Interview with Deb Levine of ISIS – Youth Trends Report Interview conducted by Ben Leis “Deb Levine is the Executive Director of Internet Sexuality Information Services – ISIS, Inc. – a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to developing Internet technologies to enhance the sexual well-being of individuals and communities. She has been working professionally on the [...]
July, 2010 Dear ISIS Supporter, Summer is here and things are heating up at ISIS. Here’s a little taste of what we’ve been up to: ISIS in the News: Thomson-Reuters published an article on ISIS’ Executive Director and Founder, Deb Levine, and her mission to use technology for sexual health. Read “Sex ed entrepreneur trades [...]
In Juvenile Hall, a Struggle over STD Testing High rates of sexually transmitted diseases among incarcerated youth reflect a broader problem By Trey Bundy Incarcerated youth in San Francisco usually come from high-crime, economically depressed neighborhoods, and bring with them the health issues associated with poverty and poor access to medical care. Case in point: [...]
By Deborah L. Cohen CHICAGO | Wed Jul 7, 2010 3:16pm EDT CHICAGO (Reuters) – Deb Levine started her online sex education company because she was bored putting condoms on bananas as a way to teach students about safe sex. What began as a simple Internet sexual Q&A column nearly 20 years ago – Go [...]
Visit full site Home living Texting for sexual health advice April 4, 2010 00:04:00 Megan Ogilvie Health Reporter You are a teen in Toronto and worried about whether you have a sexually transmitted infection. You could go online to Google ‘chlamydia,’ but don’t want to risk your parents finding your search history. You are too [...]
March 17, 2010 – 10:31 am
Teen Sex Education Conference To Focus On Tech Teen health educators, techies and disease prevention advocates from across the country will be in San Francisco Friday and Saturday for a conference on using social media and other technology to educate teens about safe sex and disease prevention. This is the third annual Sex::Tech Conference put [...]
Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007. Addressing the very private nature of intimacy remains the most difficult aspect of sex-ed on the social web. While “Public Health 2.0″ is a top priority for related causes and organizations, it can [...]
January 8, 2010 – 10:53 am
Sex::Tech … You heard it right… Submitted by Dave Foster on January 7, 2010 – 5:55pm. Sex::Tech is an upcoming conference dedicated to technology and sexual health, this February 26-27 in San Francisco, CA. That’s what you thought it was going to be about, right? So the title earns it a little extra buzz—that’s a [...]
September 9, 2009 – 4:50 pm
sex and the new media Sex education has taken on a whole new venue: Some states offer teens the ability to ask questions and get answers through text messaging services and Web sites. Coverage of HOOKUP 365247 and inSPOT. By Tim Weldon The text comes in: I’m 14 and am going to lose my virginity [...]
Deb Levine has a quote featured in this excellent article by New York Times Sunday Styles writer Jan Hoffman. And her start in the field of technology and sexual health in 1993, Columbia University’s Go Ask Alice, is mentioned as well. When the Cellphone Teaches Sex Education Nicole Fineman/The New York Times By JAN HOFFMAN [...]
