Digging Deeper | Why don’t we talk about sexual health more?

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Katelouise Howard is a Sexual Health Nurse Consultant at GV Health's Community Health Centre and she talked about all things sexual health in this week's Digging Deeper episode. Photo by Nicola Ceccato

In this week's episode of Digging Deeper, the News' Nicola Ceccato chatted with GV Health's sexual health nurse consultant Katelouise Howard about a topic that has generally been quite taboo for many people growing up.

So for Sexual Health Awareness Month, Katelouise talked through some of the stigma we see about sexual health, the history of conversations people have had about it over time, what positive sexual health behaviour looks like and how people can access support for these matters in the Goulburn Valley.

Sexual health services and support websites mentioned in this episode are listed as below.

  • Melbourne Sexual Health Centre for sexual health resources.
  • Sexual Health Victoria for contraception options, education, pregnancy options and more.
  • GV Health Sexual Health Clinic information about their services and how to book an appointment with Katelouise and the team.
  • PRONTO! is a HIV test and sexual health service for men who have sex with men and trans and gender diverse people.
  • Tea consent video, an animated video that talks about consent.

Listen below to hear what she has to say about it.