Promoting sexual health to young people to reduce STIs.

Despite sexual health remaining virtually non-existent in most pre-registration curricula, preventative healthcare is an obligation in the NMC's (2004) Code of Professional Conduct. Promoting effective condom use, as a proven contra-infection healthcare resource, over and above its contraceptive potential, is an essential element of good holistic care and is a key concept of health promotion and duty of care.