The Coconino County Health Department is introducing a new sexual health education text messaging program for local teens called SexFYI. The program provides teens a confidential way to get automated, scientifically accurate answers to commonly asked sexual health questions. SexFYI also provides local teens with information on where they can acquire more information and sexual health medical help.
To get an answer a user can simply text “SexFYI” for English or text “SexFYIesp” for Spanish. Users will receive text messages containing information and locations for clinical services, such as the Coconino County Health Department Teen Clinic, which offers reproductive health services for teens for free or with a sliding-scale fee.
The SexFYI program has a companion website that teens and their parents will be able to use to acquire additional sexual health information. The website is expected to be launched in late April or early May and will be available in both English and Spanish.
SexFYI will be introduced in Flagstaff at a special teen event on Saturday, April 25 at Starlite Lanes, 3406 E Route 66, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Teens, ages 13 – 19, will receive one free game of bowling during the event and enjoy music, pizza and prizes.
The program is currently available throughout Coconino County, and special events will be held in other communities. Future plans include expanding the service across Arizona. Similar sexual health text messaging programs have already proven to be successful in both SanFrancisco and Washington, D.C., though only time will tell if Coconino County parents will embrace the program as much as in other towns.
For more information please call the Coconino County Health Department at 928-679-7222 or toll-free at 1-877-697-7272
I dont think this method will success , learning sex through phone call? i just loved when people talk about sex in a private conversation and with an eye contact not by telephone call.
Thanks
Roy