The IFPA youth group, the Adolescent Confidential Telephone Service and sexual health activism in Ireland, c.1984-90
Kelly, Laura (2024) The IFPA youth group, the Adolescent Confidential Telephone Service and sexual health activism in Ireland, c.1984-90. History Workshop Journal. pp. 1-28. ISSN 1363-3554 (https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbae018)
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Abstract
In October 1984 the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) established a youth group of volunteers aged 16-20. One of the group’s main initiatives was a sexual health phoneline for young people called the Adolescent Confidential Telephone Service (ACTS). Using oral history interviews and archival sources such as the ACTS logbook, this article explores the motivations of the young activists involved in the ACTS and what the operation of and responses to it reveal about the wider social climate in relation to sexual health. Finally, it examines the emotional labour involved in sexual health activism, showing how this was often gendered.
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Kelly, Laura ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7996-6021;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 88340 Dates: DateEvent29 August 2024Published29 August 2024Published Online29 February 2024AcceptedSubjects: History General and Old World > History (General) > Post-war History, 1945 on
History General and Old WorldDepartment: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 05 Mar 2024 14:55 Last modified: 02 Sep 2024 09:17 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/88340