SHOC is involved in a wide range of sexual health work including:
Much of our work is carried out locally in Brent.
SHOC develops and implements evidence-based sexual health campaigns targeted at specific populations, often in partnership with other community organisations. Such campaigns include:
- The You Can Expect (YCE) Campaign: targeting young people and general practices to improve general practices’ accessibility and responsivity to young peoples’ need for health services.
- The SAFE card Campaign: targeted condom distribution for young people through pharmacists and community agencies.
- Emergency Hormonal Contraception provision through community pharmacists.
- The Shoc-In' Campaign: targeting young people through nail bars and hairdressers.
- The Weapons of Mass Protection Campaign: HIV awareness.
- Female Genital Mutilation ( FGM)
- Supporting the implementation of the National Chlamydia Screening Programme in Brent.
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- SHOC, and its training arm ShivAG ( Sexual Health Action Group), a consortium of local providers of sexual health services, including contraceptive services, general practice, genito-urinary medicine services and the voluntary sector provides a comprehensive training programme of courses related to sexual health promotion, HIV prevention, Youth Work, Sex and Relationships and Community and Organisational Development.
- SHOC provides a wide range of publications, resources and materials including appropriate education and training manuals, leaflets, videos, and condoms.
- SHOC provides national and regional conferences, seminars and workshops on a wide range of sexual health issues.
- SHOC contributes to the curriculum of appropriate professional training bodies.
- SHOC provides specific tailor-made courses commissioned by individual organisations, local networks and forums.
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- SHOC contributes to emerging national strategies and policy.
- SHOC works in collaboration and partnership with other national and local sexual health promotion agencies.
- SHOC provides service reviews, organisational audits and community needs assessments.
- SHOC provides consultancy on a range of sexual health and health promotion issues.
- SHOC provides organisational development and consultancy.
- SHOC provides support for those developing and implementing local sexual health strategies and projects.
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We are rooted in our local community-based work. Our activities include:
- Community development, particularly with marginalized, vulnerable or stigmatised groups.
- Consultancy, education and training, resources and support for those working in primary care settings, most notably in general practice to implement the National Strategy for Sexual Health and HIV.
- Training for staff within the statutory sector services-such as health, education social services- as well as for those in voluntary and community based organisations.
- HIV prevention initiatives, HIV and AIDS education and work to reduce the incidence of other STIs.
- Project training and on-going work to reduce unintended teenage pregnancies.
- A major resource of sexual health information, current policy and strategy documents
- Networking and agenda-building opportunities for meeting and planning with other colleagues through local forums.
- A structured condom distribution scheme to General Practices in Brent.
- A structured condom scheme through HIV voluntary agencies in Brent.
- Professional support to primary health care professionals promoting sexual health and HIV prevention, through our training arm ShivAG.
- Professional support and training to voluntary agencies promoting sexual health and HIV prevention.
- Through partnership with other practitioners, a structured training and professional development programme.
- An award-winning peer education project “R Project”; developing and delivering peer led sexual health education in schools and informal youth settings in Brent and London Boroughs.
- Resources and health promotion materials on sexual health. The production of our Children and Young Peoples “Stay Healthy” and “Stay Safe” award winning “The Adventures of a Blueberry Condom” education resource and teaching package, and our new DVD "The Sperm Busters".
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