HSE Mid West Community Healthcare Health and Wellbeing Division are working with GOSHH (Gender Orientation Sexual Health HIV) to deliver the Foundation Programme in Sexual Health Promotion in the Mid West this year.

This revised comprehensive six-day programme is for staff of health, education, youth and community service providers who wish to develop their confidence, skills and knowledge in the area of sexual health promotion. The free 6-day course will be delivered in the Mid West.

The aim of the programme is to enhance participants’ capacity to incorporate sexual health promotion into their work through the development of their comfort levels, confidence, knowledge and skills in relation to sexual health.

Topics include A Life Course Approach to Sexual Health, Sexual Health Promotion in the Irish Context, Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships, Intimacy and Sexual Pleasure, Consent and the Law, and Physical Sexual Health.

The application form is attached. People can email to request an application form to mark.dooley@hse.ie. Closing date for applications is Friday 24th of March 2023.