Introduction This one-day national conference was scheduled for World AIDS Day on 1 December 2010 and was organised by the British HIV Association (BHIVA), British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH), Department of Health, Health Protection Agency, Royal College of Physicians, Children's HIV Association (CHIVA), HIV Pharmacy Association (HIVPA) and National HIV … [Read more...]
Briefing Paper – Sexual Health Advising- Developing the Workforce
There are approximately 500 Sexual Health Advisers employed in the United Kingdom at present (SSHA 2007). They are employed within genitourinary medicine services, in community sexual health advising services and within the national chlamydia screening programme. The majority (421) are nurses; others are from a range of backgrounds. There has been no nationally recognised … [Read more...]
SSHA Conference: 2009 Presentations
Here are the presentations from this years SSHA conference. Download Conference Brochure (PDF, 1MB) A European Methodological Model of HIV Prevention in Men who have Sex with Men - Ben Tunstall, Senior Practitioner - Terence Higgins Trust Partner Notification and Primary Care - Chris Harbut & Sam King, Community Sexual Health Adviser - Sandyford, … [Read more...]
Mulholland 11.02.03
Stigma and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Are attitudes towards people with sexually transmitted infections as punitive as they are perceived to be? 11.02.03 Ellen Mulholland, Health Adviser Gum Dept University Hospital of Hartlepool, Holdforth Rd. Hartlepool TS24 9AH Tel: 01429 522577 If the research work is complete, when was it completed? January 2003 Summary … [Read more...]
Research Topics
Stigma and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Are attitudes towards people with sexually transmitted infections as punitive as they are perceived to be? "That's the whole thing-to get rid of it": Stigma, Sexually Transmitted Infections and Attendance at the GUM Clinic Developmental Psychology; comparison of the risk perceptions between genders in late adolescence Provider … [Read more...]