Acknowledgements
This project was managed by Orla McGowan, Education and Information Officer, HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme (formerly the Crisis Pregnancy Agency) omcgowan( at )crisispregnancy.ie with the support and guidance of:
The Board of the Crisis Pregnancy Agency:
Chair: Katharine Bulbulia
Rosemary Grant
Peter Finnegan
Anne Flood
Helen Faughnan
Gerladine Luddy
Sally-Ann Flanagan
Jimmy Duggan
The Programmes and Communications Sub-Committee of the Crisis Pregnancy Agency:
Chair: Peter Finnegan
Katharine Bulbulia
Sally-Ann Flanaghan
Geraldine Luddy
The Programmes and Communications team and the Research and Policy team of the Crisis Pregnancy Programme.
The Consultative Committee of the Crisis Pregnancy Programme.
In 2008, an extensive consultation phase took place, where various experts in sex education, sexual health promotion were interviewed. People with experience of working with and for young people and parents of young people were also interviewed as well as individuals from statutory agencies. 40 individual were interviewed in total.
In addition, over 200 teenagers were interviewed and asked to give their views on why this campaign should look like, the logo, the content of the website and the look and feel of the website. They also submitted questions they said they would like addressed as part of the campaign.
Schools
Good Counsel College, New Ross, Co. Wexford
Castleknock Community College, Dublin 15
St. Louis High School, Dundalk, Co. Louth
Mulroy College, Milford, Co. Donegal
Youth Groups
The Milford Group, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
The Exit Cafe, Tallaght, Dublin 24
St. Andrew’s Resource Centre, Pearse St., Dublin 1
Teen Parent Support Programme, Dublin
Moyross Group, Co. Limerick
Ferrybank Group, Co. Waterford
Linkpoint Group, Co. Cork
Mullingar Youth Service, Co. Westmeath
Blanchardstown Youth Service, Mulhuddart, Co. Dublin
Swan Youth Service, Ballybough, Dublin 1
Pavee Point Youth Group
The Ethics Committee for Consultation with Young People
Dr. Elizabeth Nixon, Children’s Research Centre, TCD
Dr. Abbey Hyde, School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCD
Ms. Karen Dent, UCD
Dr. Patricia Moriarty, Psychologist
The Advisory Group
Sorcha Cusack – Donegal Youth Council
Janet Gaynor – Assistant Health Promotion Manager, HSE West
Deiniol Jones – Assistant Director, Youth Work Services, National Youth Council of Ireland
Orla McGowan – Education and Information Officer, Crisis Pregnancy Programme
Sharon McGrath - National Co-ordinator for Social Personal and Health Education
Maire Ni Chuireain – Donegal Youth Council
Rita O’Reilly – CEO, Parentline
Frances Shearer – National Co-ordinator for Relationships and Sexuality Education
Enda Saul – Programmes and Communications Manager, Crisis Pregnancy Programme
Other Advisors
The following people worked with the Crisis Pregnancy Programme on the development of content for the website on the area of their expertise.
Conor Brennan, Counsellor
Mary Crean, Bodywhys
Sandra Delamere, GUIDE Clinic, St. James’s Hospital
Orla Egan & Michael Barron, BeLonG To
Dr. David Gibney, GP (contraception section & medical review)
Simon Grehan, National Centre for Technology In Education
Louize Carroll, Headstrong
Maire Morrisey, Project Manager, Squashy Couch Youth Cafe, Waterford
Garret O’Connor, Barrister (age of consent section & legal review)
Rita O’Reilly, CEO, Parentline
Frances Shearer, National Co-ordinator for Relationships and Sexuality Education
Teen Parents Support Programme
Margaret Grogan, the National Educational Psychological Service
Moira Germaine, Senior Health Promotion Officer, Sexual Health, HSE South
The evidence for this campaign was based on numerous researh reports published by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency. In particular the work of:
Professor Hannah McGee & Professor Richard Layte - The Irish Study of Sexual Health and Relationships
Dr. Abbey Hyde - Understanding Teenage Sexuality in Ireland
Dr. Jo Murphy Lawless - Fertility, Sex and Motherhood
Elements of the work of Jo Adams have been used in certain sections of this website.
