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Learning about My Body: Two to Five Years of Age
Booklet, 2019
Parents are the most important influence in a child’s life. Children learn about culture, spiritual beliefs, moral values, and social skills from their parents. Parents also play a crucial role in the physical, mental, emotional as well as sexual health development of their children.
This book has been developed to support parents as their children’s sexual health educators. In particular, this book is meant to help parents share important messages with their children on growth and development.
This book is available for loan through all Saskatchewan Public Libraries.SKU: 7-210 -
HIV, Pregnancy, and Tobacco Use
Information Card, 2019
This information card explains that for women living with HIV, smoking tobacco during pregnancy can increase the chances that HIV will be passed to the baby. Websites are listed to help pregnant women and those planning a pregnancy to quit or reduce their tobacco use.
SKU: 7-516 -
HIV: Healthy Pregnancies and Healthy Babies
Booklet, 2018
This booklet is designed for people living with HIV who are planning a pregnancy or are already pregnant. Topics include basic HIV and HIV treatment information, how to stay healthy before and during pregnancy, unique issues that may face women living with HIV, and where to go for more information and support. The booklet is an update to the previous HIV and pregnancy-related pamphlets provided by the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute.
SKU: 7-005 -
Tips for Talking with Your Students: Building Healthy Relationships (In Person and Online)
Report, 2024
Teaching young people how to build healthy relationships provides them with valuable skills that can promote their overall health. This resource is designed for educators and provides tips for educating students about building healthy relationships, including dating relationships.
SKU: 7-303 -
HIV…it’s Different Now. Say Yes to the Test
Poster, 2017
This poster highlights the importance of HIV testing as a routine part of prenatal care. With appropriate HIV treatment and care, women living with HIV can have healthy pregnancies and healthy babies.
SKU: 7-021 -
KIS-SK App Tear-Away Poster
Poster, 2017
To help individuals make healthy choices and informed decisions regarding their personal reproductive health, the Prevention Institute has created a smart phone app, Keep it Safe Saskatchewan (KIS-SK), focused on contraceptives and STIs. This poster provides tear-away cards to advertise the availability of this app.
SKU: 7-020 -
Helping Adolescents Develop Healthy Dating Relationships: An Evidence Summary
Report, 2017
This evidence summary is based on the literature review, “Developing Healthy Adolescent Dating Relationships”. It provides information about the prevalence of adolescent dating violence, the long-term effects associated with adolescent dating violence, the importance of focusing on developing healthy dating relationships, and considerations for related programming.
SKU: 7-536 -
It’s Easier Than You Think: Tips for Talking With Your Kids About Sexual Health
Video, 2017
Parents play an important role in the sexual health education of their children. Although parents may find this role challenging, they can be effective sexual health educators when provided with support and accurate information. This DVD provides parents with useful information about how to talk to their children about sexual health.
SKU: 7-211 -
Developing Healthy Adolescent Dating Relationships
Report, 2017
Research indicates that dating violence is experienced by many adolescents, that it begins early in dating relationships, and that it is associated with many negative outcomes that can last into adulthood. Therefore, there is a need for effective education and programming focused on helping adolescents learn to develop healthy dating relationships. This literature review includes information about the prevalence of adolescent dating violence, the long-term effects associated with adolescent dating violence, the importance of focusing on developing healthy dating relationships, and considerations for related programming.
SKU: 7-535 -
Adolescent Pregnancy: Risk and Protective Factors
Report, 2017
Based on the literature review, “Adolescent Pregnancy in Saskatchewan: Best Practices for Prevention”, this summary highlights risk and protective factors associated with adolescent pregnancy, along with considerations for adolescent pregnancy prevention.
SKU: 7-534 -
Understanding and Teaching About Consent
Fact Sheet, 2016
This resource provides definitions, explanations, and resources to help health professionals and educators teach youth about consent.
SKU: 7-533 -
An Environmental Scan of Canadian Resources Designed to Foster Healthy Adolescent Dating Relationships
Report, 2016
Unhealthy adolescent dating relationships, including abusive relationships, are associated with negative outcomes like poor psychological health, suicidal ideation, and substance use; these outcomes continue into young adulthood. Therefore, it is important that adolescents learn how to develop and negotiate healthy dating relationships, both for their current and future health. This report shares information about available online Canadian resources and/or programs that focus on healthy adolescent dating relationships. This information can be used as a starting point for anyone seeking materials or services to educate adolescents about healthy relationships.
SKU: 7-532 -
HIV…it’s Different Now.
Poster, 2016
Saskatchewan continues to have high rates of HIV infection. Due to the availability of antiretroviral medication, HIV is no longer classified as a death sentence, but is instead seen as a manageable chronic disease. Women who are living with HIV are faced with many challenges when they discover they are pregnant, are pregnant and discover they are living with HIV, or are considering having a baby while living with HIV.
This poster shares the message that with appropriate treatment and prenatal care, women living with HIV can have healthy pregnancies and healthy babies.
SKU: 7-019 -
The Latest about HIV and AIDS: What Every Student Still Needs to Know
Video, 2012
There is still no cure for AIDS, and teens and people in their 20’s account for many of the new cases of HIV infection. Using crisp animations, the program clearly details how HIV invades CD4 cells and weakens the body’s immune system and can lead to AIDS. The program debunks myths about how the virus is transmitted and identifies those behaviours that do, and do not, put people at risk of HIV infection. The program reviews the most recent information on HIV testing and stresses the importance of treatment for protecting one’s health and the health of others. A variety of HIV-positive people describe how they got infected, why they got tested, and how their lives have been affected by the virus.
Two supplemental programs are included on this DVD – How to Use a Female Condom and How to Use a Male Condom. These programs use graphics to demonstrate the proper way to use a condom. Before using these optional programs, you may need to check with your school’s policy on sex education as to whether parental permission is required.
Includes a PDF copy of teacher’s resource book.
Audience: Grade 7-Post Secondary
SKU: 7-V-706 -
How to End Unhealthy Relationships
Video, 2016
This program offers adolescents insight on how to honestly assess the health of relationships, particularly romantic relationships and intense friendships, and presents concrete steps to help viewers end unhealthy relationships. Adolescents share their experiences, covering a broad spectrum of unhealthy relationships, from a once good friendship that has gone bad to a romantic relationship that has become abusive. Includes a pdf copy of a teacher’s resource book.
Audience: Grade 7-Post SecondarySKU: 7-V-701 -
Sexual Health Education for Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities
Report, 2016
Research has shown that individuals with intellectual disabilities have the desire to learn about sexual health issues and often have engaged in sexual activities. Adolescents with intellectual disabilities, like all individuals, have the right to sexual health education that provides them with the knowledge, skills, and ability to make decisions related to their own sexual health. This evidence summary highlights common myths and research evidence about providing sexual education to adolescents with intellectual disabilities. Recommendations for education programs and resources are also provided.
SKU: 7-530 -
Digital Media and Adolescent Sexual Health
Report, 2016
Research suggests that adolescents aged 8 to 18 years spend an average of 6 to 11 hours per day with some form of media. Research also suggests that the Internet is among the most popular sources of information that adolescents use to learn about sexual and reproductive health. Other important sources are friends and family, schools, and health professionals. Adolescents are actively searching for accurate, helpful, in-depth information about sex and sexual health that they can trust. This evidence summary highlights the benefits and potential challenges to using digital media to learn about sexual health and provides recommendations for using digital media for sexual health interventions. A short list of useful online sexual health websites is also included.
SKU: 7-528 -
Are You Positive You’re Negative? Protect Yourself and Others. Get Tested.
Poster, 2015
Rates of adolescent pregnancy and STIs in Saskatchewan are among the highest in Canada. Adolescent pregnancy, STIs, and HIV can be prevented with proper contraception use, testing, and treatment. This poster was created to promote further awareness of the need for STI and HIV testing in Saskatchewan and to highlight the importance of contraceptive use.
SKU: 7-016 -
Sexual Health Education for Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities
Report, 2015
Adolescents with intellectual disabilities, like all individuals, deserve the opportunity to enjoy personal sexual fulfillment in a healthy, empowering way. Research has shown that individuals with intellectual disabilities have the right to and a need for sexual health education. Sexual health education can help to empower individuals with intellectual disabilities to explore their sexuality in positive ways, learn how to have healthy relationships, learn how to make their own decisions related to their sexual health, and reduce their vulnerability to sexual abuse. Education can also help to reduce inappropriate sexual expression.
This literature review highlights the need for sexual health education for individuals living with intellectual disabilities. It also describes the limited available evidence for what works for teaching sexual health education to this population and provides recommendations for further areas of educational development.
SKU: 7-527 -
HIV Prevention in Saskatchewan Adolescents
Report, 2015
Saskatchewan adolescents have high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unplanned pregnancies, both of which are indicators of participation in high risk sexual behaviours. These indicators, along with the high rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Saskatchewan, suggest that many adolescents may be at risk of HIV infection. Unfortunately, many adolescents lack the knowledge and skills necessary to prevent HIV infection. This evidence summary highlights the importance of primary prevention of HIV for Saskatchewan adolescents, including common risk factors and recommendations for adolescent HIV prevention programs.
SKU: 7-526 -
Digital Technologies and Adolescent Sexual Health
Report, 2015
This review delivers an overview of the forms of media that can be used for the purposes of providing sexual health information (including social media and the Internet), summarizes the outcomes of recent media-based sexual health interventions, and provides evidence-based recommendations related to online sexual health education and youth social media use.
SKU: 7-525 -
Effective Evidence-based Sexual Health Education for Youth
Report, 2015
This report provides an overview of the standard definitions of sexual health, summarizes the status of Canadian adolescents with respect to common sexual health indicators, describes traditional approaches to sex education, and examines evidence-based guidelines and practices pertaining to adolescent sexual health education.
“The 2019 Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education from SIECCAN (Sex Information & Education Council of Canada) are available here.”
SKU: 7-524 -
Promising Models of HIV Prevention Programming for Youth in Saskatchewan
Report, 2015
This report identifies youth-specific HIV prevention programming in Saskatchewan, while also highlighting programming in North America that may be able to be adapted for Saskatchewan.
SKU: 7-523 -
Prevention of HIV Infection in Adolescents
Report, 2015
Primary prevention of HIV infection in Saskatchewan youth is important, both for their own health and for the health of their future children. This review highlights the importance of HIV prevention for adolescents by summarizing information about common HIV risk behaviours in adolescence and examining ways to most effectively reduce the risk of infection.
SKU: 7-522 -
Mike’s Crush for Families: Teaching Relationship Skills to Adolescents with Autism, Asperger’s, or Intellectual Disabilities
Video, 2011
Adolescents who have disabilities want and need friendships and romantic relationships, just like their peers. It is important to learn relationship skills during adolescence so that when mistakes are made, there is a safety net in place. The goal of this DVD and accompanying booklet is to teach adolescents and young adults with autism, Asperger’s, or intellectual disabilities about healthy relationships.
SKU: 7-V-725 -
Healthy Steps for Teen Parents, 2nd Edition, Volume 3: Postpartum
Video, 2010
This video presents information about postpartum care, newborns, and an array of teen parenting challenges and joys. New teen parents candidly share personal stories about the realities of healing physically after birth, breastfeeding, and choosing child care.
Content includes:
- Physical Recovery & Postpartum Emotions – healing process, signs of infection, nutrition, rest, exercise, baby blues, signs of postpartum depression
- Baby Care & Behaviours – well-baby visits, feeding, sleeping, crying, bathing, diapering, when to call the doctor, SIDS, second-hand smoke, abusive head trauma (shaken baby syndrome), newborn senses
- Relationships & Parenting – establishing paternity, co-parenting, birth control, positive relationships, living situations, friend and family support, finishing school, child care options
SKU: 7-V-723 -
Healthy Steps for Teen Parents, 2nd Edition, Volume 2: Labor & Birth
Video, 2010
This video empowers pregnant teens by exploring the choices they have for labor and birth. Through the real-life experiences of five pregnant teens, viewers learn about the anatomy of a pregnancy, different phases of labor, natural comfort techniques, and medical procedures.
Content includes:
- Anatomy & Birth – 3D anatomy of a pregnancy, labor signs, labor support, positions for labor, natural labor techniques
- Medical Procedures – induction, analgesics, epidural, cesarean
- Newborns – appearance, skin-to-skin contact, rooming-in, colostrum, lactation support
SKU: 7-V-722 -
Healthy Steps for Teen Parents, 2nd Edition, Volume 1: Pregnancy
Video, 2010
Hosted by an empathetic and positive young woman, viewers get the straight story as they follow six teens who share their personal pregnancy experiences. Watch how teens cope with their changing life and take the necessary steps to ensure a healthy pregnancy, birth, and baby.
Content includes:
- Prenatal Care & Nutrition – telling someone you’re pregnant, prenatal visits, nutrition, weight gain, warning signs
- Protecting Your Baby – avoiding harmful substances
- Physical & Emotional Changes – exercise, dental health, sleep, premature labour signs, emotional changes, relationship abuse
- Getting Support – friends and family, staying in school, alternative education options
SKU: 7-V-721 -
The Decision
Video, 2012
This video will help students start to discuss the decisions involved in having sex for the first time, including birth control, condoms, abuse, consent, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and more. Discussion questions for instructors are also included. The video is fast-paced, with quick interview clips.
SKU: 7-V-720 -
KIS-SK (Keep It Safe Saskatchewan) Smart Phone App
Information Card, 2017
To help enable individuals to make healthy choices and informed decisions regarding their personal reproductive health, the Prevention Institute has created a smart phone app, Keep it Safe Saskatchewan (KIS-SK), focused on contraceptives and STIs.
The app allows users to:
- Find free contraceptives and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing sites in Saskatchewan
- Set reminders for taking contraceptives or booking health appointments
- Learn about contraceptives and STIs
- View helpful videos about using contraceptives
Information cards providing information about the app are available for download or order.
SKU: 7-013 -
Protect Your Fertility
Poster, 2014
This poster states that sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can damage fertility, harm pregnancies, and affect newborn babies.
SKU: 7-012 -
Promising Models of Programming for Youth Living with HIV
Report, 2013
The environmental scan identifies existing, effective programs and services in North America for youth living with HIV.
SKU: 7-521 -
Treatment and Care Issues Specific to Adolescents Living with HIV
Report, 2013
This review is a supplement to “Pediatric Care and Support for Children Living with HIV in Saskatchewan” (Resource 7-519). Information is provided on common issues facing adolescents who were perinatally infected with HIV.
SKU: 7-520 -
Pediatric Care and Support for Children Living with HIV in Saskatchewan
Report, 2013
In the hopes of further educating health and allied health professionals who may work with children living with HIV, the review summarized the issues and challenges commonly faced by children living with HIV, along with their care and support needs. Read “Treatment and Care Issues Specific to Adolescents Living with HIV” (Resource 7-520), this is a review supplement for this report.
SKU: 7-519 -
Adolescent Pregnancy in Saskatchewan
Report, 2014
In Canada, rates of adolescent pregnancy remain among the highest in developed countries and rates in Saskatchewan are among the highest in Canada. In an effort to address the needs of Saskatchewan youth, the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute has developed this report to provide a picture of adolescent pregnancy in Saskatchewan and to identify best practices that my address the specific circumstances of Saskatchewan Youth.
SKU: 7-018 -
This Time Last Winter
Video, 2010
This short drama explores violence in young relationships. Iona has suffered a violent incident and lost consciousness. As she struggles to recall how it happened, her mother tells her it was caused by Iona’s indie rock musician boyfriend. Iona refuses to believe it. To find out for herself, she returns to the location of her last memory – his funky warehouse apartment, full of love, desire and magic. Through interracial relationships and the healing of a talking circle, the film explores the moment of choice we face when the urge to be violent surfaces.
SKU: 7-V-719 -
Love, Life & HIV: Voices of Young People with HIV from Around the World
Video, 2011
This video shares the experiences of young people living with HIV from six different countries (the Dominican Republic, India, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, and Swaziland). These young adults discuss a number of issues including facing stigma, accessing services, finding love, having a family, being supported, and getting involved in the response to HIV. Although young people living with HIV face different challenges, this video shows that there is life after an HIV diagnosis. This video can be viewed in English, and with French or Spanish subtitles.
SKU: 7-V-715 -
Positive Youth
Video, 2012
This video shares the stories of 4 North American youth (3 males and 1 female; aged 18 to 27) who are infected and/or affected by HIV. Professionals, including a doctor and a counselor, also provide input and advice. The topics covered include being tested, staying healthy, disclosure, experiences of stigma, dating relationships, and making decisions about treatment. The overall message of this video is one of hope, as it shows that there is life after an HIV diagnosis.
SKU: 7-V-714 -
Hope for the Future: Having a Healthy Pregnancy While Living with HIV
Video, 2013
This DVD shares information about HIV, pregnancy, and parenting, with the goal of showing that healthy pregnancies and healthy babies are possible for pregnant women living with HIV in Saskatchewan. The knowledge and experiences of people living with HIV and those who work in this area are shared. The DVD was created as a resource for health and allied health professionals and for people living with HIV in Saskatchewan.
SKU: 7-000 -
Mitigating the Impacts of Sex and Sexuality in the Media on Children: Best Practices for Parents
Report, 2012
This report describes various forms of media that children are exposed to, including television, movies, Internet, video games, music and music videos, and advertising. The impact of children’s exposure to sex and sexuality from these mentioned mediums is outlined and best practices for parents are provided.
SKU: 7-514 -
Parents as Sexual Health Educators
Report, 2017
Research indicates that parents play an important role in the sexual health education of their children. Although parents may find this role challenging, research indicates that parents can be effective sexual health educators when provided with support and accurate information. This literature review defines sexual health and sexual health education, discusses potential facilitators and barriers to parental provision of this type of education, and provides suggestions for parents. A list of online sexual resources for parents is also shared.
SKU: 7-505 -
Advisory Committee on Family Planning Sexual Health Education Survey
Report, 2008
The Advisory Committee on Family Planning Sexual Health Education Survey investigated parental attitudes toward sexual health education in the province of Saskatchewan between October 2006 and February 2007. Survey results provide insight into Saskatchewan parents’ ideas about sexual health education, their attitudes and expectations, and their perceptions of their own knowledge and comfort with providing sexual health education to their school-aged children. The findings provide a basis for discussion regarding current school-based sexual health education approaches and whether these approaches are meeting the needs of Saskatchewan families with school-aged children.
SKU: 7-504 -
Traditional Teachings
Video, 2012
Traditional Teachings: A Journey from Young Child to Young Adult. Elders share their wisdom regarding the cultural practices, laws, and traditional values surrounding the sexual maturation of First Nations children to young adulthood. The video is a full length production of teachings and life stories of eight Elders from the Plains Cree, Dakota, Dene, Nakota, and Saulteaux First Nations of Saskatchewan. The DVD was created as a resource for educators and health care providers, family and community members, and others as they support youth to make positive lifestyle choices for their sexual and reproductive health.
A short introduction to the complete production is available on YouTube
SKU: 7-900 -
Sexting: Sex plus Text Equals Trouble
Video, 2010
Peer hosts and true-to-life vignettes show teens the dangers of sexting.
At the end of this program students will know the following:
- Sexting is the act of posting and sending sexually explicit or sexually suggestive messages, photographs, and videos most often using cell phones.
- The possible consequences of sexting – everything ranging from the personal humiliation to serious legal problems that could result in felony child pornography convictions.
- That nothing sent by cell phone or computer or posted on the Internet is ever totally private or ever entirely erased.
- The importance of protecting yourself online by guarding your passwords, user IDs, and social networking sites.
- That all actions have consequences and even “funny, innocent” photos and text messages can end up in the hands of bullies, predators, and child pornographers.
SKU: 7-V-708 -
Adolescent Pregnancy in Saskatchewan: Best Practices for Prevention
Report, 2012
In Canada, rates of adolescent pregnancy remain some of the highest among developed countries (30.5 per 1,000 for women aged 15 to 19), and Saskatchewan has the highest rates of adolescent pregnancy and live births of the Canadian provinces (34.3 per 1,000 for women aged 15 to 19). The report includes promising practices that will guide the development of prevention programs that serve young people, both in the prevention of unintended pregnancy and in the promotion of healthy reproductive choices.
SKU: 7-513