The statements following are those of the parent Charity: The Health Behaviour Group
   They are readily transferable from Health in general to Sexual Health. 

 Mission             
To improve public health through promotion of healthy behaviours among young people        

Core Values and Premises 
a)    Healthy behaviours are critical to human happiness and health economics
b)       Behaviours developed in childhood and adolescence affect lifelong behaviour and health
c)       Young people are deserving of adult support for their long term health
d)       A not-for-profit development, service and research organisation                    

 Vision/Strategic Goal                    
To develop and supply to educational or other settings, innovative, theoretically based interventions that:
i           Are based in sound behaviour theory e.g. social cognitive theory or the theory of planned behaviour
ii         Use relevant peer educational practice e.g. peer to peer learning and  peer educators
iii        Can be effectively delivered by a relevant professional(s)
              without need for extensive training  
              by use of supporting ‘manualisation’ of intervention and training with ICT support
iv        Can be applied where relevant to: 
              whole populations e.g.high risk groups e.g children in care or out of school; to patient groups e.g. with diabetes or  weight problems 
v      Are cost effective in health terms and beneficial in social/emotional outcomes