Healthy Child Manitoba
Healthy Adolescent Development
List of Programs Supported
Healthy Child Manitoba provides funding to community groups to support healthy adolescent development through the following teen-centred prevention and intervention programs:
Health and Wellness Promotion Programs
Health and Wellness Promotion Programs
Think Again Media Campaign
Working with youth, this campaign developed a province-wide, teen pregnancy prevention media campaign with the message "If You Think It Can't Happen To You - Think Again". Hard-hitting television, radio, bus shelter and billboard ads, in-school posters and the Think Again Website were launched in 2002. The Campaign was updated in 2006 to focus on sexual decision making. Pamphlets, posters and facilitator guides for service providers are available through the Healthy Child Manitoba office. Visit Website.
Teen Talk Program
The Teen Talk Program offers a continuum of reproductive health, mental health, sexuality, substance use and anti-violence education to youth, in and out of school and throughout the Province. The program operates from a harm reduction perspective and utilizes an abstinence plus model. Using a youth-oriented approach, Teen Talk adheres to the belief that by providing youth with comprehensive, non-judgmental information, we enhance their ability to make positive health decisions. Visit Website.
Teen Clinics
Healthy Child Manitoba funds six teen-centred primary health services: Elmwood Teen Clinic, managed by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority through Access River East; St. John’s High School Teen Clinic, managed by Mount Carmel Clinic; Nor-Man Teen Clinics in Flin Flon, The Pas and Cranberry Portage managed by Nor-Man Regional Health Authority; and Selkirk Teen Clinic, managed by Interlake Regional Health Authority. All Healthy Child Manitoba funded teen clinics were developed through a community development approach and operate on the core principles of choice, confidentiality, accessibility, harm reduction and cultural responsiveness.
The goals of teen-centred health care services are to:
- ensure young people in Manitoba have access to health services that are accessible and appropriate to their needs;
- provide young people with opportunities to learn about the health issues that concern them, identify strategies for maintaining good health and access health promotion tools and resources; and
- provide young people with accurate non judgmental information, respectful care that acknowledges the diversity of cultures and values of all young people, and recognizes gender specific needs.
In 2006 Healthy Child Manitoba in partnership with other government departments, the WRHA and community based organizations developed a Teen Clinic Services Manual and a Volunteer Manual and Training Curriculum. These manuals are intended to support organizations wanting to develop a teen centered health clinic or sexual and reproductive health volunteer services within their organization.
Teen Clinic Services Manual | Download
Volunteer Manual and Training Curriculum | Download
Locations of Teen Clinics in Manitoba
Always phone ahead to confirm hours of operation are up to date
Teen Clinics In Winnipeg | Download
Teen Clinics In Rural Manitoba| Download
Northern Aboriginal Youth Council
Located in the northern Manitoba, Ma Mow We Tak Friendship Centre administers culturally appropriate initiatives with northern aboriginal youth to assist in reducing unintended adolescent pregnancies.
Adolescent Parent Interagency Network (APIN)
APIN is a network of agencies and professionals in Manitoba who meet monthly with the goal of ensuring high quality service to pregnant and parenting adolescents.
For more information about APIN please visit their website at www.apin.org.
Your Choice for Your Reasons
This service provider handbook replaces the original Your Choice for Your Reasons published in 2002, by APIN and Healthy Child Manitoba. The 2009 revised handbook provides information for service providers working with youth to aid them in providing up to date and factual information about pregnancy options. This handbook is not intended to replace comprehensive decision making training for service providers regarding counselling women of any age with an unintended pregnancy.
Your Choice for Your Reasons Handbook | Download
Mentoring Interventions
Big Brothers Big Sisters In-School Mentoring Program
The In-School Mentoring Program is offered to students in grades 2-5 in at-risk circumstances at participating elementary schools. The mentor provides assistance to the student by promoting positive feelings around personal and academic skills by spending one hour a week with the student at the student's school. Activities vary according to the interest of the child. In-school Mentoring Programs are currently offered in Winnipeg, Brandon, Portage La Prairie and Morden/Winkler.
New Friends Community Mentorship
New Friends offers mentoring to children and adolescents in the Lac du Bonnet area of Manitoba. The model is very similar to Big Brothers and Big Sisters.
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