Report from the Health Relationships YOUTH Survey 2016/17
Summary
Healthy Relationship Education (HRE) is one module of the PSHE (Personal, Social, and Health Education) programme and building relationships and social networks with others are an important part of development and wellbeing. In 2015 Telford & Wrekin Council conducted a survey in order to identify the main priorities of local secondary schools and colleges. They found that for the majority of schools mental health and wellbeing were key issues, whilst another highlighted the importance of relationships and sexual health.
We launched a survey to schools in the Telford and Wrekin catchment areas, based on areas relevant to the PSHE curriculum as identified by young people in the YOUTH meetings.
The aim was to explore whether current PSHE lessons provided sufficient information to the young people of Telford & Wrekin to understand concepts of healthy relationships such as consent. Questions were also asked to explore differences across a range of demographic characteristics.
Recommendations
- The inclusion of HRE in PSHE is viewed more holistically. Relationships are complex and involve understanding human connections made on multiple levels, as evidenced by the questions exploring relationships with significant others. PSHE and HRE must be viewed as practical lessons that can help support people in their real life interactions with others. Identification of unhealthy relationships appears to be subjective and so the tools to make choices are imperative to children and young people’s ongoing health and wellbeing
- There is a need for health and social care services to be better joined up to provide support to children and young people as well as their families
- It is recommended that HRE programmes provide information and support for all students
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