‘It says we’re doing our job’ – FOXY publishes pilot study

NWT mental and sexual health non-profit FOXY has published the results of a study evaluating the program’s early success in the territory.

The study, conducted by FOXY co-founder Candice Lys alongside sexual health researchers Carmen Logie and Moses Okumu, was published in the International Journal of STD and AIDS.

In its abstract, the study says its findings show “FOXY holds promise as an effective method of delivering sexual health information through peer education, and increasing STI knowledge, safe sex self-efficacy, and resilience.”

Lys and FOXY co-founder Nancy MacNeill say the study provides hard evidence for their program’s positive impact on northern youth.