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...]
Research: Faldon 05.11.00
"Come & see me. You may have a sexual infection." (Provider Referrals: Experience and Attitudes of Sexual Contacts) 5.11.00 Chris Faldon, Health Adviser Department of GU Medicine Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle NE4 6BE Tel: 0191 219 5011 If the research work is complete, when was it completed? October 2000 Summary of research topic Chlamydia … [Read more...]
SSHA Conference: Newcastle 2002
Introduction Sandra Jarrett: SSHA Conference & Education Officer The SSHA Annual Conference 2002 took place in the heart of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the Royal Station Hotel, 26th-28th April. This was the first time the conference had been held over a weekend and the turnout was excellent. The conference provided an opportunity for learning, networking and updating on the … [Read more...]
SSHA Conference: Bishop Stortford 1999
Following the great success of the 1998 conference in Glasgow with a majority of presentations being done by health advisers, we continued this policy in 1999. We also felt we needed to look at the support available to health advisers in an increasingly stressful and pressurised work environment, by having some time to look at complementary therapies, which we could use for … [Read more...]