This year's SSHA conference is going to be held in Eastbourne on the 27th September. To avoid disappointment you can now book your place. More information about the schedule for the day and accommodation will follow shortly. Keep checking the site or follow us on Twitter. Programme 09:30 Registration Tea & Coffee 09:45 Welcome 10:00 Child Sexual … [Read more...]
SSHA National Professional Committee (NPC) 3 Year Plan
SSHA NPC has drawn up a plan designed to keep the sexual health advising professional agenda current and relevant over the coming 3 years. The plan involves focusing on a range of professional issues including: continuing professional development; using the website both to share good practice and get members’ views and opinions; consolidating links with partner … [Read more...]
About Us
The Society of Sexual Health Advisers (SSHA) is a UK national organisation with approximately 300 members out of an estimated 350 sexual health advisers in the country. It provides an opportunity for members to meet and work towards further professional development. Sexual health advisers work in Departments of Genitourinary Medicine (GUM Clinics) in the UK and Ireland. The … [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...]
Monteith 2000
How do we do what we do with patients and how can we do it better? 2000 James Monteith, Jo Greenaway, David Owen - Health Advisers Central Middlesex Hospital Acton Lane London, NW10 7NS Tel: 0208 453 2220 Email: joanne.greenaway@cmh-tr.nthames.nhs.uk Summary of research topic "Is Health Advising just a job or does it have the characteristics of a profession? Are … [Read more...]