Information and Educational (I&E)
These expectations lay out requirements for the formal review and approval of all educational materials by a representative advisory committee prior to their distribution. These standards mandate that at least five people representative of the audience evaluate each material to ensure it is accurate and suitable for the specific community for which it is intended.
All I&E expectations from the Title X Program Handbook are listed below, along with resources your project can use to meet each one.
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Have an advisory committee (sometimes referred to as information and education committee) that reviews and approves print and electronic informational and educational materials developed or made available under the project, prior to their distribution, to assure that the materials are suitable for the population or community to which they are to be made available and the purposes of Title X. The project shall not disseminate any materials which are not approved by the advisory committee. (Section 1006(d)(1) and (2), PHS Act; 42 CFR § 59.6(a))
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Think specifically about the print and electronic materials made available to Title X clients under the Title X project when considering which materials require review and approval by the advisory committee. To help identify what materials require review and approval by the advisory committee, Title X projects should think specifically about the materials that they are making available to Title X clients under the Title X project. For Title X projects that provide non-Title X services (e.g., hospitals, FQHCs), this does not include all possible materials that a Title X client may find on the organization’s website or as they walk through the building, but only those specific materials that are made available to the Title X client under the Title X project and those materials developed specifically for the Title X client. If the material is intended to be provided to the client as information and education, it should be reviewed by the advisory committee; this does not include tweets. (2021 Final Rule FAQs)
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Establish and maintain an advisory committee that: i. consists of no fewer than five members and up to as many members the recipient determines; and ii. includes individuals broadly representative of the population or community for which the materials are intended... (Section 1006(d)(2), PHS Act; 42 CFR § 59.6(b))
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Ensure that the advisory committee, in reviewing materials:
- consider the educational, cultural, and diverse backgrounds of individuals to whom the materials are addressed;
- consider the standards of the population or community to be served with respect to such materials;
- review the content of the material to assure that the information is factually correct, medically accurate, culturally and linguistically appropriate, inclusive, and trauma informed;
- determine whether the material is suitable for the population or community to which is to be made available; and
- establish and maintain a written record of its determinations.
(Section 1006(d)(1), PHS Act; 42 CFR §59.6(b))
See the featured resources above and additional resources below.