Kershaw presents findings at AIDS Science Day
AIDS Science Day 2011
Cynthia and Kwaku host the PARTNRS booth!
About.Com: Zai Divecha, Asking the Right Questions About Social Media
It’s been a happy Monday for us here at PARTNRS! About.com recently interviewed Zai Divecha, who is a Yale MPH candidate working with PARTNRS data for her thesis, about her research and interest in technology and sexual health. Super cool. I can’t wait for Zai to release the results of her research at the Sex::Tech conference in April! Check it out: www.sexuality.about.com/askingtherightquestions
1 Week Left to Join!
To all PARTNRS followers: We’re enrolling couples in the PARTNRS study for 1 FINAL week!
If you know a young couple that is expecting a baby and might be interested, send them our way at info@partnrstudy.com.
1 week left also means that for those of you that just can’t wait to hear about what our young couples have said, we’ll be starting to report our findings this spring! Stay tuned!
-Anna
Texting, Tweeting, and Teens: Sex Tech 2011
PARTNRS is proud to report that Zai Divecha, MPH candidate will be representing our research group and PARTNRS couples at the Sex Tech Conference in San Fransisco this April! Zai is presenting a unique analysis of the PARTNRS responses titled: “Texting, tweeting, and teens: How under-served urban adolescents use social media to communicate about sexual health,” as a part of the Understanding the Youth Perspective panel.
I checked out the organizations attending the conference and found a group called Scenarios USA, which asks real teens to submit essays about issues affecting their lives as part of an annual contest. Winners get to work with award winning filmakers and producers to transform their stories into short films–which I found AWESOME!
I found this video compelling and relevant and thought it is worth a look for those interested in reducing HIV/STI risk among urban youth by refocusing our attention on the role of romantic relationships. The video is called “Reflections” and describes how “3 best friends learn to take HIV risk seriously as they navigate romantic relationships.” What a great film and organization!
PARTNRS Selects Winter Raffle Winner!
Hello and Happy New Year! We’ve got a fantastic new PARTNRS raffle winner on our hands! James from New Haven was our fabulous winner! James completed all 3 of his interviews and therefore had 8 chances to win the $200 gift certificate to Walmart. Nice work James!
James brought in his cutie 1 year old baby girl and his awesome girlfriend and here is what he had to say about how he felt about winning the raffle:
“I feel great! It makes me feel good that I got the honor and privilege to work with PARTNRS and a bigger one to win a raffle.”
And about how he’ll spend the money?
“I plan on spending it on my daughter and a couple of Christmas presents. Also, on my wonderful girlfriend.”