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ETR’s free
Smart Solutions
newsletters provide valuable
updates for health and school health professionals. The
newsletters offer original content by experts in the field,
along with summaries of recent health news, resources
and research. Our editors emphasize news that’s vital to
the field and often a bit out of the ordinary.
We’re proud of the quality of these publications and
were delighted to receive a Merit Award from the 2014
Health InformationResource Center’sWebHealthAwards.
Smart Solutions | Health
Ideal for administrators, planners and direct providers of health
services and education interested in health care trends and
practices.
Smart Solutions | School Health
Geared toward administrators, teachers and other staff in K–12
systems looking for ways to improve delivery of health education
and promote the health and safety of their students.
Thinking Research
Educating Providers About Sexuality
Gina Lepore, MEd
Few people realize how little education doctors
and other health care providers typically
receive about sexual and reproductive health. Because such
training is spotty at best, there’s enormous variety in health care
providers’ comfort with and knowledge of sexual health and sexual
practices. Unfortunately, patients often suffer when provider
knowledge and comfort concerning human sexuality are poor.
It’s true that women who see an OB-GYN are likely to find their
health care provider possesses an in-depth understanding of
the reproductive system. Similarly, urologists generally have
a broader knowledge of the male reproductive system—it is,
after all, intertwined with the urinary system. However, we can’t
assume these health care providers know how to discuss sexual
behaviors, satisfaction or dysfunction. It’s possible that none of
their training or coursework has asked them to examine their
own sexual values and assumptions, or consider how these might
influence their ability to serve their patients.
Excerpt from
Smart Solutions | Health (June 2014)
School Report
Free Test Drive of HealthSmart!
John Henry Ledwith
Recently, we’ve been getting many calls from
schools reviewing new materials and doing
their budget planning for 2014-2015. This is one of my favorite
times to talk with people working in school health education.
Folks have new ideas, new questions, new visions for the future,
new guidelines they’re trying to meet—there are all kinds of
interesting circumstances, and no two are exactly alike.
Those of you who’ve spoken with me know I’m a big believer in
ETR’s
HealthSmart
curriculum. I know and respect the experts
who put this program together. I believe these fine and dedicated
people have offered us the most effective health education
program in the country today. It’s research-based, contemporary,
easy-to-use and engaging for students and teachers alike.
The only way for you to know what I know about
HealthSmart
is to take it out on the road for a spin. I can point to a whole
range of impressive features in the program, but only you can
determine if these are right for your community. I’d be happy
to arrange full access to our
HealthSmart
Digital website for
program committees, reviewers and any school staff who’d like
to see the materials. We invite teachers to try it out in their
classrooms for a month or two.
Excerpt from
Smart Solutions | School Health (May 2014)
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