The Low Down

The Low Down is a resource about sexual health and relationships for young people under 25 years old. The resource was developed in plain English for young people from a non-English speaking background.

Survey of men's knowledge and attitudes towards sexually transmissible infections and contraception

In 2014, Family Planning NSW, in partnership with the national online dating website ‘RSVP’, conducted an anonymous online survey among male online dating users to investigate their experiences, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding contraceptive use and sexually transmissible infections (STIs). In total, 3781 responses were collected.

Safety, risk and wellbeing on digital dating apps

Since the introduction of dating and hook-up apps, these social and sexual networking sites have been a familiar feature of young people’s lives, creating new opportunities for connection, interaction and communication; and giving rise to new risks as well as practices of self-care. However, a great deal remains to be learnt about users’ consumption and patterns of use, in order to inform Australian sexual health and relationship organisations’ education and health promotion delivery in relation to the app environment.

Community Education

The health promotion team at Family Planning Australia are available to visit your school or service (or have you over to one of our clinics), to talk about a range of related topics with groups.

Our staff are skilled in delivering information about these sensitive topics in a way that promotes safety and comfort for the participants. Our team are experts in delivering sessions to people from culturally and linguistically diverse and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people with disability, and young people (under 30 years).

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