As part of the Australian Government's ongoing National
STI Prevention Program: Sexual Health Campaign, a
competition aimed at young people to design limited edition condom
tins is now open.
The campaign aims to raise awareness about the risks of
infection and encourage safe sexual behavior, including using
condoms and seeing a doctor about testing after unprotected
sex.
To encourage condom carrying, the campaign is encouraging young
people to design a condom tin that will appeal to their peer
group. This competition will build on the achievements of the
campaign to date by encouraging interaction and participation from
the target audience and further promotion of campaign messages.
The competition is open for a period of four weeks and entry is
via the campaign website at www.australia.gov.au/sti. Entrants can use the
design tool provided to create and upload their design or they can
use their own design software. Visitors to the site can view all of
the submitted entries and vote for their favourite design.
Two winning entries will be chosen by our panel of judges
including visual and performance artist Ben Frost, Australian rock
band Bluejuice and expert on dating, sex and relationships,
Samantha Brett. The judges will choose one winner from all of the
entries and a second winner from the top ten designs as voted on by
the public.
The winners will each receive $1000 and have their design
produced on condom tins.
This design competition would be ideal for Design and Technology
classes or Health Education classes so why not check it out.
For information about key messages in relation to sexual health, check out
the factsheets on the Reach Out Teachers
Network site.
And don't forget to let us know how it goes, even share some fo
students slogans here ...