School nursing. A collaborative approach to HIV/AIDS health promotion

The involvement of school nurses in the planning, presentation and delivery of both general health education and sex education in schools in Wirral has been strengthened by the development since 1990 of the school nurses' HIV/Aids resource group. Ann Taylor and Joan Stott describe how they have worked closely with Wirral education authority personal and social education co-ordinators to devise a health promotion programme for school pupils and college students, and cascade training for school nurse colleagues, teachers and governers.