Let’s talk about sex: young people’s views on sex and sexual health information in Australia

This document is a report of Let’s Talk About Sex: National Youth Survey, a joint partnership between AYAC and YEAH to ensure a national consultation process with young Australians aged 15-29 regarding their opinions, experiences and needs around access to sexual health information and education. The results of the survey show that, although the clinical, scientific and anatomical approach to sexual health often experienced in the classroom is not satisfactorily meeting the needs of young people, a consistent approach to sex and sexual health information in Australian schools is overwhelmingly supported and expected, with no respondents saying that sexual health should not be taught within schools.