Ok shouldnot all schools be doing this ?

I my opinion kids are not just born in the core neighbourhoods. They are born in all area of the city, Read this and tell me what you think. Also this a strange story too.

SHR focuses sex education on schools in core area

By Jenn Sharp, For The StarPhoenixNovember 13, 2009 8:03 AMBe the first to post a comment
Sexual health education will no longer be taught by Saskatoon's public health nurses in most schools next year, as they will be concentrating their efforts in schools in Saskatoon's core neighbourhoods.

Beginning in the fall 2010 semester, Saskatoon public health nurses will be teaching sexual health education in two public schools and one Catholic school in the city.

Linda Walker, a corporate and public affairs adviser with Saskatoon Health Region, says the decision was made after the 2008 health status report was released in May.

"(The report showed) clear disparity rates. Chlamydia is three times higher in the core neighbourhoods. . . . We need to target our resources where there's a greater need," Walker said. "If that's where we're needed, that's where we'll be."

Starting in 2010, public health nurses will assist teachers at Bedford Road Collegiate, Mount Royal Collegiate and E.D. Feehan High School. Bedford Road and Mount Royal already have a program called Healthy Mother, Healthy Baby, because "their pre-natal needs are greater," Walker said.

Authored by the Saskatoon Health Region's chief medical health officer, Dr. Cory Neudorf, the report examined the health status of residents in the city's neighbourhoods. Saskatoon's core neighbourhoods are Meadowgreen, King George, Pleasant Hill, Riversdale, Westmount and Confederation Suburban Centre.

Along with the high rates of chlamydia in Saskatoon's core, the report found that cases of gonorrhea and hepatitis C are respectively six and seven times higher in these neighbourhoods.

Evelyn Reisner, executive director of the Sexual Health Centre Saskatoon, feels that if services are reduced, students will not receive the information they need to make informed decisions.

"If students are lucky, they will have a progressive teacher with the appropriate knowledge and comfort level to teach (sexual education)."

Reisner said the health centre operates a sexual health education program, which discusses "healthy relationships, condom use, self-esteem, birth control and basic issues about sexuality and health." She said the centre was hoping to move into the schools where the health region has reduced services, but "we've applied to six different funders to try and get funding for (our teacher), but have been denied."

Paul Janzen, an educational consultant with Saskatoon Public Schools, said the public health nurses have compiled binders containing resources and lesson plans for teachers.

"The nurses will be acting in a mentorship role with teachers in the non-core schools. They will work with the teachers, until the teachers feel comfortable with the material and are able to teach it themselves."

He said the sexual health curriculum begins in Grade 8. In Grade 9, students learn about substance abuse, HIV/AIDS and pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection prevention. The required curriculum for students in Saskatoon's public schools ends in Grade 10, with a focus on HIV/AIDS education.

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