To promote the community health mission of the Department of Family Practice and Community Health, through assisting in the undergraduate, graduate and continuing education mission of the Department as it pertains to community health. As part of the University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Family Practice and Community Health, PHS is strongly committed to promoting the sexual health of the community. Programs Currently, the focus of our HIV prevention initiatives has been primarily HIV and STD prevention among those at highest risk. Through interagency collaboration, conferences, community festivals and program development, PHS staff work directly with communities at risk to promote sexual health. The Beyond sexual health seminars are for women who have sex with or are attracted to women and men.
Participants learn about sex, identity, and sexuality.
Funded by the Minnesota Department of Health, the project began in 1999 and will have two seminars in 2000. PHS sponsors Beyond with Chrysalis Center for Women, Planned Parenthood of Minnesota and South Dakota, and University Family Physicians - North Memorial Clinic. Read more about Beyond . The 2-day seminars include large group presentations by health professionals, panels, sexually explicit media and small group discussions. This is a CDC-funded project, and subjects are reimbursed for their involvement.