The Healthy Sexuality Program, together
with individuals and groups, helps to promote a sexually healthy community in
Leeds Grenville and Lanark.
Our services include
clinics, community outreach and
The Health Action Line 1-800-660-5853. Our clinics provide no-hassle counseling
and confidential services related to birth control and
sexually transmitted
infections (STIs), including HIV/AIDS and
hepatitis B.
Community outreach
services, which are provided free of charge, include presentations and
consultations related to sexuality. In the Public School Board,
Puberty and
Healthy Sexuality are taught to Grade 5, 6 and Grade 7, 8 and 9 students
respectively.
The Health Action Line, 1-800-660-5853 is a confidential,
anonymous, free telephone service. Our Public Health Nurses can answer your
questions about sexual health issues or will refer you to a Clinical Services
Nurse.
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Dating and Relationships
Sexuality - the emotional side.
Explore your own
relationship or the kind you want to have.
Pregnancy
Find out about getting
pregnant or preventing pregnancy, the symptoms, testing for pregnancy, and the
options for unwanted pregnancy.
Birth Control
Find out what methods are
available, how they are used, and how effective they are. STDs and AIDS Find out
how you get sexually transmitted infections, what symptoms they have, and if
they can be treated.
Canadian
College of OB Gyn's
(Some information on this section of our site is courtesy of the Peel
Health Regional Authority. Thank you.)
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Birth Control
• Clinics
• Dating
• Emergency Contraception
• Grade 5&6
• Grade 7&8
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Parenting
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Preconception
• Pregnancy
• Sexually Transmitted
• Diseases
• Sexual Health Day
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