Let’s hear it for the boys!

Shares initial results of a two‐year project commissioned by the Department of Health to support the needs of boys and young men in sex education and sexual health care. Draws on expertise provided via questionnaire responses from 130 sex educators; a series of consultations with boys and young men aged five to 16, primary and secondary school teachers, health promotion workers, youth workers and those working in community settings with boys and young men. Offers principles of practice for working with boys and young men. Provides a training exercise which examines some of the influences and attitudes to boys and young men which may affect a professional’s work with them.