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