About us

Healthy Respect is a small team within Public Health, NHS Lothian.

We work in partnership with a wide range of organisations to provide:

relationships and sexual health training opportunities to anyone working with children and young people in Lothian
up to date sexual health and wellbeing information
support to deliver accessible sexual health services, for example providing free condoms, pregnancy testing and testing for some sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

Healthy Respect influences policy and practice related to young people’s sexual health and wellbeing by working with other health boards, the Scottish Government and the third sector.

5 cubes in a cross shape that represent the work Healthy Respect do. Improving the sexual health and wellbeing of young people through education, information and services.

Our team

We are made up of:

Assistant Programme Manager for sexual health and blood borne viruses (BBV)
Senior Health Promotion Specialist leading on education, sexual health programmes and training
Health Promotion Specialist focusing on relationships, sexual health and parenthood (RSHP) training and education for primary
Health Promotion Specialist focusing on young people with learning disabilities or additional needs
Services Coordinator supporting community-based services to deliver early intervention sexual health services
Network Information Officer

We invite you to join our network. As part of the Healthy Respect Network we will keep you up to date with events and guidance relevant to your work and interests. For more information on Healthy Respect training, resources and latest news visit our dedicated professionals’ area on this website.

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