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Contraception Basics
Prepared By: Mary Shannon & Doug McCall
Sponsored By: www.sexualityandu.ca
Number of People for this WQ
- An individual student can do this entire webquest on their own, but it is more effective if they can work with others, particularly in reviewing the results of the class survey.
Outcomes for this WQ:
- know more about contraception choices, both from a health and practical perspective
- understand the difference between choice, informed choice and meaningful access to health choices
- realize that using two contraceptive choices concurrently provides much safer protection from STI and pregnancy
- identify social and other barriers to contraceptive choices
- it's OK to ask questions
- learn how to conduct surveys
Materials for this WQ
- No specific materials are required for this webquest
Documents for This WQ
Student Worksheet on Methods of Contraception
Student Tools for this WQ
Evaluation Criteria/Procedure
Introduction
Birth control. Contraception. Safer Sex. It is hard to believe that any young person on the planet has not heard these words. Yet many young people (as well as older people) do not use birth control (contraception) methods effectively or often enough to protect themselves or to avoid unplanned pregnancy.
Task
This webquest will include an interactive quiz, a class survey and selected readings to develop and test knowledge of the basics about contraception.
Process and Steps
(Don't forget to take notes on your activities in this webquest. Use section 3.2 of your Personal Health Journal.)
- Start by taking a quiz on birth control (select "pregnancy" quiz) housed on the www.sexualityandu.ca web site. Keep track of your correct and incorrect answers. If you are working in a group, each member of the group should take the quiz and then share your results and answers. Were there any questions that proved to be difficult for all of you? Were there any answers to the quiz that were surprising to you?
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Go this other quiz, prepared by the Yukon Health Ministry as part of a sex education program. Use that survey and well as the one you took earlier to prepare a class survey. (You will need to retype or "cut and paste" all of the questions into a single survey. Administer the survey and tabulate the results for your class survey.
Were there any questions that seemed to be more difficult for your classmates? Are they the same types of questions that seemed more difficult fort your small group? Prepare a two page group report discussing the results of your class survey. Review the evaluation criteria for Preparing Summary-Commentary Reports to help guide you in writing this report as a group.
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Visit the following web pages and read the articles and summaries listed below to complete the chart and, as a group, answer the questions in the student worksheet for this webquest.
Note: The group report using the worksheet for this webquest should be about two pages in length.
- Explore the choices that you might make about contraception. First, read this brief overview from What is the best choice for Me? on www.sexualityandu.ca Also read the factors that might influence your choices when you are older, by answering this quiz from the Women's Health Network. Use Section 4.2 of your Personal Health Journal to reflect on how these choices might affect you. (This section of your Journal is not for sharing with anyone else unless you choose to do so.)
- Next, using the answers to the two quizzes that you have used in this webquest, as well as the information gathered from the readings, each member of your group will write down the five most important things you have learned about contraception (birth control) and in a sentence or two, explain why they are the most important things to know. Send that summary in an email to your best friend using the postcard feature of the www.sexualityandu.ca.
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Now, read these these articles and answer these questions about current female use of contraceptive methods in Canada
- How many young women (15-17 yrs old) use oral contraceptives?
- How many unmarried women use condoms?
- How many young women use a combination of oral contraceptives and a condom?
The articles to read are:
Note: The first two articles are within a large PDF report. Read only those two parts of that study.
Why do you think those percentages of condom use are so low? Are there barriers to condom use beyond simply knowing that they exist? If so, what are the social and practical barriers to condom use? List them in a one page group report. Use the evaluation criteria for Summary Commentary Reports to guide you in writing that group report.
- Then, each member of the group should send that list of social barriers to condom use in an email to a friend using the postcard feature of the www.sexualiyandu.ca web site.
- Prepare an assessment on how well your group worked together on this webquest using the criteria for group participation.
How Your Work will be Evaluated
Your work on this webquest will be evaluated on the basis of your Summary and Commentary Report on the assigned readings for the webquest. This report should include the findings of your class survey.
Your group work will be evaluated using the criteria for Summary Commentary reports and how well your group has answered the questions and completed the chart in the student worksheet.
Your individual work will be assessed on your email postcard to a friend on the fibe most important things about contraception. As well, your report assessing how well ther members of your group worked together will form part of your final score on this webquest.
See your teacher for how these criteria will be applied to this webquest.
Conclusions and Extensions
Want some more detailed information? Then go to these web pages for more detailed instructions on how to use a condom properly, or visit this web page prepared by doctors to learn more about contraception and sexual health.
Go on to the related webquests on Social Barriers to Contraception and Emergency Contraception
Want to talk with someone about these issues? Why not call the Kids Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868 or visit their web site. Also read these tips on how to use Hotline Information.
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