So says Pete Norman, senior youth worker at Birmingham City Council's Maypole Centre. His claims were more than fanciful thinking as they were supported by research evidence, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, showing that the centre's Sexual and Health Education (SHE) programme had, over a four-year period working with 250 young women:
- Encouraged higher than average use of "barrier" methods of contraception
- Significantly increased the rate of contraception use among these young people after the programme had ended
- Contributed to a relatively low rate of under-16 sexual activity
- Increased access to a local sexual health centre.
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