Adolescent Sexual Health SIG

The Adolescent Sexual Health Interest Group is a SIG initially endorsed by MSSVD Council in April 2000.

Membership


Important Notice

Go to www.bashh.org/members/asig_private_content to view the action points from the latest ASIG meeting

Thank you to everyone who applied to join the Adolescent Sexual Health SIG. We have now appointed our new members so the submission date has now been closed.

Terms of Reference

Click here to see terms of references for the Adolescent Special Interest Group

Publications

HM Government - Safeguarding Children and young people from sexual exploitation

The Physical signs of Child Sexual Abuse - An evidence-based review and guidance for best practice - http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/Research/CE/RCPCH-guidelines

London Child Protection procedures

Guidance for all doctors - GMC Guidelines

National Guidelines on the management of sexually transmitted infection

Department of health - Guidance for doctors working with young people

Department of Health - Making health services young people friendly

Nice Guidelines - on one to one interventions with under 18's to reduce TP & STIs

A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children
HM Government

Standards for comprehensive sexual health services for young people under 25 years
Published in International Journal of STD & AIDS, June 2002 and reproduced here with the permission of Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd.

Teenage pregnancy independent advisory group Annual Report 2007-8

Confidentiality & Child Protection

The Government's consultation document "Working together to safeguard children and young people" can be found by clicking the links for either the full document in Word or PDF.

The BASHH response, via the Adolescent SIG, to 'paragraph 4.18' of the Government's consultation document "Working together to safeguard children and young people" can be found by clicking here (Oct 2005).

In addition, the BASHH report on 'paragraph 4.18' entitled "Confidentiality and Child Protection in Sexual Health Services" can be found by clicking here (Oct 2005).

Brook's Wise Up Campaign

Information on the Brook's Wise Up campaign can be viewed by clicking here.