Ready, Steady, ……GO!

The ‘Orange Handbook’ rewrite gets the ‘Green’ light.

Gill BellChris Faldon

Remember 1980? Those were the days!

State of the art technology!

SHASTD meets Dept. Health• June 2000 - Preliminary discussions were

held at D.o.H. • April 2001 - Health Adviser Working Party

was set up in to respond to Sexual Health Strategy document.

• Summer 2001 – Draft Strategy published• October 2001 - Action plan submitted

Action Plan

1. Detailed recommendations for DoH produced.

2. Grant of £39,000 awarded to produce - P/N guidelines

- HA Manual3. Establish Education & Training Working

Party for health advisers

The Manual for Health Adviser Practice

• Chris Faldon/ Gill Bell co-opted• Steering group (Monthly since October 2001)

• Sandra Jarrett• Kathryn Lee• Dorinda Thirlby• Heather Wilson

The Manual

• Currently 31 chapters• Theoretical frameworks• Practical Guidelines• Evidenced based• Evaluation• Ethical & Legal issues

Manual Content• History of Health Advising• Counselling• HA process model• Crisis intervention• Counselling Supervision• Psychosexual Counselling• Working with interpreters• STI’s• Legal issues

• Contraception• Sexual assault• HIV testing including

results• HIV positive role of

Health Advising• Worried well• Hepatitis C• Working with gay men/

Risk Reduction

And yet there is more!

• Young people• Termination of Pregnancy• Health Adviser

management• Code of Conduct• Partner Notification• Ethics• Research and audit• Triage

• Information Technology

• Recall• Mental Health• Community Health

Advising• Outreach • Health Promotion• Working in prisons