Category Archives: Safer sex

Watch out you silver foxes, it’s Sexual Health Week 2010!

By Dr Petra | Published: 13 September, 2010
Tweet Today sees the launch of FPA’s Sexual Health Week 2010, with the focus of this year’s event aimed at the over 50s. Entitled ‘Middle Aged Spread’ it’s the first dedicated sexual health campaign aimed at this age group with the message for people in the 50+ bracket who are starting new relationships that they [...]
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Politics, PR, science and evidence making – lessons from the field

By Dr Petra | Published: 27 April, 2010
TweetOne thing that has marked this election is the growing focus on science issues. This has partly been down to the interest of some politicians in the subject, and mostly due to the activism of a number of scientists (natural and social), science journalists and bloggers. The focus of these discussions has been around tackling [...]
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What’s going on with sex education in the UK?

By Dr Petra | Published: 26 February, 2010
In this past week sex education has been hot news in the UK. Reporting on this issue hasn’t always been clear and I’ve been overwhelmed with emails from parents, teachers and health practitioners asking about what’s going on. Here’s my answers to the most commonly asked questions which hopefully should clear up any confusion and bring you up to speed on what’s happening.
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Celebrating National Condom Week

By Dr Petra | Published: 16 February, 2010
Tweet This week’s national condom week, and in case you hadn’t been thinking about male or female condoms it’s a good time to reflect about what they can bring to your sex lives. Long gone are the days where condoms are thick, smelly and come with the spermicidal pessary that bleaches your boyfriends carpet (yes [...]
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10 things you can do in the fight against HIV/AIDS

By Dr Petra | Published: 1 December, 2009
It’s World AIDS Day and there’s rightfully a lot of attention on the issues of HIV/AIDS, but what can you do to help? Read on for 10 things you might do. Please feel free to share these widely!
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So…..are you a sexpert?

By Dr Petra | Published: 30 October, 2009
On Wednesday I hosted a 'So, you think you're a sexpert?' quiz at London's Science Museum. Yesterday I posted the quiz for you to take if you couldn't make the event. Today it's time to see how you scored....
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