Please use the login and password provided to you to access the content. If you are not sure of the login or password, please send us an email. Remember Me. This requires access—to comprehensive sex education as well as unrestricted access to sexual and reproductive health services. Young people deserve access to medically accurate, comprehensive sex education in order to make informed decisions for their futures. Access matters. In Douglas County, rates of sexually transmitted infections STIs among young people ages 15 to 24 are notably higher than they are in the state of Nebraska—or even nationwide.
Adolescents in our community continue to report epidemic rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia specifically. The Adolescent Health Project aims to increase sexual health knowledge of youth and improve health outcomes by providing barrier-free access to STI testing and treatment and highly effective forms of contraception to reduce STIs and unintended pregnancies, particularly among young people of all genders, ages 24 and younger.
We have rejected further restrictions on abortions whenever anti-abortion politicians try to insert their personal beliefs into our health care — which have included attempts to ban abortion completely when Roe fell LB in and multiple attempts to ban abortions at six weeks LB in and LB in Unfortunately, this ballot measure failed and the existing week ban was put into the constitution in November Collectively, we will continue to reject further restrictions on abortions whenever introduced.
To learn more about how to advocate for abortion access, join the movement at NebraskansForAbortionAccess. Age-appropriate, honest and complete information about sexual and reproductive health—including gender identity, sexual orientation, contraception, consent and healthy relationships—makes a difference in creating healthy outcomes for young people. Comprehensive sex education in schools, as well as open dialogue on these topics with trusted adults, is essential.
The HGD standards are grade-specific. The standards, with documents and curriculum pacing guides are available on the OPS website. The Nebraska Department of Education engaged a group of educators teachers, administrators, ESU staff, postsecondary representatives in developing Nebraska Health Education Standards to create the framework for K health education in our state.
