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Lifeskills Program for Adolescents
WelcomeWelcome
Drinking, Drugsand Sex
Organisedand Supported by
“On Track” Community Health Project
Mallee Track Health & Community Service
Presented by
Bernard DennerSpecial Projects Manager
MTH&CS
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What WE are looking at today
• A bit about me
• Drinking
• Sex / Lust / Choice
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Who am I?
Bernard DennerHealth Educator /Projects Manager
Bloke 52 yearsDivorced 12 yearsDaughters - 15 and 17 years
Vietnam Veteran 3RAR…Infantry
Lifeskills Program for Adolescents
My work since 1994 focuses on providing Programs that address issues associated with:
Men
Adolescents
Workplace Health
Women Understanding Men
and Farmsafety in Primary Schools
Lifeskills Program for Adolescents
mannet.com.auAverages monthly:
80 to 90,000+ hits
5,250+ sessions
40% interest from North America
Rated in Top 15% of 1.7M www domains
“Who said men weren’t interested
in their health”
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Lifeskills Program for Adolescents
Australian Mortality Rates National - 1999
15-24 years
Cause of Death Males Females %Rate
Suicide 398 71 435%
Cancer 95 47 202%
Leukemia 35 11 318%
Transport Accident 407 116 350%
Drugs 68 27 251%
Source: Causes of Death, ABS, 1999
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Australian Mortality Rates Loddon Mallee Health Region - 1994
Cause of Death Males Females %Rate
Suicide 25 7 357%
Cancer 309 230 134%
Heart Disease 122 49 248%
Source: DHS, Measures of Health Status and Health Services in Victoria, 1994
Lifeskills Program for Adolescents
Drinking
If you choose to drink you should consider the following pieces of advice
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•Be clear about why you are drinking
•Be responsible for yourself and others
•Don’t take risks with yourself or others
•Drink in a safe place
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•Take a limited amount of alcohol with you
•Low alcohol beer is cheaper and tends to make you feel full before you are drunk
•Pour your own drinks / open your own bottles
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•Finish your glass first, don’t “top” it up
•Arrange for safe transport home
•Make a safety pact with a friend before drinking
•Alternate alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and avoid salty snacks
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•Finish the night by drinking water - it won’t make you sober, but you will feel better in the morning
•Never drink and drive, climb or swim
Source: Rob and Kerry Grant
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Unsafe DrinkingCould lead to:
•Unsafe sexual behaviour
•Aggression / Fighting
•Targetting / Harrassing Girls
•Drugs
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•Stronger Drinks
•Risky behaviour such as:
unsafe swimming
unsafe driving
•Hospitalisation through injury from risky behaviour or alcoholic poisoning
Source: Bernard J. Denner
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Drugs
If you choose to take drugs you should consider the following pieces of advice
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•Be clear about why you are taking drugs
•Be responsible for yourself and others
•Don’t take risks with yourself or others
•Take drugs in a safe place
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•Don’t mix drugs and alcohol
•Don’t buy drugs from an unknown source
•Don’t experiment, by yourself
•Never mix drugs
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•Arrange for safe transport home
•Make a safety pact with a friend before taking drugs
Best Advice
DON’T TAKE DRUGS
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Ask yourself Why?
Do I need to?
Being cool, could KILL you
Source: Bernard Denner
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Unsafe Drug TakingCould lead to:
•Death
•Incapacitation for Life
•Jail
•HIV and Hepatitis C
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•Stronger Drugs
•Risky behaviour such as:
unsafe swimming
unsafe driving
•Hospitalisation through injury from risky behaviour
Source: Bernard J. Denner
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Ask yourself
Is it worth it?
Get High on Life, not on Drugs
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What is Sex?Male or Female
Communication between couples
Pleasure between couples
Demonstration of Feelings/Affection
Provides Intimacy
Making Babies or Just for FUN
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So Why do
Adolescents
have Sex?
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Why Girls and Boys Experienced Activities
46%
41%
6%3% 3%
1%
46%
40%
6%4%
1%3%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Fun Find Out Peer Pressure "It's Illegal" Forced Show Off
% o
f re
spo
nse
s
Girls
Boys
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WHY NOT?
Reason Boys Girls% of Responses % of Responses
Not ready / interested 36% 35%
“It’s Illegal” 28% 11%
Safer 19% 39%
Parents 17% 15%
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Year 10 Boys and Girls Experiences
87%
69%
40%33%
19% 18%
87%80%
52%
31% 29%24%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% o
f Yes
resp
onse
s
Boys
Girls
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Would you practice safe sex?
98%94%
2%6%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Boys Girls
% o
f res
pons
es
Yes
No
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Reasons For Not Practicing Safe Sex
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Affected bydrink / drugs
Forgot acondom
Pressure not to Think it’s betterw ithout acondom
Other
% o
f R
esp
on
ses
Girls
Boys
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Do you need someone to talk to?
23%
88%
77%
12%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Boys Girls
% o
f res
pons
esYes
No
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Who would you like to speak to?
43%
20%
16%
8%
1%
5%7%
51%
17% 17%
7%5%
3%1%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Your friends Your parent(s) Someoneelse
Studentcounsellor
Communityworker
Doctor (GP ) Your teacher
% o
f re
spon
ses
Boys
Girls
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What is Love?It is based on friendship, affection, mutual respect, admiration, thoughtfulness, sharing and caring
Involves good communication and listening
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Does not involve any physical, emotional or sexual violence
Is not instant or perfect
Love at first sight is more likely to be lust at first sight
Source: Unzipped: Everything teenagers want to know about Love, Sex and Each other, B. Donaghy
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What is Lust?Is a physical response that involves sexual arousal
It is being “turned on” sexually
Is a short-term emotion
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Can get you into trouble (ie lust can make you do something you wouldn’t normally do, eg not using a condom)
LUST ...Is not always love
You can love and lust at the same time, but they are not the same thing
Source: Unzipped: Everything teenagers want to know about Love, Sex and Each other, B. Donaghy
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Do YOU have a
CHOICE?
YES or NO
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The Choice is YOURS
3 A’s
Abstinence
Activity
All the Way
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What is sexual activity?Masturbation …..?
Kissing, Pashing …..?
Feeling, touching someone else ….?
Mutual masturbation …..?
Oral sex …..?
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Or
All the WAY
Anal intercourse …..?
Bonking, sexual intercourse …..?
Source: Bernard J. Denner
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Sexual Activity
Needs
Permission or Consent
Source: Bernard J. Denner
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Questions to ask ….
If you are thinking of having sex ...
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Do I feel old enough and responsible enough to be doing this?
Am I doing this for me or for him / her?
Am I prepared to use a condom?
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If something goes wrong and we become pregnant, am I prepared for that responsibility?
Am I just trying to prove something to myself or him / her?
How will I feel about him / her afterwards?
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How will I feel about myself?
Has Sex - Solved the Problem?
Has Sex - made me Feel Better?
Source: Unzipped: Everything teenagers want to know about Love, Sex and Each other, B. Donaghy
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What is sex for?
There are several main answers to the question “what is sex for?” and many people feel that the ‘true’ answer is a combination of these:
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•Sex is for the survival of the species (human beings).
•Sex is for making babies.
•Sex is part of partnership; it cements the relationship.
•Sex is showing feelings of love or affection between people.
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•Sex is for pleasure.
•Sex is better between committed couples.
•Good Sex is more than just Bonking.
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The Perils of Sex
Without Love
and
Unprotected Sex
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•Unwanted Pregnancy
•Sexual Diseases
•Interrupted Study
•Alienation from friends
•Depression
•Being used
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Always check the Use By Date on condoms to ensure that they are effective.
Use a lubricant to ensure condom doesn’t break.
The Pill does not always WORK
•Medication
•Drunk and Vomit
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As a personYOU need to be
Healthy and Happy
THAT YOU FEEL GOOD
About Yourself
Most of the TIME
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Why .....?• So that you don’t put
yourself at risk,
• or your relationships
at risk
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Who’s A Winner
The person who does their best.
That they achieve their Personal Best.
THEY are a Winner.Source: Bernard Denner
Inspired by Simon Madden
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Adolescence
is a
GOOD TIME
of Life
ENJOY IT