9 March 2016 by Sally Weale Conception rates among under-18s in England and Wales at lowest level since records began after falling 6.8% in one year The rate of teenage pregnancy in England and Wales has halved in 16 years, according to official figures, with conception rates among under-18s at their lowest level since records began. The data showing what was described … [Read more...]
GRASP 2010 (Gonococcal Resistance to Antimcrobials Surveillance Programme)
Synopsis GRASP (Gonococcal Resistance to Antimcrobials Surveillance Programme) is a national sentinel surveillance programme which has monitored trends and drifts in susceptibility in gonococcal isolates since 2000. It collects isolates from consecutive patients attending a network of 26 genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics that give regional representation in England and … [Read more...]
Portfolio Development Support / Cymorth Datblygu Portffolio
Public Health Practitioners Applications are invited from public health workers across Wales to the Public Health Practitioner Portfolio Development Support Programme (2010-11). Through this programme practitioners will be able to access a range of support in developing portfolios of evidence against the UK Public Health Register’s (UKPHR) Public Health Practitioner (Draft) … [Read more...]
Research: Beard 30.03.00
A Literature Review and Research Proposal to Explore the Attitudes and Opinions of Teenagers to Safer Sex 30.03.00 Jean Beard, Health Adviser GUM Clinic Royal Glamorgan Hospital Ynysmaerdy, Llantrisant South Wales CF72 8XR Tel: 01443 443597 If the research work is complete, when was it completed? May 1999 If the research has been published, please give details The … [Read more...]
Research: Smith 27.03.00
A literature review to explore the knowledge and attitudes of health care workers to HIV and AIDS 27.03.00 Sandra Smith, Health Adviser Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Ynysmaerdy, Llantrisant, South Wales CF72 8XR 01443 443597 If the research work is complete, when was it completed? April 1999. If the research has been published, please give details Submitted as part … [Read more...]