Teen Health Mississippi
MAY 15, 2023
May is Sex Ed for All Month. In Mississippi, however, not all youth are provided with the sex education they need and deserve. Mississippi needs more comprehensive sex education. Each year, THMS works with 10 young people who advocate for comprehensive sex education in the state.
Teen Health Mississippi
APRIL 2, 2024
Here at Teen Health Mississippi, we are dedicated to ensuring youth and young adults (YYA) have the resources they need to make decisions for their health and well-being. This National Public Health Week, we want to empower you , the trusted adults in their lives, to be champions alongside YYA for their well-being.
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Human Kinetics
MARCH 27, 2023
Customize health and sex education instruction to meet local needs Middle school and high school health education and sex education standards vary from state to state and from district to district. Schools can pick and choose which lessons they want to use for their health ed or sex ed curricula and at which grade level.
SHAPE America
JUNE 20, 2023
We also need to figure out the roots that are strong and will promote health and well-being — the roots that connect to the resilience and strength of the LGBTQ+ community that, with nurturing, will be roots that contribute to thriving. And, we need to expand our own perspectives to be more inclusive. Be a supportive adult.
ASHA
MAY 21, 2021
Expanding LGBTQ Inclusion Within Sex Education. Post submitted by Jeanie Alter (she/her/hers), Executive Director, American School Health Association, and HRC Foundation’s Youth Well-Being Team. JA: Can you tell me about your sex ed experience in school so far? AS: I wish they would even mention LGBTQ topics!
Teen Health Mississippi
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Teen Health Mississippi signed SIECUS’ Sex Ed for All Month: Call to Action to put our organization and work behind a statement of youth power, information and rights, and a call for change.
Teen Health Mississippi
JULY 15, 2021
As we’ve seen in Mississippi and other states, abstinence-only education limits the factual information that teens receive about pregnancy and disease prevention as well as healthy behaviors. The Sex Education Collaborative also reports that only 17 of 50 states require medically accurate sex education. Want to help?
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