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Letter to the editor

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Kj Duronslet and Michael Smith (left to right) help pass out condoms and candy to the student body near the City College cafe on November 3, 2015. Emily Peterson | staff photographer | [email protected]

The Nov. 12 issue ran a story, updated Nov. 16, titled “Driving Sex Education: Human Sexuality Students offer Free Condoms, Lubricants, Knowledge.”

The most important portion of this article was on the knowledge shared by the Peer Educator SCC students enrolled in Psychology 356, Human Sexuality. Information taught to Peer Educators includes the knowledge of safe sex practices, interpersonal communication skills, and the high rate of sexually transmitted infections in the 14- to 26-year-old population.

Sex education at the college level is much more than anatomy, pregnancy prevention and sexually transmitted infections. Current focus in the Psych 356 Human Sexuality class includes teaching
communication skills, gender awareness and critical thinking skills.

The Sacramento City College “Condom Connection Cart” is a SCC logo-painted electric cart that can be seen twice a week (Tuesdays/Thursdays) around the SCC campus. The Peer Educators who work the cart obtain Service Learning credits and must go through a week of training before meeting the students on campus.

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The SCC Condom Cart has been active during the spring and fall 2015 semesters. Much of the cart’s training materials have been adapted from the UC Davis Love Cart project that has been a key feature for the past six years.

The next time you see the SCC Condom Cart, please ask students questions about community resources, the health care clinic on campus, how to avoid sexual assault, the current standard of the “Yes means Yes” guidelines for seeking, and giving consent during intimate encounters.

Patty Blomberg
Public health psychology professor
[email protected]

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