Helen Knox - April 2009
Picture taken infront of UN HQ, Bridgetown, Barbados before nipping in for a cup of tea
and a chat with UNICEF and UNFPA
Some TV - Radio - Other Public Speaking
- 8th October 2009 - "Morning Barbados" - TV Show with Cassandra - sexual health comments, Better Health magazine promotion and also introducing The Sexplained Caribbean Challenge
- 25th Sept 2009 - LBC Radio - Jim Davis - Sex in the City show - comment about sexual health and young people (long distance, from Barbados)
- 23rd Sept 2009 - LBC Radio - Petri Hoskin Show - comment about sexual health (long distance, from Barbados)
- 8th August 2009 - LBC Radio - Nick Conrad Show - comment about young people and sexual health
- 3rd July 2009 - LBC Radio - Sex in the City - two hour studio based phone in show about Contraception and Sexual Health, with Jim Davis - 10pm - 12mn.
- 2nd May 2009 - LBC Radio - comment for Nick Conrad's show re students' use of emergency contraception and lack of respect for safer sex in the UK, today.
- 20th April, 2009 - CBC TV Barbados - One hour interview for 'Face to Face' programme - presented by Belle Holder
- 17th April, 2009 - CBC TV Barbados - interview about The Sexplained Caribbean Roadshow on Morning Barbados - presented by Belle Holder
- 8th April, 2009 - VOB (Voice of Barbados - radio) - phone in show discussing contraception and sexual health
- 15th January 2009 - TalkSport Radio (UK national) - comment on Daily Mail article discussing teaching young boys about porn in the classroom.
- 10th December 2008 - LBC Radio - London - Breakfast show with Nick Ferrari - guest comment re more open access to oral contraceptive pills via pharmacists.
- 13th November 2008 - VOB Radio - Barbados - phone in show, discussing Better Health Magazine and The Sexplained Column.
- 6th November 2008 - Power 102 fm, Port of Spain, Trinidad - Drive Time phone in show with Anil Roberts discussing FC2, the new Female Condom - and other things!
- 6th November 2008 - CBC TV - Morning Barbados - Interview with Bell Holder regarding FC2, the new Female condom as well as a chat about my interest in sexual health and my 6 page monthly magazine column - The Sexplained Column - in Better Health Magazine, Barbados. Interview also went out, simultaneously by radio, across the entire eastern Caribbean.
- October 23rd 2008 - LBC Radio - London - Breakfast show with Nick Ferrari - guest comment re proposed sex education changes in schools, to be announced today, for children from 5 year of age.
- Sept 26th 2008 - LBC Radio - London - Jim Davis Show - 2 hr, live phone in programme about contraception and sexual health issues.
- August 27th 2008 - LBC Radio - London - Breakfast show with Nick Ferrari - guest comment re proposed sex education in schools, for 4 year olds.
- June 23rd 2008 - TalkSport Radio (UK national) - John Gaunt Show - comment on sex clinics in UK schools
- June 23rd 2008 - TalkSport Radio (UK national) - Adrian Goldburg Show - comment on sex clinics in UK schools and UK online sale of oral contraceptive pill
- April 27th 2008 - BBC Radio London - Eddie Nestor Show - discussing sexual health in general.
- April 15th 2008 - TalkSport Radio (UK national) - Ian Collins Show - comment on young people, sex, drugs and understanding
- March 14th 2008 - LBC Radio - London - Jim Davis Show - 2 hr, live phone in programme about contraception and sexual health issues, highlighting the impact of sexually transmitted infections on relationships.
- January 11th 2008 - LBC Radio - London - Jim Davis Show - 2 hr, live phone in programme about contraception and sexual health issues.
- January 3rd 2008 - BBC Radio London 94.9 - Vannessa Feltz Show speaking with Ann Diamond about teenage pregnancy and rising rates of STIs in south London.
- December 14th 2007 - LBC Radio - London - Jim Davis Show - 2 hr, live phone in programme about contraception and sexual health issues.
- November 16th 2007 - LBC Radio - London - morning news - Young People's increased use of alcohol and drugs - guest comment.
- November 12th 2007 - TalkSPORT - morning radio show with John Gaunt - comment about HPV vaccine and young people's sexual heatlh
- October 26th 2007 - LBC Radio - London - Breakfast show with Nick Ferrari - guest comment.
- October 2007 - CBC TV (studio broadcast with simultaneous radio airplay across Eastern Caribbean) - Chat Room with John King - discussing Sexual Health and The Sexplained Column, Better Health Magazine, Barbados
- October - CBC Radio - Barbados and Eastern Caribbean - interview and live phone in show with Mr George Griffiths, Chief Exec of Barbados Family Planning Association.
- October - Voice of Barbados Radio - Sister Sister with Natalya Peters - interview about Women's Sexual Health and HIV-AIDS
- August 29th 2007 - BBC Asian Network - guest comment.
- August 6th 2007 - BBC Radio London - Drive Time Show - guest comment.
- June 15th 2007 - LBC Radio 1152AM - London - comment for Breakfast News about young people, rise of STIs, drugs, alcohol and unprotected sex.
- May 25th 2007 - LBC Radio - London - Nick Ferrari Breakfast Show - guest comment about £242,000 of lottery money being used to research sexual activity and opinions of 12-30 yr olds by YWCA
- April 24th 2007 - BBC Asian Network - guest comment about safer sex and students not knowing how to use a condom correctly
- April 24th 2007 - BBC Radio London - guest comment about safer sex and students not knowing how to use a condom correctly
- April 11th 2007 - LBC Radio - London - guest comment about teenage pregnancy
- March 13th 2007 - BBC Asian Network - Anita Rani Show - studio guest - debate about whether young people should have to involve parents in contraceptive and abortion choices under 16 yrs of age, by law
- February 26th 2007 - LBC Radio - London - Nick Ferrari Breakfast Show - guest comment about the schoolgirl pregnancy and associated peer education, whilst still pregnant
- February 13th 2007 - Colourful Radio, London - Talk Radio With Soul - Lekia Lée & Sonny Decker Show - Studio Guest interview and phone in programme about SafER Sex and HIV-AIDS
- January 4th 2007 - LBC Radio - Anna Raeburn Show - Studio Guest - sexual health advice and phone in programme
- December 21st 2006 - LBC Radio - London - guest comment about repeat teenage pregnancy in the UK.
- November 24th 2006 - BBC Asian Network - Sonia Deol Breakfast Show - guest comment about latest statistics for UK reduction in teenage pregnancy and rise in teen abortion
- November 23rd 2006 - LBC Radio - London - Nick Ferrari Breakfast Show - guest speaker about the proposed change in condom stance of the Roman Catholic Church when it comes to HIV-AIDS prevention.
- November 14th 2006 - Colourful Radio, London- Talk Radio With Soul -
Lekia Lée & Sonny Decker Show - studio interview and phone in programme about SafER Sex
- November 13th 2006 - BBC Asian Network - Anita Rani Show - guest comment about young people and sexual activity under 16
- October 23rd 2006 - LBC Radio - London -
Nick Ferrari Breakfast Show - guest comment about the proposed UK introduction of contraception education for primary school children from 10yrs of age.
- September 15th 2006 - Voice of Barbados (VOB) - Starcom Network - Natalya Peters' Show. Interview about Sexplained in the Caribbean.
- September 11th 2006 - interview for Searchlinght newspaper, St Vincent and the Grenadines, about the launch of The Sexplained Column further in to the Caribbean, after 5 years of success in Barbados for Better Health Magazine, The NATION Publishing Co. Ltd, Barbados, West Indies.
- August 14th 2006 - BBC Asian Network (Radio) - Adil Ray Show - phone interview about young people, drugs and unprotected sex
- August 7th 2006 - Colourful Radio - Talk Radio with Soul (Online Radio and 0194 Sky) - studio interview with Karen Morgan - talking about men's sexual health and different sized condoms
- August 1st 2006 - Colourful Radio
(Online Radio and 0194 Sky) - BackChat with
Lekia Lée/Sonny Decker - live phone in about consent, drugs, alcohol (alcopops) and young people.
- July 4th 2006 - five News (News) - TV - 5.30pm -
National and international presented by Kay Burley - Street reporting and interview - Chlamydia knowledge and condom use by young people with Zoe Conway
- July 4th 2006 - five News (News) - TV - 11.30am -
National and international news with Kate Gerbeau- Guest speaker talking about Chlamydia and other STI rise in the UK
- July 3rd 2006 - BBC Radio London - Vanessa Feltz Show - guest comment
- June 28th 2006 - BBC Radio London - The Late Show - in the studio with
Jumoké Fashola - live 'sexual health' phone in
- June 28th 2006 - Colourful Radio - Talk Radio with Soul (Online Radio and 0194 Sky) - studio interview with Karen Morgan
- June 24th 2006 - TalkSPORT - Breakfast Show (National) - interview re: condoms, safer sex and travel overseas, on behalf of TROJAN Brand Condoms
- June 21st 2006 - Kerrang Radio - Tim Shaw's Asylum (Online Radio + Birmingham) - live phone in, on behalf of TROJAN Brand Condoms
- June 21st 2006 - Colourful Radio - Talk Radio with Soul (Online Radio and 0194 Sky) - live phone in - Karen Morgan show - Sexplained
- June 15th 2006 - Colourful Radio - Talk Radio with Soul (Online Radio and 0194 Sky) - live phone in - Karen Morgan show, on behalf of Trojan Brand Condoms
- May 2nd 2006 - LBC Radio - Anna Raeburn Show - Studio Guest - sexual health
- Dec 7th 2005 - BBC Asian Network (Radio) Sonia Deol Show - young people's sexual health discussion
- Dec 3rd 2005 - Choice FM - Angie Le Mar Show - Studio Guest - live phone in show
- Nov 2005 - BBC Radio London 94.9fm live phone in with Eddie Nestor - STIs
- Sept 3rd 2005 - LBC Radio - Dr Pam's Show - interview about condoms and safer sex
- May 29 th 2005 BBC Radio London 94.9fm live phone in with Eddie Nestor - STIs
- May 9 th 2005 BBC Asian Network (Radio) Sonia Deol Show underage sex and education in response to press articles about 10yr old girls given The Pill.
- April 7 th 2005 Voice of Barbados (VOB radio)
- April 7 th 2005 CBC Television , Barbados live show with phone in - Chat Room - with simultaneous
live link on CBC Radio throughout the Eastern Caribbean
Presenters : Tony Thompson and John King
- March 2005 television pilot for BBC 3 on Syphilis
- November 30th, 2004 - TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm - Mike Mendoza Show - interview about sex toys in Boots and other related subjects.
- November 27 2004 - BBC Ldn - Vanessa Feltz Show with JoAnne Good standing in - STIs, young people and parents.
- November 17th 2004 - BBC Asian Network (Radio) - Sonia Deol Show - Young People and Contraception - in response to a statement by Minister for Children, Margaret Hodge
- October 15th 2004 - BBC Asian Network (Radio) - Sonia Deol Show - Young People's access to contraception.
- August 1st 2004 - BBC Radio 1 - Sunday Surgery Show - STIs
- July 29th 2004 - BBC 3 Counties Radio - live on air with Catherine Boyle - STIs and sexual health
- July 27th 2004 - TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm - Mike Mendoza Show - interview about the rise of STIs in the UK
- June 2004 - TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm - Duncan Barkes Show
- 28th May 2004 - Radio Interviews with Neale Hunt of Media Therapy Ltd, TROJAN Brand Condoms UK advertising company. Subject matter: safer adult sexual health education and Channel 4's Big Brother TV promotion . Day of TROJAN's UK TV launch. Interviews on:
- SGR Colchester - local radio
AND also on:
- SGR Colchester - local radio
- Independent Radio News (for 40 stations) - national radio
- Dream 100 FM - Colchester & North East Essex
- Unique Entertainment News - national radio
- British Forces Broadcasting Service - worldwide
- BBC Radio Humberside - local radio
- BBC Radio Stoke - local radio
- Mid 106 - Mid Ulster - local radio
- VIBE 101 - South West England & South West Wales - local radio
- Spin 103.8 - Dublin - Ireland - local radio
- Beat 102-103 - Waterford City & County, Ireland - local radio
- May 17th, 2004 - TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm - Duncan Barkes Show - Guest Speaker - Pro-Choice
- May 2nd 2004 The Nation News Barbados launch of UK challenge
- April 27th 2004 London Live (radio) Dr Pam Spurr Show explaining about The Sexplained Challenge and our reasons for producing it
- April 27th 2004 Choice FM news bite Launch of Sexplained Challenge at The Café Royal, Piccadilly
- April 2004 TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm Health Sexpert The John Kearns Show
- March 2004 - TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm Health Sexpert on The John Kearns Show
- January 2004 Guest Speaker Health & Lifestyle Show, live phone in on Choice FM , sponsored by the Teenage Pregnancy Partnership, London, presented by Michael Hamilton, Lewisham Young People's Project - primary subject STIs in particular, Chlamydia
- December 2003 - Guest Speaker - Health & Lifestyle Show, live phone in on
Choice FM , sponsored by the Teenage Pregnancy Partnership, London. Presenter: Michael Hamilton, Lewisham Young People's Project - Sex Risks Over Christmas
- November 2003 - interview for BBC World Service on 'Use of Condoms'
- November 2003 - TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm - guest for Steve Jones, standing in for John on The John Kearns Show
- November 2003 - Resonance FM - community radio - Guest Speaker for
Jessica Symons of ThinkingWomen.org
- October 2003 - TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm The John Kearns Show
- September 2003 - TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm The John Kearns Show
- August 2003 - Guest speaker - BBC Radio Scotland - Gary Robertson Show
- August 2003 Guest speaker at the Cliterati.co.uk annual party Crescent Bar, Leicester Square, London
- August 2003 - Guest speaker North Lambeth Holiday Impact Programme
- August 2003 TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm John Kearns show
- July 2003 TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089fm John Kearns show
- June 2003 - Guest speaker on sexual health - annual conference of the Sexual Freedom Coalition (SFC)
- May 2003 BBC Radio London 94.9fm live phone in with Eddie Nestor
- December 2002 BBC Radio London 94.9fm live phone in with Eddie Nestor
- November 2002 TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089 fm live phone in with Mark Green.
- October 2002 BBC Radio London 94.9fm live phone in - with Eddie Nestor
- September 2002 TalkSport/TalkRadio UK 1053/1089 fm interview
- August 2002 Choice FM London with Eddie Nestor live phone in
- June 2002 Choice FM London with Eddie Nestor live phone in Sat 8th and 21st
- May 2002 Choice FM London with Eddie Nestor live phone in
- April 2002 Choice FM London with Eddie Nestor live phone in
- Feb 2002 - Liberty Radio - London - interview on male - female relationships
- December 2001 - BBC Online - Sexpert columnist
- December 2001 - Choice FM - London - with Eddie Nestor - live phone in
- November 2001 - BBC Choice - UK TV sexual health series for 2002 - title - Sex, Warts & All
- November 30th - World AIDS Day Special - Choice FM - London - with Eddie Nestor
- November 2001 - Choice FM - London - with Eddie Nestor - live phone in
- August 2001 - Choice FM - London - with Eddie Nestor - live phone in
- June 7th 2001 - Power 102 FM - Trinidad - live phone in with Lisa Sergeant Allayne
- June 5th 2001 - CBC Radio - Barbados - live phone in with Pastor Roach
- May 2001 - Television - BBC2 - UK - Esther Show - subject - prostitution
- May 2001 - Choice FM - London - with Eddie Nestor - live phone in
- March 2001 - Choice FM - London - with Eddie Nestor - live phone in
- January 2001 - Choice FM - London - with Eddie Nestor - live phone in
- December 2000 - Choice FM - London - with Eddie Nestor - live phone in
- March 2000 - Liberty Radio , London
- March 2000 - Interview for The Nation Newspaper - Barbados, West Indies
- March 2000 - Live phone in on Voice of Barbados , West Indies
- October 1999 - Choice FM - London 'Let's talk about sex' - live phone in
- September 1999 - interview on Voice of Barbados - Barbados, West Indies
- August 1999 - Choice FM - London - 'Let's talk about sex' - live phone in - Carnival special
- August 1999 - BBC World Service - interview re: men's health - on panel with Dr Raj Persaud
- August 1999 - BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat - interview about Chlamydia
- July 1999 - Granada Breeze - TV - Well Women - interview about Chlamydia
- July 1999 - Choice 96.9 FM - London - 'Let's Talk About Sex' - live phone in and info programme
- June 1999 - 'In the Hotseat' on FLR 107.3 FM - London - with DJ Mistri
- June 1999 - Granada TV - Live Time, with Michael van Straten
- May 1999 - Interview for Angel FM - local radio
- May 1999 - LBC Radio - Bodytalk with Michael van Straten
- December 1998 - LBC Radio - Bodytalk with Michael van Straten
- August 1998 - LBC Radio - Bodytalk with Michael van Straten
- May 1998 - Liberty Radio - London
- August 1997 & Feb 1998 - LBC Radio - Bodytalk with Michael van Straten
- Nov 1996 - BBC World Service - radio
- July 1996 - BBC and Viva Local radios
- 1996 Live TV - The Sex Show x 3 shows
- 1996 Carlton Television - The Good Sex Guide Late with Toyah Willcox
- 1995 Television X - The Fantasy Channel - Sextalk with Michael van Straten - x 4 interviews (condoms, penises, vaginas and diseases)
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Picture: Helen taken at Grand Barbados Hotel, Bridgetown
with Caribbean Sea in the background - October 2008
PUBLIC SPEAKING
- 25th June 2009 - Guest Speaker at GovNet's conference "Peventive Health" at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London (15 mins)
Title: The Importance of Promoting Good Sexual Health (topics titles given by organisers, not chosen by speaker).
Theme: The Importance of Promoting Good Sexual Health
- The role of schools in educating children on sexual health - the case for the increased role of the school nurse
- The commissioning of services by PCTs and Local Authorities to do more locally
- Providing good advice to people in order to stop the spread of STDs/STIs.
- Giving people enough information to make informed choices about sex
- Eliminating the taboo of talking about personal sexual health
- How can the UK learn from other countries on how best to promote sexual health
Click to go to content of my contribution.
- 20th May 2009 - Guest Speaker at Primary Care 2009 - NEC Birmingham (45 mins)
Title: Managing Young Male Sexual Health Concerns
Theme: Understanding the epidemiological and social issues that affect the sexual well being of young men and innovative ways to engage with them.
- 2nd April 2008 - Guest Speaker - Westminster Health Forum Keynote Seminar:
Sexual Health & Young People, Sixty One Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET - 21st April 2007 - Guest speaker for Contraception Education Ltd's Spring Seminar - St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London - UK - Protect & Respect: Getting it Right in SRE
- Nov 10th 2006 - Guest speaker for Contraception Education Ltd's Autumn Seminar - Bournemouth University - UK - Protect & Respect: Getting it Right in SRE
- July 5th 2006 -
Guest speaker for Contraception Education Ltd's Summer Seminar - Manchester, UK - Protect & Respect: Getting it Right in SRE
- June 20th 2006 - session Chair for Social Market Foundation's conference -
Generating Cultural Change in Public Health: Evidence and effectiveness. Session: The Sexual Risk Culture
- May 6 th 2005 NEC Birmingham , Primary Care Conference, guest speaker Adolescent Programme, Sex Education Getting the Message Across
- April 10 th 2005 Featured speaker for The Nation Publishing Company's Healthy Lifestyle Extravaganza , Queen's Park, Bridgetown, Barbados
- April 6 th 2005 Guest speaker for MS Society of Barbados
- October 27th 2004 - Guest speaker for FP Sales conference on Contraception and Sexual Health, Cardiff - subject: 21st Century Contraception in a time of rising STIs in an expanded EU and an Update on Men's Health .
- September 2004 - Sexplained Foundation Conference , London
- 2004 Guest speaker - St Mary's Hospital , London - GUM Clinical Staff meeting
- August 2003 Guest speaker at the Cliterati.co.uk annual party Crescent Bar, Leicester Square, London
- August 2003 Guest speaker North Lambeth Holiday Impact Programme
- June 2003 Guest speaker on Sexual Health Sexual Freedom Coalition Annual Conference , London
- August 2002 Guest speaker - The work of Sexplained... Foundation and how they can get involved and help - NUS Training Course for new Welfare Officers Aston University, Birmingham
- April 2002 Guest speaker - Hackney Community College for Welfare Dept - Sexual Health Awareness - Sex As You Have Never Heard It Before
- January 2002 Guest speaker - University of Canterbury Student's Union - UK Sexual Health Awareness - Sex As You Have Never Heard It Before
- November 2001 - Guest Speaker - Universtiy of Leicester , UK - Sexual Health Awareness - Sex As You Have Never Heard It Before
- August 2001 - Sexual Health Awareness Raiser, Brixton Academy , Brixton, south London, UK, alongside Robbie Gee and Eddie Nestor
- July 2001 - Sexual Health Awareness Raiser The Maltings , St Albans, Herts, UK - alongside Robbie Gee and Eddie Nestor
- August 2002 NUS Training Course for new Welfare Officers Aston University, Birmingham.
- April 2002 Hackney Community College for Welfare Dept - guest lecturer - Sexual Health Week.
- January 2002 University of Canterbury Student's Union Sexual Health Week guest lecturer.
- November 2001 University of Leicester , Student's Union SHAG Week guest speaker.
- April 2001 Guest speaker to specialist HIV/GUM team, Kings College Hospital, London re: Sexplained... and the use of the Internet to promote sexual health.
- March 2001 request to address UK Genito-Urinary Nurses Association AGM re: The future of Sexual Health and the Internet
- March 2000 - Guest speaker, book launch & open lecture - Barbados Community College, Bridgetown, Barbados
- Judge for Durex - 1998 Innovation in Sexual Health Awards
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- October 2004 - The Summertime Adventures of Kamikaze Genitalia by Helen Knox - Imperial College and St Mary's Gazette, London (click to read article)
- 12th August
2003 - The
Guardian - Syphilis
is back (click to read article)
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Click to go to Information About Helen Knox
Picture taken for use in The Sun, June/July 2008
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Tel:+44 (0)7860 303573
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Extra:
• 2002 - Sexplained Ltd became part of a consortium, led by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Hospital Trust, London, for some international HIV/AIDS training projects.