Sexual Health is not just about preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) or HIV. Sexual health includes respecting and protecting yourself and others to reduce the risks of STIs, HIV and unplanned pregnancies, feeling comfortable with your sexuality and having the ability to enjoy healthy, fulfilling and pleasurable relationships.
Sexual Health Promotion
Sexual Health Promotion can be described as any activity which improves and positively supports the sexual and emotional health and well-being of individuals, groups, communities and the wider population and reduces the risk of STIs, HIV and unplanned pregnancies.
About the Website
Information and education is an important part of sexual health promotion. The main aim of this website is to increase young people’s knowledge of sexual health and increase awareness of sexual health and teenage pregnancy services in Brighton and Hove, also to educate and support parents, carers and professionals in talking about sex and delivering sex and relationships education. The website has been based on the cd:rom SWISH that Brighton and Hove City PCT produced and distributed to local schools and youth clubs funded by the local Teenage Pregnancy Implementation Fund. This has been a well evaluated resource and the website is based on this resource with new sections included for parents, carers and professionals.
The website has been funded by the local Teenage Pregnancy Implementation Fund and by Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust.
Young people from Brighton and Hove have been involved in the development of the CD:ROM and website from the beginning by attending workshops, completing questionnaires and designing artwork.
All pictures of young people in sexual health services in the website have been posed by actors.
Feedback
If you have any comments about the website please forward them to: liz.dean@southdowns.nhs.uk
Acknowledgements
Project managed, written and produced by Liz Dean, Brighton and Hove City PCT
Clare Hardman, Brighton and Hove City Council Social Inclusion Project Officer (Teenage Pregnancy and Substance Misuse).
Designed by Ben Massey, Diatribe Design.
Sexual Health Toolkit for practitioners co-ordinated by Kerry Daws, 2008
Sex Tips & Sexual Rights section written and added by Rebecca Birch, July 2008
Name (SWiSH) designed by Kuen-Wah Cheung from Coalition for Youth.
Sex information sections checked and amended by local health professionals.
Special thanks to Sue Ward and Wendy Gardiner from Morley Street Family Planning Clinic, Trisha Keith from The Claude Nicole Centre, Sam Beale from East Sussex PSHE Team, and Jo Martin from Stopover Outreach.
Young People in Claude Nicole photos were posed by actors. Many thanks to Charlie Keith, Kieron Hill, Matthew Jenner, Sophie Money, Katherine Attwell, Harriet Dean-Orange for their contribution.
Other thanks to Eleanor Van Emden, YAC, Nazma Jabbar from Gunns Pharmacy, Staff from YPC, Claude Nicole Centre, Morley Street Family Planning Clinic and Portslade Health Centre.
The information for this cd-rom was drawn, in part, from the following booklets and publications:
Pregnant and Unsure? Brook Advisory, 2004
Roll With It! : A real guide to enjoying using condoms, Brook Advisory, 2004
Love STIngs : A Beginners Guide to Sexually Transmitted Infections, FPA, 1999
Sexually Transmitted Infections : Where to go for help and advice, FPA/NHS, 2003
Is Everybody Doing it? Your Guide to Contraception, FPA, 2003
Your Guide to Contraception: Helping you choose the method of contraception that is best for you, FPA, 2004
Body Works: A rough guide to eggs, sperm and conception, FPA, 2001
Your Guide to Emergency Contraception, FPA, 2003
Pregnancy: Who, why, what, when, where and how it all works: A young person’s guide, FPA, 2002
For Girls : A Below the Bra guide to the female body, FPA, 2002
For Boys : A Below the Belt guide to the male body, FPA, 2002
Pocket Full of Facts for Men, East Sussex, Brighton and Hove Health Promotion, 2001
Know the Facts: HIV transmission and testing, National AIDS Trust, 2002
Say Yes, Say No, Say Maybe, Brook Advisory, 1999
The Big Blue Book of Sex, Lifeline, 1996
Living with a Willy, Nick Fisher, Macmillan Publishing, 1995
The Sex Book: A no-nonsense guide for teenagers, (2001) Jane Pavanel, Lobster Press
Guidance for Schools: Sex and relationship education (2004) East Sussex, Brighton and Hove Healthy Schools Advisory Team
Department for Education and Employment (2000) Sex and Relationship Education Guidance (0116/2000)