Helen Knox: RGN, Dip DN, FP & Adv FP A-08 Cert, FAETC

Helen trained as a Registered Nurse at the Westminster Hospital, London, before working as a Senior Staff Nurse at St Thomas’ Hospital A&E Dept, London and later as a District Nursing Sister in west London. For over a decade, she has worked in the field of contraception and sexual health.

From 1991-2001 she was the UK’s first Outreach Clinical Nurse Specialist in Contraception and Sexual Health, in south London.

In 1994 she was a finalist in the Nursing Times/3M National Nursing Awards for Innovation in Nursing and Midwifery for exceptional work in expanding the outreach work related to Family Planning and Sexual Health.

Helen has extensive experience in teaching contraception and sexual health to the public as well as her own profession. In 1999, she founded and now works for SEXplained... Ltd but has worked in Family Planning Clinics and taught in men’s prisons, homeless hostels, drug agencies, probation centres, schools, colleges, civic centres and to sex workers - as well as Schools of Nursing and Universities.

Her teaching style is uniquely open and frank - with no holds barred. She keeps to the medical perspective when teaching, leaving the moral and other wider issues to the Church and others.

At no time has she ever promoted underage sex or sexual activity – indeed the opposite – from a legally and medically reasoned perspective.

SEXplained... The Uncensored Guide to Sexual Health Helen’s highly acclaimed first book, published in 1995, covers all the issues relating to sexually transmitted infection and is also written specifically for the public. In this, her first book in the SEXplained...® series, she pioneers teaching safer sex from the hepatitis prevention viewpoint, rather than the HIV angle, since it is a bigger threat than AIDS.

Medical photographs are reproduced in colour to illustrate, with chilling effect, some increasingly common infections that reinforce her message - and to stimulate discussion.

Since 1995, Helen has appeared frequently on television, given regular radio interviews and taken part in radio phone-ins. She is also a regular contributor to publications reaching a wide cross-section of target audiences.

In February 1998 she became the ‘resident’ Virgin Sexpert, holding the first live online Sexual Health Cyber Clinic for Virgin Net. She also answers individual questions via e-mail from her own SEXplained Website at http://www.sexplained.com

In the same year, alongside Robbie Gee and Eddie Nestor, the UK’s leading Black comedy duo she appeared in their show A Wha Me A Go Win.

Helen is also a medical advisor to T.E.E.M.S. paramedic nightclub security, London.

In 1999, Helen’s second book, SEXplained 2... For Young People was published and her SEXplained... Sexual Health Cyber Clinic/Newsgroup won the Innovation of the Year category at the UK Erotic Oscars.

In 2000, whilst promoting SEXplained... in Barbados, Helen was invited to teach at The Community College, Bridgetown and in 2001she was invited be the first SEXpert Columnist for The NATION newspaper's Better Health magazine.

While in Trinidad, Helen gave a 50 minute interview on Power 102FM with a live phone in, and in Barbados, a live phone in on CBC.

SEXplained... has been extremely well received in Barbados and Trinidad, from where the books are available for sale throughout the Caribbean. The Nation is Helen's new distributor for SEXplained... Books, in Barbados.

In 2000, SEXplained... Ltd introduced SEXplained... Training for Trainers & Influencers to widen education related to contraception and sexual health related material as far as possible.

On leaving her Outreach post in south London in May 2001, to concentrate on developing SEXplained... Ltd, Helen has also introduced SEXplained... Teachabouts.

Along with Robbie Gee and Eddie Nestor, and separate from the SEXplained... Roadshow, she is further involved with:So You Think You Know About Sex?

Publication of SEXplained 2… For Young People was supported by Schering Health Care Ltd and Condomania (UK) Ltd.

In 2002, Helen started for the BBC.co.uk website as online sexpert alongside Suzie Hayman.

SEXplained... is the Registered Trade Mark of Helen Knox / Knox Publishing.

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