Carmarthenshire's sex education approach praised
Carmarthenshire’s innovative approach to sexual health education has led to national recognition. InterseXion, a national magazine for sexual health and education in Wales, featured Carmarthenshire’s peer-led approach to educating young people about sexual health. Run as a partnership between Carmarthenshire County Council and Hywel Dda Health Board, the programme sees students delivering an educational programme to fellow students who are the same age, or slightly younger than themselves. A county comprehensive school has recently participated in a study to assess the impact of the programme, where year 12 pupils were trained and delivered three sex education lessons to younger pupils in year eight. The results were positive, and responses from both year eight and year 12 pupils questioned following the programme reported a significant increase in knowledge of topics including sexually transmitted diseases (STIs), contraception, and issues of sexual orientation. Lynn Edwards, Healthy ...