Event Committee Special thanks to the members of the summit planning committee, who represent the following agencies: California Department of Public Health, STD Control Branch & Office of AIDS California Family Health Council County of Orange, Health Care Agency County of San Diego, HIV, STD and Hepatitis Branch of Public Health Services, Health and Human Services Agency L.A. Trust for Children s Health Los Angeles County Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Los Angeles Unified School District Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties San Bernardino Department of Public Health Southern California Regional Chapter, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Southern California Sexual Health Summit Sponsor The Collaborative would like to thank The California Wellness Foundation for their generous support of this event. Los Angeles, CA February 13, 2014
WELCOME BREAKOUT SESSION #4 3:10 P.M. - 4:10 P.M. Feasibility and Acceptability of Using Interactive Mobile Applications to Improve Sexual Health of Low-Income Adolescents Rebecca Dudovitz, MD, MS, Hillary Seidenberg David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA The Sexual Health Summit is a forum to share ideas and best practices with colleagues across Southern California who are working to improve the sexual health of youth and adults in the region. This event is designed to provide a place for people to come together to share ideas about addressing sexual health in one of the most diverse and populous areas of the nation. Mobile, touch screen tablets represent an attractive way to promote positive health behaviors and engage vulnerable populations in medical decision-making, however little is known about adolescent patient and provider perspectives on ipad health application (app) use to promote sexual health in clinical settings. We present findings from a study investigating the feasibility and acceptability of using interactive, individually tailored sexual health education apps to promote responsible sexual health behaviors of low-income adolescents attending two school-based health centers in Los Angeles. Continuing Education Continuing Education for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) is provided by Planned Parenthood Los Angeles, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education, NCHECH Provider ID# MEP 4207. Certificates of attendance will be sent to program participants via e-mail.
BREAKOUT SESSION #4 3:10 P.M - 4:10 P.M. EVENT SCHEDULE Sin Verguenza (Without Shame), a Four-Part Telenovela Miniseries Tackles Shame and Stigma in the Latino Community as Part of a Routine HIV Testing Campaign Natalie Sanchez, HIV Prevention Manager and Hilda Sandoval, PhD, MFT, HIV Mental Health Manager AltaMed Health Services Corporation Sin Verguenza (Without Shame), a four-part telenovela miniseries tackles Shame and Stigma in the Latino community as part of a routine HIV Testing campaign. The campaign demonstrates how culturally and contextually appropriate HIVrelated educational media can be an effective tool to increase the community's perception of risk, intention to use condoms and intention to test for HIV. Power and Pleasure: The Social Determinants of Navigating Pleasure Grissel Granados, MSW,HIV Testing Services Coordinator and Mauricio Franco, BA, Research Associate I Children s Hospital Los Angeles This session aims to engage sexual health advocates in addressing the social determinants of health that impact access to power and pleasure youth for populations. During this workshop participants will engage in activities that seek to identify the factors that affect how youth experience pleasure and power. Morning 8:30 A.M. Registration & Coffee 9:00 A.M. Welcome & Keynote 10:30 A.M. Breakout Session #1 11:40 A.M. Breakout Session #2 Mid-Day 12:40 P.M. Lunch Break 1:10 P.M. What s New in Sexual Health Afternoon 2:00 P.M. Breakout Session #3 3:10 P.M. Breakout Session #4 4:15 P.M. Adjourn
BREAKOUT SESSION #1 10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Engaging Youth: ASWHG Positive Youth Development Principles Maryjane Puffer, BSN, MPA, Executive Director L.A. Trust for Children s Health & Maria Elena Young University of California, Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health Principles of Positive Youth Development, created by the Adolescent Sexual Health Work Group, will be presented, with specific examples shared from some of the work being done around this area statewide and locally in Los Angeles. A discussion will follow on how to incorporate PYD into sexual and reproductive programming work for adolescents. BREAKOUT SESSION #3 2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. Justice for Young Families Ena Suseth Valladares, MPH and Mayra Lizzette Yñiguez, MPH California Latinas for Reproductive Justice Acknowledging that youth sexuality is a normal part of development and that some youth will become sexually active as adolescents compels us to think beyond "preventing pregnancy." Additionally, we must stop blaming, shaming and stigmatizing all youth for their choices whether sexually active or not, whether pregnant, parenting or not, whether their partners are women, men or both. Let s Talk About Consent: Promoting Healthy Relationships to Improve Sexual Health of Youth Emily Austin, Director of Policy and Evaluation Peace Over Violence This workshop will focus on the importance of consent and communication in healthy youth relationships. Through an overview of the practical and legal ramifications of consent and defining the concept, participants will learn about how they can use similar strategies and activities to engage youth in critically thinking about their communication with partners. Teacher Transformations: Keeping It Real in Los Angeles Middle Schools Susan Walker, MPH, MCHES and Emily Q. Chung, MPH, MCHES Los Angeles County, Department of Public Health, Division of HIV & STD Programs This session will cover what teachers say about implementing a new sexual health curriculum in Los Angeles area middle schools and what external partners can do to help this process.
LUNCHTIME KEYNOTE 1:10 P.M. - 1:55 P.M. Yosemite A What s New in Sexual Health? Danelle Pietersz, RN-C, NP, MSN, MPH Los Angeles County Department of Health Services What s been going on in our field over the past year? Come hear about the latest advances in birth control, the status of Plan B, an update on gonorrhea antimicrobial resistance and more. BREAKOUT SESSION #3 2:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M. Addressing the Pregnancy & STI Prevention Needs of At-Risk Populations (Juvenile Justice Involvement) Sarah McQueen, MSW, Program Manager Teen Pregnancy Prevention/CAT+, San Diego Youth Services Sandy Keaton, MA, Senior Applied Research Analyst San Diego Association of Governments At the end of the session participants will have a greater understanding of the best practices related to delivery of an evidence-based curriculum, as well as the programmatic challenges of delivering that curriculum within the scope of a large -scale, rigorous evaluation. Presenters will share first-year descriptive information about the sexual risk-taking and levels of sexual activity of at-risk youth in San Diego County. BREAKOUT SESSION #1 10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Power and Pleasure: The Social Determinants of Navigating Pleasure Grissel Granados, MSW,HIV Testing Services Coordinator & Mauricio Franco, BA, Research Associate I Children s Hospital Los Angeles This session aims to engage sexual health advocates in addressing the social determinants of health that impact access to power and pleasure youth for populations. During this workshop participants will engage in activities that seek to identify the factors that affect how youth experience pleasure and power. Joshua Tree Implications of HIV Stigma on Health, from Global to Local Brandon Brown, PhD, MPH, Lecturer and Director of Global Health Research, Education and Translation Program & Mariam Davtyan, MPH, Doctoral Student University of California, Irvine, Program in Public Health Panelists: Jeanie D. and Rosa B. HIV stigma in Southern California and abroad is a potent stressor with immeasurable consequences and implications. We illustrate HIV stigma with a video of personal experiences set in Peru and connect it with HIV reduction work in California using PhotoVoice.
BREAKOUT SESSION #2 11:40 A.M. -12:40 P.M. Healthy Relationships in the Hip Hop/ Social Media Era? Is It Possible? Nourbese Flint, MA, Black Women for Wellness This interactive session will explore relationships as a social determinant of sexual health among young women of color through the lens of media. We will cover the ways sexual choices are influenced by popular culture through representations of women in various forms of media, how these images affect the way we feel about ourselves, and how stereotypes of women impact the ways we choose and the nature of our relationships. This workshop s goal is to spike a conversation about shifting the culture and imagery around sexuality and women in the media in order to foster healthier relationships. Cultural Influences on Sexual and Reproductive Health of Latino Youth Davida Becker, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Southern California & Britt Rios-Ellis, Director and Professor, California State University Long Beach The session will consist of a panel of three presentations and an interactive discussion on cultural influences on the sexual and reproductive health of Latino youth. We will introduce the concept of culture and provide an overview of why cultural factors are important to sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Then, we will present findings from an empirical study that assessed longitudinal associations among a range of cultural factors and sexual risk behaviors among Latino youth in Los Angeles. Lastly, we will describe an innovative intergenerational sexual health intervention, Hablando Claro ( Clear Talk ), designed to reduce sexual risk behaviors and increase HIV testing among Latina youth and their mothers/adult caregivers. BREAKOUT SESSION #2 11:40 A.M. -12:40 P.M. Gender Norms & Sexual Health Nicole Ressa, Director of School-Based & Youth Programs & Michelle Horejs, School-Based Programs Manager Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Gender norms profoundly affect young people s ability to make and implement decisions regarding their sexual health. Young people who believe in gender equality tend to have better sexual health outcomes than their peers who do not. As such, it is important to address gender norms as a social determinant of sexual and reproductive health. In this workshop, we will explore how gender norms can affect power dynamics in relationships, using interactive activities to demonstrate this link. We will also introduce a rights-based framework as a springboard to helping teens better manage their sexual health. Joshua Tree Engaging LGBTQ Youth through Social Media Sergio Luna, Health Educator & Nico Storrow, Health Educator Vista Community Clinic Would you like to increase LGBTQ youth engagement through community building and social media while developing skills around inclusive language and culturally appropriate resources? Come to our workshop to learn about how to make your social media strategies more inclusive for a diverse LGBTQ community. Participants will be given a resource guide to take home with them.