Council View: Why we need to update relationships and sex education
By Alice Cruttwell, Public Health Curriculum Adviser, children and young people's team, Shropshire Council
It may seem old-fashioned and from another era, yet ignorance, confusion and embarrassment surrounding relationships and sex is still with us.
I have worked in health education for the last 35 years, as a youth worker, local authority adviser and regional and national strategic lead. Most recently I have been involved in developing the Shropshire Public Health PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education) programme, which includes the award-winning relationship and sex education curriculum for years 1 to 11.
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