HOT creates and distributes a number of resources to youth services across Australia. You can send us an order form to purchase any of these, or you can read more about them below. We have also compiled a great list of resources that other agencies have put together which are relevant and easy to use with marginalised populations. For a full list of these resources, please check out the Sexual Health on The Agenda blog. On the top right of the page you will see a list of resources covering various topics.
HOT currently distributes the following resources
· The One 2 One Manual
· The HOT Kit
· The HOT Stuff DVD
· 6 Mates 6 Stories Young Men’s Health DVD
· Hep C Stickers
· Sexual Health Resource Starter Kits
· NSW Health Get Tested Play Safe Campaign Material
· Condoms
The One 2 One Manual
Created by the HOT Project
Cost: $75 (plus $10 postage and handling)
One 2 One is a sexual health education resource designed for use in one on one conversations with homeless/at-risk young people. It came about through a series of consultations with youth workers, and was put together by HOT with a team of youth accommodation and youth health workers.
The One 2 One manual is packed full of activities and resources to assist youth workers to incorporate sexual health discussions into their case work with young people. It covers a broad range of sexual health issues ranging from self esteem, relationships and communication skills through to decision making skills, power in relationships and how drug/alcohol use impacts on our sexual health.
One of the aims of HOT trainings is to strengthen the links between youth workers and their local youth health or sexual health service. In line with this, youth friendly health professionals from the local area are part of each HOT training, providing basic sexual health information to youth workers, and informing participants about ways in which their service can work in collaboration with youth workers to meet the needs of homeless/at-risk young people. Training participants have indicated it has been helpful to meet these people and to gain understanding of current sexual health issues in their area, and about what is involved in visiting a youth health or sexual health service.
The HOT Kit
Created by the HOT Project
Cost: $125 (plus $15 postage and handling)
The HOT Game was first developed in 1994, and HOT has used a participatory Action Research model to evaluate the Game in an ongoing way with both young people and youth workers since its inception. Over the years that the HOT Game has been in development it has proven to be an excellent way to facilitate awareness of the issues identified in HOT’s aims among the target group. The Game was originally played by the HOT educators and Peer Educators with young people at youth services, however this proved resource intensive and unsustainable. The HOT Project now offers training to workplaces in playing the HOT Game with young people. The HOT Kit consists of the new HOT Game, the Resource Guide and the HOT Stuff DVD.
The original version of the Resource Guide was called The Facilitator’s Guide (to the HOT Game). Initially as each game was created for a specific service, each Facilitator’s Guide was also produced individually. The HOT project realised that this method had become time-intensive and decided to produce a generic guide that could be sent out with the revamped HOT Game.
The Guide was an attempt to introduce the Game to services that were unfamiliar with running sexual health education programs for young service users. It contained a description of how the Game could be adapted as well as suggestions for playing the Game. In more recent times, HOT has continued to receive feedback from services that youth workers felt uncomfortable around their level of health knowledge. In response, the HOT Project decided to include a series of ‘Fact Sheets’ on sexual health, contraception, safer sex and safer drug use.
The game itself engages young people in discussing sexual health in a broad view, as well as drugs and alcohol. A very small part of the game is fact based, with most of it simply encouraging young people to open up to a discussion about relevant issue on their own terms. Scoring and point systems are flexible, so the game can be used with a variety of different groups. Workers have reported that the versatility of the game has made it valuable to them in a variety of different settings. Services who purchase the game in the Sydney area can also receive a free training in how to run the game with young people.
The HOT Stuff DVD
Created by the HOT Project
Cost: $25 (plus $5 postage and handling)
Along with the revamped HOT Game, and the Resource Guide, HOT produced a DVD 'HOT Stuff' last year. HOT Stuff was produced in conjunction with young people and FPA Health. It is an 11 minute drama focusing on young people and sexual health as well as blood-borne viruses and drugs and alcohol.
6 Mates 6 Stories Young Men’s Health DVD
Created by Melville City Council
Cost: $33 (plus $5 postage and handling)
With funding from Lotterywest, the Department of Health, Roadwise and the Men's Advisory Network, the City of Melville has produced six short films titled ‘6’.
Each film is approximately seven-to-nine minutes long and is aimed at the elusive adolescent male.
The professionally-produced short films will be used as catalysts to provoke discussion among young men in high schools and outreach services as well as encouraging resiliency and development of life skills.
The films centre around a group of 17 year olds, each character facing their own demons with themes ranging from self-esteem to crime and drink driving. The stories depict a way out for young men in despair while encouraging help-seeking behaviour.
Hep C Stickers
Created by Youthblock Youth Health and the Hep C Council of NSW
Cost $2 for 50 stickers
The Hep C stickers were developed in conjunction with Youthblock and the Hep C Council, and feature sections of the Marrickville Council Hep C mural at Marrickville Station. They are designed to be used as part of a health promotion program.
Warning: they are not for general distribution!
Sexual Health Resource Starter Kits
Created by Various
Cost: $5
A beginner resource pack containing a variety of sexual health pamphlets and resources, as well as ways to receive more. Many workers simply don’t know what is on offer, so this small pack is designed for interested workers to begin a collection of sexual health resources relevant to homeless and art risk young people.
NSW Health Get Tested Play Safe Campaign Material
Created by NSW Health
Cost: Free
In 2009 NSW Health released a sexual health campaign encouraging people to get tested for STIs and use condoms. The campaign is supported by information cards, A3 posters and A2 posters. These resources are available through HOT.
Condoms
Cost: $5 for 100