During fiscal year 2021, community education and engagement reached 13,396 people. Education included training 257 participants on a variety of reproductive and sexual health topics.Peer educators and lay health advisors reached 7,784 people on topics such as healthy relationships, birth control, and sexually transmitted infections. In addition, 705 people were reached through health fairs and other community events.(Continued in schedule o)roto (reach one teach one) is a youth peer education program currently offered in duluth, rochester, mankato, minneapolis, st. Paul MN and fargo, ND. In the 13 roto programs that occured during fiscal year 2021, 87 participants received intensive training on reproductive and sexual health topics. Participants shared their knowledge with their peers and reached 1,156 people.Youth power is a peer education program for african immigrant youth currently offered in minneapolis, MN. During this period, one program trained 11 participants who reached 50 individuals through one-on-one and small group peer education sessions.Hmong star (students teaching about responsibility) is a peer education program for hmong youth in the twin cities metro area. During fiscal year 2021, 6 youth participated in one program and in turn educated 106 of their peers.Teen council is an intensive, year-long youth development program for 10-12th grade high school students. Program elements include peer education, service learning, and instruction on a wide variety of topics related to reproductive health and sexuality. Participants practice and learn skills such as public speaking, classroom instruction, goal setting, interviewing, and group facilitation. Teen council programs are offered in rochester, duluth, and st. Paul, MN. During fiscal year 2021, 35 teen council members from three cohorts reached 3,303 people through peer education, presentations, and outreach in the community.Que onda is a peer education program for latino youth offered in richfield and minneapolis, MN. During fiscal year 2021, 54 participants from five que onda programs reached 1,018 people through peer education in their schools and community.Programs for adults: entre amigas trains latina women to be lay health advisors and educate their community on healthy sexuality and reproductive health care. The program took place in mankato, MN. During fiscal year 2021, one entre amigas programs trained 9 participants who in turn reached 226 of their peers.Promotoras are entre amigas graduates who receive additional training, enhance public speaking and leadership skills, and present reproductive and sexual health topics in spanish in the community. During fiscal year 2021, one promotoras program in minneapolis trained 18 educators who reached 1,156 people through one-on-one and small group conversations and presentations.Askk (anishinaabe sexual knowledge keepers) is a culturally-specific lay health advisor program for american indian adults in bemidji, MN. Participants gain knowledge about reproductive health and are trained to share their knowledge with others. During fiscal year 2021, two programs trained 23 participants who subsequently reached 547 people.Parent-child programs:mother-daughter and mother-son retreats provide 10 to 12-year-olds and their mothers (or female mentors) an opportunity to learn about puberty and reproductive anatomy and to enhance communication and connection within families. During this period, 38 participants attended 3 mother-daughter retreats held in minneapolis and st. Paul, MN. Of those, one retreat was for an african immigrant audience and two were for a hmong audience.

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