'They made me feel comfortable': a comparison of methods to measure patient experience in a sexual health clinic

Autor: Alison R. Howarth, Sophie Day, Linda Greene, Helen Ward

Publikováno v: BMC Health Services Research, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017)

Abstract Background High quality sexual health services are needed to improve both individual and public health outcomes. This study set out to explore what is important to patients who visit a sexual health clinic, and examine their understanding of

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Accelerated partner therapy (APT) partner notification for people with Chlamydia trachomatis: protocol for the Limiting Undetected Sexually Transmitted infections to RedUce Morbidity (LUSTRUM) APT cross-over cluster randomised controlled trial

Autor: Jackie A Cassell, Anne M Johnson, Claudia S Estcourt, Catherine H Mercer, John Saunders, Sonali Wayal, Paul Flowers, Maria Pothoulaki, Fiona Mapp, Merle Symonds, Rak Nandwani, Christian Althaus, Tamsin Mckinnon, Andrew Copas, Gabriele Vojt, Alison R Howarth, Melvina Woode Owusu, Susannah Brice, Alex Comer, Chidubem (Duby) Ogwulu

Publikováno v: BMJ Open, Vol 10, Iss 3 (2020)

Introduction Partner notification (PN) is a process aiming to identify, test and treat the sex partners of people (index patients) with sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Accelerated partner therapy (APT) is a PN method whereby healthcare profes

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Accelerated partner therapy contact tracing for people with chlamydia (LUSTRUM): a crossover cluster-randomised controlled trial

Autor: Claudia S Estcourt, Oliver Stirrup, Andrew Copas, Nicola Low, Fiona Mapp, John Saunders, Catherine H Mercer, Paul Flowers, Tracy Roberts, Alison R Howarth, Melvina Woode Owusu, Merle Symonds, Rak Nandwani, Chidubem Ogwulu, Susannah Brice, Anne M Johnson, Christian L Althaus, Eleanor Williams, Alex Comer-Schwartz, Anna Tostevin, Jackie A Cassell

Publikováno v: Estcourt, Claudia S; Stirrup, Oliver; Copas, Andrew; Low, Nicola; Mapp, Fiona; Saunders, John; Mercer, Catherine H; Flowers, Paul; Roberts, Tracy; Howarth, Alison R; Owusu, Melvina Woode; Symonds, Merle; Nandwani, Rak; Ogwulu, Chidubem; Brice, Susannah; Johnson, Anne M; Althaus, Christian L; Williams, Eleanor; Comer-Schwartz, Alex; Tostevin, Anna; ... (2022). Accelerated partner therapy contact tracing for people with chlamydia (LUSTRUM): a crossover cluster-randomised controlled trial. The lancet. Public health, 7(10), e853-e865. Elsevier 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00204-3

BACKGROUND Accelerated partner therapy has shown promise in improving contact tracing. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of accelerated partner therapy in addition to usual contact tracing compared with usual practice alone in heterosexual peopl

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https://boris.unibe.ch/173429/1/1-s2.0-S2468266722002043-main.pdf

Sexual behaviour, STI and HIV testing and testing need among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men recruited for online surveys pre/post-COVID-19 restrictions in the UK

Autor: Jack RG Brown, David Reid, Alison R Howarth, Hamish Mohammed, John Saunders, Caisey V Pulford, Dana Ogaz, Gwenda Hughes, Catherine H Mercer

Publikováno v: Sexually Transmitted Infections. :sextrans-2022

ObjectivesWe examined sexual behaviour, sexually transmitted infection (STI) and HIV testing and testing need, and identified associated factors, among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in the UK after COVID-19 restrictions en

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https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2022-055689

Improving sexual health through partner notification: the LUSTRUM mixed-methods research Programme including RCT of accelerated partner therapy

Autor: Claudia S Estcourt, Fiona Mapp, Melvina Woode Owusu, Nicola Low, Paul Flowers, Andrew Copas, Tracy E Roberts, Catherine H Mercer, John Saunders, Rak Nandwani, Christian L Althaus, Oliver Stirrup, Merle Symonds, Alison R Howarth, Anne M Johnson, Chidubem Okeke Ogwulu, Maria Pothoulaki, Gabriele Vojt, Sonali Wayal, Susie Brice, Alex Comer-Schwartz, Anna Tostevin, Eleanor Williams, Sarah Lasoye, Jean McQueen, Zainab Abdali, Jackie A Cassell

Publikováno v: Programme Grants for Applied Research, Vol 12, Iss 02 (2024)

Background Sexually transmitted infections disproportionately affect young people and men who have sex with men. Chlamydia is Britain’s most common sexually transmitted infection. Partner notification is a key intervention to reduce transmission of

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