University of Manchester, for public release 27-Jan-2015 In the largest study of opioids users ever undertaken, the researchers used records of 198,247 people in England. Opioid users were six times more likely to die prematurely than people in the general population. Almost one in ten of these deaths were due to suicide, more than four times the rate in the general population. Read more here...
Michigan State University, Posted on January 23, 2015 Unfortunately, sexual harassment is a common problem in schools and affects the education of millions of children. According to a report called Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, students who experience sexual harassment report having trouble studying, not wanting to go to school and feeling sick to their stomach. Sexual...
The Lancet, July 2014 The Lancet’s series on HIV & Sex Workers is available via open access. NB: these papers had a peer acting as sub-editor. Executive Summary: With heightened risks of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, sex workers face substantial barriers in accessing prevention, treatment, and care services, largely because of stigma, discrimination, and criminalisation...
Posted by: YEP Project on January 8, 2015 Aside from the ‘embarrassment’ factor, many young people may have a number of reasons as to why they do not use condoms, and as Youth Workers, it is important to recognise these barriers and work with the young person to identify ways to overcome them. Read more here Note: SHine SA sells and loans the Condom Card Game/Condom Negotiation Cards box set...
NHS, Monday January 12 2015
“Contraceptive injections moderately increase a woman’s risk of becoming infected with HIV,” The Guardian reports.
The headline was prompted by an analysis of 12 studies, but these results do not prove the injection directly increases the risk of HIV.
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The Guardian, Thursday 22 January 2015 06.00 AEST
The proposal for a specialist school catering for LGBT pupils in Manchester strikes me as a terrible idea.
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