like to co-ordinated by the Community Engagement Team, spread my knowledge to individuals and guide them the Sexual Health Sheffield, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals right way.” NHS Foundation Trust. The project began delivering Momana peer-led information and education sessions to young people in May 2004 and this report provides updated information on the following:

“I believe sexual health shouldn't be a topic which is ■ PASH Peer Educators avoided due to embarrassment. PASH is the perfect way ■ Delivery Settings of conquering this task and making more young individuals feel confident in talking about sexual health ■ Evaluation Feedback and aware of help/support that is available.” Hannah ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank the following people for their commitment and input:

Existing Peer Educators: Chloe, Danielle, Devjyot,

Grace, Jane, Jasmine, Lois, Maria, Mariatu, Nyasha,

Ratidzo and Rosie.

Newly Trained Volunteers: Anna, Hannah, Jade, Millie, Momana and Tanya.

Leavers: Thanks to Barbara, Ben, Bronwyn, Charmaine, Newly Trained Volunteers: Georgia, Hannah, Jodie and Sam who left the project Millie, Momana, Jade and Tanya during this period. The project currently has a total of eighteen female 1. PASH PEER EDUCATORS volunteers - of these, four are studying at university and Initial Training remain registered with the project, continuing to deliver sessions when time allows. The remaining fourteen Since the project began in 2004, thirteen training volunteers are students at the following Sixth Form courses have been delivered, resulting in 105 young schools and FE colleges: people (16-20 years) having successfully completed the initial training in order to become volunteer peer ■ educators. ■ ■ Sheffield Springs Academy ■ ■ Hillsborough College ■ Sheffield City College ■ Longley Park Sixth Form College

“From my experience, the young people involved in The most recent training course took place in February the sessions are able to open up to PASH volunteers in a 2015 during the half-term holiday week. Approximately way that they may not with an older member of staff 30 young people registered interest in volunteering and that they are familiar with. I believe this creates a more thirteen interviews were scheduled as part of the comfortable environment for young people learning recruitment process - which resulted in six new trainees about sexual health" successfully completing the course. Thanks to Anthony Grace Bains, Jody Wigfull-Coy and Emily Lester (SAYiT) for input on the course.

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2. DELIVERY SETTINGS Sexual Health Sheffield Publicity: 5 Sessions This report provides a project update between April ■ Volunteers distributed Sexual Health Sheffield 2014 and March 2015. Volunteers were involved in: publicity cards to approximately 400 young people within the city centre. ■ Delivering information to young people through

stalls, community events and publicity distribution.

■ Supporting a number of Chlamydia/Gonorrhoea screening stalls in outreach settings.

■ Delivering sex and relationships education to young people in schools and other settings on a variety of themes (e.g. contraception, awareness Maria, Chloe and Nyasha of STIs and sign-posting to sexual health services). In addition to the sessions delivered to young people, volunteers also participated in: The volunteers were active in eleven out of twelve ■ The ‘Sex + The City’ Conference (project months (excepting January 2015). In total, 45 information stall) volunteering sessions were delivered to young people ■ Volunteer recruitment stalls in the following settings: ■ Participating in Sexual Health Sheffield’s promotional video Schools: 6 Sessions ■ ■ Hinde House School ■ King Edward V11 School (Upper)

Supporting Outreach Screening: 19 Sessions ■ Hillsborough College ■ Longley Park Sixth Form College ■ Norton College ■ Olive Grove ■ Peaks College Chloe and Anthony ■ Sheffield City College 3. EVALUATION FEEDBACK ■ University of Sheffield

Young People’s Evaluations Since the start of the project, brief evaluation forms have been distributed to young people receiving a PASH education session (within a class/group work setting only) as follows:

MALE  SCHOOL/PROJECT______FEMALE  YEAR GROUP/AGE______1. How would you rate the PASH session (please circle) Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Good

   2. One really useful thing I learned was (please write) Other Venues/Events: 15 Sessions ------■ IDAHOT (International Day against ------Homophobia and Transphobia) Event 3. The session could have been improved by (please write) ■ HfT Support Service ------■ National Citizenship Service

■ Sexual Health Saturday Event Thank you ■ PASH Training Course 3

Although the project tries to obtain a high return rate of Specific staff comments included: evaluation forms, this is not always possible to achieve, due to the nature of some types of input (e.g. publicity The young people appeared to feel comfortable distribution, screening stalls etc.) As such, the number of “ young people receiving PASH input is greater than the asking questions and making comments...they seemed number of evaluation forms collected by the project. genuinely interested.” During this period 181 evaluation forms were obtained from young people and the following chart “The students relate well to someone nearer their age outlines young people’s responses to the question: so are more open.”

How would you rate the PASH session?

“Young person friendly whilst remaining professional”

Total Responses: 181

Satisfactory: Unsatisfactory Interactive- fun volunteers and very open…We really 16% : 1% “ believe everyone should be encouraged to attend.”

Good Satisfactory “...was the best bit of Year 9 PSHE as they felt so much Unsatisfactory more comfortable talking to students the same age.”

Good: 83% “A big thanks to the volunteers who were brilliant.”

What Young People Learned Further Information?

“Which types of contraception are the most effective.” If you would like to find out more about the project or are interested in having PASH volunteers working with Where the health clinic is. “ ” young people in your organisation please contact:

What Chlamydia is. “ ” Liz Murray Sexual Health Promotion Practitioner “How to prevent myself from getting pregnant.” Community Engagement Team “Learned the names for male and female genitalia.” Sexual Health Sheffield Central Clinic, 1 Mulberry Street, Sheffield S1 2PJ “I’m not ready to have sex.” E-mail: [email protected] “I can get free condoms.” Tel: (0114) 30 51821 Visit: www.sexualhealthsheffield/get-involved

Staff Evaluations In addition to receiving feedback from young people, staff who have made use of the service are asked to complete a brief evaluation giving their impressions of young people’s responses to/learning from the session and the peer educators’ delivery of the session.

From returned evaluations, all staff stated that the volunteers’ delivery was Good and that their input had been a useful addition to their organisation’s PSHE/ life-skills work.

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