Written by: Lance Williams, Health Education Manager, Candor Health Education When you’re in puberty, can winter affect your emotions too? It’s an interesting question asked by a 5th grader in one of my recent puberty education classes. The answer is “yes”, but as...
Different Viewpoints: Sex Positive Sexuality Education-What It Is and Isn’t
Written by: Eleanor Evins – Health Educator, Candor Health Education Remember hearing the rumblings, either in the high school hallways or around the office about who was doing what with whom? More importantly, remember hearing the opinions and judgements that were...
There’s Room for Improvement with HPV Vaccination Rates
Written by: Olivia Starr, Health Educator, Candor Health Education In 2006, a vaccine called Gardasil was introduced to prevent the most prevalent and most deadly strains of a common sexually transmitted infection called Human Papilloma Virus, or HPV. The CDC...
Talk Often
Written by: Edith Lule, Education Manager, Candor Health Education Growing up I wish my mother had taken the onus of having certain conversations with me rather than leaning on my older siblings to navigate those “talks.” As a parent, who happens to be rather versed...
Different Viewpoints: One of the Best Solutions to Climate Change? Family Planning
RCC’s Different Viewpoints is a series of short articles from different age groups and their perspective on health education as they see it. Written by: Sheila Evans, Candor Health Education Intern Usually when we think of solutions to Climate Change images of solar...
It’s Just a Kiss
Written by: Betty Barsley-Marra – Health Educator, Candor Health Education Samantha, a sophomore in one of my classes, stopped on her way out to ask if she could come by after school to talk. As the teacher of Human Sexuality classes, it was not unusual for students...
Inclusivity Starts with Understanding
Written by: Katie Gallagher-Director of Education, Candor Health Education June is here! That means school is out and we are filling our days with fun activities that take us outdoors and on new adventures. June also means that it is LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,...
CBD on the Rise
Written by: Liz Carter-Health Educator, Candor Health Education The cannabis plant has different strains and classifications but ones we most commonly see and hear about are hemp and marijuana. In hemp, the most prominent compound is known as CBD (cannabidiol). In...
Summer Sleep is Time to Recharge (if you let it)
Written by: Lance Williams – Education Manager, Candor Health Education As the weather begins to shift and days become longer, students are gearing up for the end of the school year and the start of summer. As a student, one thing I always looked forward to around...
Different Viewpoints: When “Yes Means Yes”
RCC’s Different Viewpoints is a series of short articles from different age groups and their perspective on health education as they see it. When "Yes Means Yes" In high school, you don’t often think about the consequences of spreading gossip. It’s just something that...