Sex and the City presentation Steve Slack

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Welcome Sex and the City Sheffield 2008 Steve
Slack Director, Centre for HIV Sexual Health
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Guidelines for Working Together

• Well listen to each other well
• We will welcome the diversity in the group
• We will disagree and challenge constructively
• We will check things out
• Its fine to make mistakes
• We will all take responsibility to be punctual
• Well achieve more if we enjoy ourselves

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Four questions to consider?

• Why do people have sex?
• What is the relationship between sexual health
  and other health and social issues?
• What are we doing well in Sheffield?
• What could we do better?

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Fact People like having sex
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An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away

• Stimulates mental activity
• Improves mental health and sense of well-being
• Improves the immune system
• good for cardiovascular system
• Natural pain killer (oxytoxin)
• Increases pulse rate from 70-150 beats per minute
• Equivalent to 15 minutes on treadmill
• Burns up to 200 calories
• In men it is good for the prostate
• In women it maintains elasticity and moisture
• Frequent sex is a natural viagra
• Healthy sex may help you live longer and is
  completely natural and organic!

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Flora-orgasm
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Sexual health and fitness

• 5 portions of fruit and veg a day
• 30 mins physical activity three times a week
• And
• Sex and masturbation twice a week

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Definition of sexual health
Sexual healthis not merely the absence of
disease, dysfunction or infirmity. Sexual health
requires a positive and respectful approach to
sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as
the possibility of having pleasurable and safe
sexual experiences, free of coercion,
discrimination and violence. WHO Gender and
Reproductive Rights
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Sheffield Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy
A particular concern in the city is the
association between alcohol and unplanned,
unprotected, regretted and abusive sexual
activity. Author, Mike Ward, Alcohol Concern
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Summer campaign
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Young Journalist Project
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PASH Project
Sheffield Star Newspaper October 2008
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What we think or what we know, or what we
believe is, in the end of little consequence. The
only thing of consequence is what we do. John
Ruskin
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Progress and Priorities working together for
high quality sexual health Review of the
National Strategy for Sexual Health and HIV
Produced for the Independent Advisory Group for
Sexual Health and HIV (SHIAG) by the Medical
Foundation for AIDS and Sexual Health
(MedFASH) Priority Action on five key strategic
areas July 2008
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• Prioritising Sexual Health as a key public health
  issue and sustaining high-level leadership at
  local regional and national levels
• Building strategic partnerships
• Commissioning for improved sexual health
• Investing more in prevention
• Delivering modern sexual health services

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A Changing Environment Darzi Chapter 3 High
Quality Care for Patients and the Public Ensuring
that people have convenient access to prevention
services Our efforts must be focused on six key
goals tackling obesity, reducing alcohol harm,
treating drug addiction, reducing smoking rates,
improving sexual health and improving mental
health.
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