Comprehensive Sexual Health Education &
Prevention and Early Intervention Programming
Sexual Health & Wellbeing
Through active RWJF and NIH funding, we are currently engaged in a three-phase study of sexual health and wellbeing. We are conducting community conversations, in-depth interviews, and will launch a survey in 2026. Phase 1 studies the psychometrics of “sexual health,” to produce a community-developed measure that moves beyond a narrow focus on identity, and better aligns with the WHO standards and culturally relevant understandings. Phase 2 explores the dimensions and domains of holistic sexual wellbeing.
CSHE Training Program
Recognizing the documented efficacy of comprehensive sexual health education (CSHE) in improving sexual health and decreasing interpersonal violence, we’re also working to address a number of curricular/competency gaps and educational access barriers to this kind of education, particularly for minoritized communities. Delivered virtually in small cohorts, the Just Healing Training (JHT) program, integrates liberatory relational practices with anti-oppressive frameworks to create a shame-free and inclusive learning environment.
PEI Programming for Autists
Although Autists make up ~13% of the adult U.S. population, they are heavily underrepresented in gender and sexual health research and programming. This has dire consequences, given that Autists are more likely to experience intimate partner and sexual violence. This project will co-develop, test, and pilot a lived-experience led ADAPT-ITT (Assessment, Decision, Adaptation, Production, Topical experts-integration, Training, and Testing) prevention and early intervention (PEI) sexual health program.