The Caring For You, Caring For Me: Sex, Health, and Choice patient education brochure was developed for use in sexual and reproductive health settings. Sexual and reproductive health providers, navigators, and educators can use this business card-sized tool to prompt conversations with patients about sexual and reproductive relationships may be impacting their health and experiences of sexual or reproductive coercion. The back panel of the card includes information on where patients can get support for themselves or a friend, including a safety decision making tool, MyPlan. This is an updated version of FUTURES “Did you know your relationship affects your health?” safety card. This card was extensively focus grouped with patients, survivors, and sexual and reproductive healthcare providers.
How to use this card:
This safety card can help facilitate conversations about healthy relationships + consent, and sexual and reproductive coercion, and how they impact our health. As a part of the “CUES Intervention”, sharing this safety card with all patients affirms messaging about the importance of consent and bodily autonomy, normalizes conversations about relationships in the health setting, and allows survivors to receive information and support without being required to answer “yes” to a screening question or voluntarily disclose abuse. “CUES” is an acronym that stands for Confidentiality, Universal Education , and Support.
Implement the CUES Intervention: ipvhealth.org/health-professionals/educate-providers/
