This is the most recent NCSH quarterly social media campaign, which includes sample sexual health content that you can use and/or adapt for your digital and social media channels. We have formatted this content for Twitter, but it can be adapted for Facebook as well. The campaign contains three parts:
Part 1: Our theme for this campaign is Achieving Sexual Health Equity: Past, Present, and Future. It includes tweets on the basics of sexual and reproductive health equity, the history of sexual/reproductive inequities, socioeconomic barriers to accessing care, racial and ethnic disparities in care. Also, it features content on women’s health and other gender disparities, care for people with disabilities, and our vision for the future of sexual and reproductive health equity. Our tweets will also include practical advice and links to resources to help different populations and organizations address and reduce inequities.
Part 2: This features sample tweets in support of key health observances, holidays, and other cultural milestones that will be taking place over the next three months.
Part 3: This section includes social media graphics to accompany Parts 1 and 2. This part of the document contains links to graphics on Canva which are designed for Instagram but can be reformatted for other social media sites if desired.
The key observances for this quarter include:
- Black History Month (February)
- Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (February)
- National Cancer Prevention Month (February)
- World Cancer Day (2/4)
- National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) (2/7)
- Valentine’s Day (2/14)
- National Condom Week (2/14- 2/21)
- Women’s History Month (March)
- Developmental Disability Awareness Month(March)
- Endometriosis Awareness Month (March)
- World Teen Mental Wellness Day (3/2)
- International Women’s Day (3/8)
- National Women and Girls HIV Awareness Day (3/10)
- St. Patrick’s Day (3/17)
- National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (3/20)
- LGBT Health Week (3/20- 3/24)
- Trans Day of Visibility (3/31)
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month (April)
- Testicular Cancer Awareness Month (April)
- National Minority Health Month (April)
- National Public Health Week (4/1- 4/7)
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month Day of Action (4/2)
- National Youth HIV&AIDS Awareness Day (4/10)
- Black Maternal Health Week (4/11- 4/17)
- STI Awareness Week (4/14- 4/20)
- National Transgender HIV Testing Day (4/18)
- Fibroid Awareness Week (4/18- 4/24)
- National Infertility Awareness Week (4/21- 4/27)
- World Immunization Week (4/24- 4/30)
Here's a sample of what you can find in the full campaign:
- In honor of #blackhistorymonth, let’s celebrate four Black women leaders in the Reproductive Justice space. Who else is a Black RJ leader you admire? Drop some love below: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-orange-san-bernardino/about-us/blog/black-history-month-leaders-in-reproductive-justice
- J. Marion Sims is considered to be the “father of modern gynecology” but performed dangerous, invasive surgeries on enslaved Black women without anesthesia or consent. To not repeat atrocities, it is essential to address medical racism & know our history. https://www.businessinsider.com/j-marion-sims-father-modern-gynecology-experiments-enslaved-black-women-2024-1
- Do you live in a contraception desert? Where are the contraception deserts in your state? @PowerToDecide has an interactive tool to help visualize where the highest need areas are: https://powertodecide.org/what-we-do/contraceptive-deserts
- According to @HIVGov, equity isn’t just important for equity’s sake. It’s the vehicle to end the HIV epidemic. https://www.hiv.gov/blog/all-us-equity-key-hiv-epidemic-control/
- Providers often dismiss Black women’s pain. It’s time for that to change. #Providers can learn how to address their racial biases to advance health equity. https://capitalbnews.org/black-women-pain
