The document discusses challenges and potential solutions related to providing sexual health advice and education to young people. It notes that young people have many questions about sexuality, but that discussing sexual health with youth can be difficult due to media opposition, patchy sex education, fear of encouraging experimentation, and mixed messages. It proposes that better reaching young people may involve school-based education, youth media campaigns, social networking, and training for those who work with youth, with an emphasis on evidence-based, sex-positive approaches developed in consultation with young people themselves.

1. Investigating young people’s sexual cultures: Young people and sexual health: case studies in media, research and advice giving Petra Boynton Department of Open Learning, Division of Medical Education University College London [email_address] www.drpetra.co.uk

2. Research how advice giving ‘works’ Researching human sexuality Work as an Agony Aunt Training and education in Sex/relationships advice giving

8. Thanks for your attention! Petra Boynton Department of Open Learning, Division of Medical Education University College London [email_address] www.drpetra.co.uk