Love Me Sexy

Challenges Entered:

Information in this mashup will be aggregated and catalogued from a variety of sources â€“ local health authorities, health service providers, product manufacturers, and user inputs/reviews. Combining the information provided by a range of sources will provide a concise, holistic view of categorical sexual health information, and allow for driving deeper to specific issues and product brands. Extensive search capabilities will allow sorting by product type, sexual health issue or need, and geography. Peer-to-peer interactions will enhance the factual data with opinion-based ratings of products, services, actions, and health issues. Users will be encouraged to provide links to information not captured by other sources â€“ their personal knowledge and reach becomes a component of the overall mashup.

What else have you done in this area of work?

As an established non-profit online social network for youth activists YouthNoise is well positioned to develop this project. In 2007 we launched a personal health campaign focused on both sexual health and physical activity. We built a sexual health knowledgebase and now want to expand the reach and effectiveness of this concept. Our audience is eager to see information delivered in an innovative and relevant way. Our global reach and our ability to highlight local actions create a unique opportunity to build vibrant content that will resonate with people of all backgrounds while building lines of communication and understanding between them.

Project Details

Project video:

Supporting organization:

YouthNoise, Inc.

Project Assessment

Financial support:

Project has financial support

Project goals:

Love Me Sexy is designed to be a one-stop place for teens and young adults to access comprehensive sexual health and relationship information. Currently a teen would need to spend considerable time doing online searches to locate information related to sexual health and relationships. We want to create a place where youth can find listings of local health clinics, ratings of contraceptives, hotlines, and other sexual health & relationship resources. This mashup would be searchable by topic, location, and gender. In addition to factual information, users will be able to rate products and services providing the crucial peer-to-peer aspect that young people relate to. We envision a site where you can find information on the best health clinics, places providing AIDS/STD testing, product ratings (sexual toys, pregnancy kits, contraceptives, etc), hotlines & resources. Accessible via mobile technology, Love Me Sexy will make it simple to access all-inclusive information about sexual health and relationships. We envision this as the first phase in constructing an expansive â€œpersonal healthâ€ site for young people with future areas devoted to nutrition & exercise, mental health, and other relevant health topics for youth.

Identified Obstacles:

We need technical help in developing this concept to its fullest potential. We will need funding to make this idea a reality â€“ our estimated budget is approximately $500,000.

Location

San Francisco, CA

United States

See map: Google Maps

Submitted by YouthNoise2 on March 13, 2008 - 3:30pm

LoveMeSexy.org

Submitted by JoeSolomon on March 13, 2008 - 5:44pm.

is available - you should grab it!

Another mashable data source: health insurance networks?

Submitted by idearist on March 14, 2008 - 10:23am.

If possible, it would be great to show insurance networks, coverage by health insurance/plan product. That way, you could know if the doctor/clinic you want to see would take your payment plan.

Another mashable source might be Yelp.com reviews.

Another mashable data source: health insurance networks?

Submitted by idearist on March 14, 2008 - 10:20am.

I like it. I have a suggestion - be able to show what insurance the clinic/doctor takes.

One my other ideas was to allow you to find/review a health provider, while linking up to healthcare activists. Ideally it would combine:

Locations and listings of clinics, hospitals, doctors, specialists, acupuncturists (and the stuff you mentioned could be included)
Insurance networks, coverage by health insurance/plan product
Yelp.com reviews
Linkages to CBOs/Resources/Campaigns who want your story/membership/activism

That way, people can know how accessible the listed resources will be for them, before calling for an appointment.