sexual health

Friends are the biggest source of sex information for young people

A survey recently conducted by Family Planning NSW and Myspace.com asked over 1,000 young people, aged between 12 and 24 years old, where they went to find out information about reproductive and sexual health including: body stuff (puberty) how to stop getting pregnant (contraception) sex stuff Relationships The outcomes of the survey were released to [...]

Is supplying condoms to teenagers the answer?

25% of year 10 students are having sex In Victoria at the moment there is a debate about whether or not schools should make condoms readily available to high school children, given that recent research showed 25% of year 10 students said they were already having sex and 50% of year 12 students said they have [...]

Parents often too late with children's sexual education

An American study has found that by the time most parents attempt to discuss sexual health with their children they are already sexually active. The study of 141 13- to 17-year-olds found that half of the teens surveyed had already engaged in sexual activities by the time their parents attempted to teach them about sex. [...]

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