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<p style="mso-pagination:none"><small><a href="#Date: 11th Feb 2003">Stigma and Sexually
Transmitted Infections: Are attitudes towards people with sexually transmitted infections
as punitive<br>
as they are perceived to be? </a></small></p>
<p style="mso-pagination:none"><small><a href="#Date: 14.10.02">"That's the whole
thing-to get rid of it": Stigma, Sexually Transmitted Infections and Attendance at
the GUM Clinic</a></small></p>
<p><small><a href="#Date: 26.3.01">Developmental Psychology; comparison of the risk
perceptions between genders in late adolescence</a></small></p>
<p><small><a href="#Date: 5.11.00">Provider Referrals: Experience and Attitudes of Sexual
Contacts<o:p></o:p></a></small></p>
<p><small><a href="#Date: 4.11.99">Assessing the impact of pre-test counselling upon HIV
transmission, knowledge and motivation to change risk behaviour.<o:p></o:p></a></small></p>
<p><small><a href="# Date: 14.10.00">Some Peoples’ Psychological Experiences of
Attending a Sexual Health Clinic and Having an STI<o:p></o:p></a></small></p>
<p><small><a href="#Date: 20.10.99">Clinical Supervision is Beneficial to Health
Advisers/Clinical Nurse Specialists Working within Genito-urinary Medicine</a></small></p>
<p><small><a href="#Date: 20.03.00">Working Together: meeting the needs of the Black
African clients in a UK HIV clinical service</a></small></p>
<p><small><a href="#Date: 30.03.00">A Literature Review and Research Proposal to Explore
the Attitudes and Opinions of Teenagers to Safer Sex<o:p></a></small></p>
<p><small><a href="# Date: 27.03.00">A literature review to explore the knowledge and
attitudes of health care workers to HIV and AIDS</a><o:p></small></p>
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<p></span><small><a href="#Date: 2000">How do we do what we do with patients and how can
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<p><a name="Date: 11th Feb 2003"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Myriad-Roman;
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</strong>11th Feb 2003</small></span></a></p>
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<o:p></span></small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Ellen
Mulholland</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><small>Gum Dept.,<o:p></o:p> University Hospital of Hartlepool,<o:p> Holdforth Rd. </small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Hartlepool.</span><small>TS24
9AH</small></p>
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line"><o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
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</span>Health Adviser<o:p></o:p></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Title
of research</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line">:<small>
</small></span>Stigma and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Are attitudes towards people
with sexually transmitted infections as punitive<br>
as they are perceived to be? </small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">If
the research work is complete, when was it completed?<o:p> </span></b>January 2003</small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Summary
of research topic</span></small></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small>Previous research has identified
perceptions of social stigma as a main barrier to attendance for sexual health screening.
Although published research surrounding the psychology of social stigma in relation to
common sexually transmitted infections is lacking, a wide body of evidence has accumulated
suggesting that only a minority of people hold highly negative views of people suffering
from HIV, within which gender differences have been found (eg Yong & Miller 1993).
This is in direct contrast with the felt stigma of those infected (Green 1995). As
negative attitudes among the general public towards stigmatised people are important
sources of enacted stigma, the current study employed a simple survey design to
investigate participants own attitudes towards people with STIs in comparison to their
perceptions of others attitudes and to identify any attitudinal differences between
genders. 30 (15 male/15 female) members of<br>
the general public were invited to complete a two-part likert style attitude
questionnaire, adapted to investigate attitudes towards people who have STIs. A series of
t-tests were performed and the results indicate that 1) a significant difference exists
between participants own positive and negative attitudes (t = 8.706; df = 29; p = .000;
< 0.05) indicating an overall liberal attitude towards people suffering from STIs 2) a
significant difference exists between participants perceptions of the general public's
attitude and their own, with the general public's attitude perceived as generally more
negative (t = 3.238; df 29; p = .0015; < 0.05). 3) No significant differences were
found between males and females. <br>
<em>Main conclusion:</em><br>
As the participants essentially form part of the general public, and social stigma is
proposed to be a manifestation of social standards<br>
(Goffman 1963), these findings appear counterintuitive. This raises questions regarding
why the general public perceive others to hold<br>
negative attitudes towards STI sufferers when they themselves don't, and how has such a
viewpoint become stereotypical. Further research is required to investigate this
phenomenon.</small></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><a name="Date: 14.10.02"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Date</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
14.10.02</span></small></a></p>
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normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Name</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
<o:p></span></small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Ellen
Mulholland</span></p>
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normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Address</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
</span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small>Gum Dept.,<o:p></o:p> Hartlepool General Hospital,<o:p> Holdforth Rd. </small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Hartlepool.</span></p>
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normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Telephone</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:<o:p></o:p>
</span></small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
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522577</span></p>
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line"><o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Post</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
</span>Clinical Nurse Specialist/Health Adviser<o:p></o:p></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Title
of research</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line">:<small>
</small></span>"That's the whole thing-to get rid of it": Stigma, Sexually
Transmitted Infections and Attendance at the GUM Clinic</small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">If
the research work is complete, when was it completed?<o:p> </span></b></small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">May
2002</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Summary
of research topic</span></small></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small>Abstract</small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small>Previous research has identified
many barriers that inhibit the uptake of sexual health screening which include fears of
embarrassment, perceptions of stigma and perceived invulnerability as a function of
stereotypical beliefs surrounding the risks of contracting sexually transmitted infections
STI's (Holgate & Longman 1998, Meyer -Weitz et al 2000). However little is known about
the health seeking behaviours of those at risk as psychological research in this area is
lacking. Employing a theoretical sampling technique, this qualitative study utilised a
phenomenological interpretative approach to interview ten patients (5 female/5 male) with
an age range of 18-28 years (mean age: 22 years) attending a Genito-Urinary Medicine
clinic. The aim being to explore their perceptions of sexual health screening, to
ascertain whether these perceptions are endorsed by the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB)
(Ajzen 1985, 1991), and to identify any gender differences. Burnard's (1991) stage method
of thematic analysis identified seven salient themes which were all dominated by
perceptions of stigma; 1) stigma surrounding STI's, 2) fear of exposure, 3) isolation, 4)
reluctance to attend, 5) contamination, 6) relationship issues and 7) perceived
invulnerability. The findings suggest that perceptions of contamination seemed to underlie
motivation to attend despite the perceived barriers. Significant gender differences were
also identified. The TPB cannot account for these findings.<br>
<br>
Main conclusion<br>
<br>
In support of previous research this study has demonstrated that sexual health screening
does take place against a prevailing sexual (patriarchal) ideology that plays a major role
in the social construction of barriers to sexual health care especially for women.
Although the medical profession and the government are recommending destigmatisation of
STI's and GUM clinics (Foley & Patel 2001, DOH 2001) which ironically they have played
a role in creating, it is possible that this stigma is motivating individuals to attend.
The participants of this study all voiced a real reluctance to attend the GUM clinic and
described the psychological discomfort that they experienced as a result of stereotypical
notions surrounding STI's and the GUM clinic. However, although destigmatisation of GUM
clinics would be a positive action to lessen this discomfort which might make it easier
for individuals to attend, it could be argued that the active voices of the participants
in this study demonstrated that the desire to "get rid" of the perceived
contamination associated with the stigma of STI's, may have paradoxically facilitated
their attendance over and above the personal and organisational obstacles. Should STI's
therefore be destigmatised ? Further psychological research is essential in order to
address this question as there are huge implications for health promotion/massmedia
campaigns, governmental policies, aswell as professional practice.</small></p>
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normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Date</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
26.3.01</span></small></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Name</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
<o:p></span></small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Ellen
Mulholland</span></p>
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normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
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Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
</span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small>Gum Dept.,<o:p></o:p></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small>Hartlepool General Hospital,<o:p></o:p></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small>Holdforth Rd.</small></p>
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<p>Hartlepool.</span></p>
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normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
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Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:<o:p></o:p>
</span></small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
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522577</span></p>
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normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Post</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
</span>Clinical Nurse Specialist/Health Adviser<o:p></o:p></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Title
of research</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line">:
</span></small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Developmental
Psychology; comparison of the risk perceptions between genders in late adolescence</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">If
the research work is complete, when was it completed?<o:p> </span></b></small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">November
2000</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Summary of research topic or problem and any
findings or conclusions</b>: </span></small></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><small>The transitional period of adolescence from childhood
to adulthood has been characterised as a relatively high-risk stage of life which makes
them vulnerable to the adverse biopsychosocial consequences of risk. However, adolescent
experimentation has been viewed as psychologically adaptive, as experimentation
facilitates social and psychological development, autonomy, self-regulation and
independence. As a result of these complex developmental processes, adolescent risk taking
is multifactoral involving such factors as social conformity and peer influence, together
with personality factors including extraversion/introversion and high sensation seeking
traits. Furthermore, risk taking has also been linked with the concept of "optimistic
bias" whereby individuals hold a sense of invulnerability as they unrealistically
assess their own risks as less than the risks of others. Risk appraisals have also been
found to be modified by prior experience. Knowledge of these factors is of particular
importance for practice for both clinic based one to one and broader community based
behavioural interventions. A wide body of evidence exists that supports the theory that
adolescent's perception of risk predicts subsequent behaviour. More specifically,
perceptions of the beneficial consequences of risky activities have been found to be a
significant predictor of intentions to participate in them. Significant gender differences
in risk perceptions have also been consistently found. In order to build upon previous
research and to gain further understanding into the risk perceptions of adolescents, the
current study utilised an independent groups design to investigate the relationship
between the perceived positive consequences (the benefits), perceived negative
consequences (the costs), and intentions to participate in a variety of risky activities.
This was combined with an investigation into the gender differences between risk
perceptions. Utilising a purposive quota sampling technique, 56 adolescents (25-male/31
female) with a mean age of 16.8 years (age range 16-18 years) were selected from a College
of Further Education in the North East of England. They were instructed to complete the
three part Cognitive Appraisal of Risky Events Questionnaire which reflects six common
risk factors; illicit drug use, aggressive and illegal behaviours, risky sexual
activities, heavy drinking and academic behaviours. Independent samples t-tests revealed
statistically significant gender differences between perceptions of negative consequences
of the risky activities (t=2.938; df 54; p= .005; < 0.05) and between perceptions of
positive consequences of risky activities (t= 2.056; df 54; p= .045; <o:p></o:p>< 0.05) with
females perceiving less negative consequences than males. A Pearson's correlation also
revealed a strong positive relationship between perceived positive consequences and
intentions to participate in the risky activities (r= 0.836; df 54; <o:p></o:p></small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">p=
0.01; < 0.05). The findings are discussed together with methodological limitations and
implications for future research.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><a href="../professional_interest/research"></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><a name="Date: 5.11.00"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Date</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
5.11.00</a><o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Name</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Chris Faldon<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Address</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Department of GU Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Newcastle General Hospital<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Westgate Road<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Newcastle NE4 6BE<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Telephone</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
0191 219 5011<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Post</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Health Adviser<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Title
of research</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line">:
"Come & see me. You may have a sexual infection." (Provider Referrals:
Experience and Attitudes of Sexual Contacts<o:p></o:p>)</span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">If the research work is complete, when was it
completed?<o:p> </b>October 2000</span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Summary of research topic or problem and any
findings or conclusions</b>: </span></small></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Chlamydia trachomatis</i> is a significant threat to
the sexual health of a large proportion of the sexually active UK population. Asymptomatic
cases of infection are frequently detected through partner notification. It has been a key
component of controlling sexually transmitted infections. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Few
studies have attempted to examine the acceptability of partner notification to patients,
partners and health care workers. Health Advisers working in Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM)
clinics take the lead responsibility in tracing sexual contacts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">A
qualitative study was performed to address the following areas:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
l75 level1 lfo121;tab-stops:list 39.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana">Examine the impact on an
individual of being informed by a health professional of a specific sexual infection risk.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
l75 level1 lfo121;tab-stops:list 39.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana">Search out any changes to
their feelings and reactions to this life experience over a period of time. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
l75 level1 lfo121;tab-stops:list 39.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Identify factors that may
influence coping strategies and thus inform professional practice.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">‘In-depth’
interviews were selected as the method of choice. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Recruitment proved to be extremely difficult.
Five men agreed to be interviewed by the lead researcher and only one went on to a second
interview 3 months later. Sufficient data however was collected to address the study aims.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Three
key issues emerged from the data;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/shastd2/shasbul3.gif" width="35" height="24" hspace="3" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Vulnerability:
The human reactions to the threat of receiving bad news.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--></td></tr>
<!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/shastd2/shasbul3.gif" width="35" height="24" hspace="3" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Searching:
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The response</i> to seek out support and other
coping strategies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--></td></tr>
<!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/shastd2/shasbul3.gif" width="35" height="24" hspace="3" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Power:
Concerned with control issues and the dynamics of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">relationships</i>
<o:p></o:p> </span></p>
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<!--msthemelist--></table><!--mstheme--><font face="verdana, Arial, Helvetica">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Verdana">The men were broadly supportive of the intervention of partner
notification and articulated views on how it had impacted on their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Verdana">A range of professional implications, recommendations for
further work and research was proposed. <o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><a href="../professional_interest/research"></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><a name="Date: 4.11.99"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Date</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
4.11.99</a><o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Name</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Paul Nicholls and Mime Mathews<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Address</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
James Paget Health Care Trust, Lowestoft Road, Gomeston, Norfolk <o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Telephone</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
01493 452747 <o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Post</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Health Adviser<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Title
of research</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line">:
Assessing the impact of pre-test counselling upon HIV transmission, knowledge and
motivation to change risk behaviour.<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">If the research work is complete, when was it
completed? </b>July 1999<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"> <o:p></o:p></b></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">If the research has been published, please give
details: </b>The research was presented as a poster at the AIDS Impact Conference in
Ottawa, Canada, July 1999.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></b></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Summary of research topic or problem and any
findings or conclusions: </b>Pre-test counselling provides a unique opportunity for health
education and planned behaviour change. The research hypothesis is that knowledge about
HIV is increased by pre-test counselling (following DOH guidelines 1996) but motivation to
change risk behaviour is not significantly changed.<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line">Preliminary
results showed initially variable knowledge about HIV, with low knowledge scores amongst
some clients. Some improvement in knowledge was achieved in most cases by second testing.
Confidence in efficacy was high however in the majority of respondents. Pre-test
counselling did not significantly alter the profile of motivation for change scores.<o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><a href="../professional_interest/research"></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><a name=" Date: 14.10.00"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"> Date</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
14.10.00</a><o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Name</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Helen Holgate<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Address</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
c/o SHASTD Research Officer<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Telephone</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Post</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Ex-Senior Health Adviser, Kingston Hospital<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Title
of research</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line">:
Some Peoples’ Psychological Experiences of Attending a Sexual Health Clinic and
Having an STI<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">If the research work is complete, when was it
completed? </b>1996<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">If the research has been published, please give
details: </b>Published in SHASTD newsletter Spring 1999 and the Journal of the Royal
Society, Vol 118, No.2 April 1998<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Summary of research topic or problem and any
findings or conclusions: </b>This study considers aspects of the experiences of a group of
people attending a sexual health clinic and receiving the diagnosis of a sexually
transmitted infection (STI). The study was conducted in the form of action research using
a qualitative approach. Participants consisted of eight attenders at a sexual health
clinic who had been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection. Counselling skills
and techniques were used throughout semi-structured interviews to explore
participants’ feelings about these issues. Thematic analysis was used to generate
themes of importance to the participants.<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p>Some
people who had been to a sexual health clinic and received a diagnosis of a sexually
transmitted infection were found to experience feelings of anxiety, stigma and isolation. <o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><a href="../professional_interest/research"></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><a name="Date: 20.10.99"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Date</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
20.10.99<o:p></o:p></span></small></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Name</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Susan A. Padmore<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Address</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
c/o SHASTD Research Officer<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Telephone</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Post</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Health Adviser<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Title
of research</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line">:
Clinical Supervision is Beneficial to Health Advisers/Clinical Nurse Specialists Working
within Genito-urinary Medicine<o:p> <o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">If the research work is complete, when was it
completed? </b>June 1997<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">If the research has been published, please give
details: </b><o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"> <o:p></o:p>Summary of research topic or problem and any
findings or conclusions: </b>The author’s hypothesis was that clinical supervision is
beneficial to health advisers/clinical nurse specialists working within Genito-Urinary
Medicine. Interviews with Health Advisers and Clinical Nurse Specialists supported this
hypothesis.<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><a name=" Date: 27.03.00"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Date</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
27.03.00</a><o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Name</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Sandra Smith<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Address</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Royal Glamorgan Hospital<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Ynysmaerdy<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Llantrisant<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>South Wales CF72 8XR<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Telephone</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
01443 443597<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Post</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Health Adviser<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Title
of research</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line">:
A literature review to explore the knowledge and attitudes of health care workers to HIV
and AIDS<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">If the research work is complete, when was it
completed? </b>April 1999<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">If the research has been published, please give
details: </b>Submitted as part fulfilment of the M.Sc. in Sexual Health and Reproductive
Studies.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></b></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Summary of research topic or problem and any
findings or conclusions: </b>The dissertation describes a review of the literature on the
impact of knowledge and attitudes of health care professionals in relation to HIV and AIDS
and the barriers affecting the quality of caring for people with the disease. People with
AIDS (PWA) not only have to face the biophysical consequences of a terminal disease, but
also the social impact or stigma, associated with this illness. This paper found that
health care professionals’ knowledge is increasing over time, as they become more
familiar with treating people with AIDS. However, there remain gaps in education and
training, which clearly need to be addressed, as HIV and AIDS remain the epidemic of our
time. The dissertation concludes with implications for practice.<o:p></span></small></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><a name="Date: 20.03.00"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Date</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
20.03.00<o:p></o:p></span></small></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Name</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Rose Tobin<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Address</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
c/o SHASTD Research Officer<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Telephone</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Post</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Senior Health Adviser<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Title
of research</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line">:
Working Together: meeting the needs of the Black African clients in a UK HIV clinical
service<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">If the research work is complete, when was it
completed? </b>April 1999<o:p></o:p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><o:p></o:p></b></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">If the research has been published, please give
details: </b><o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Summary
of research topic or problem and any findings or conclusions: </span></b></small></p>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">
<p><small>Evaluation of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>how a voluntary
community based project, Africare, which offers advocacy and an outreach service to black
African people affected by HIV/AIDS in the community, is incorporated into a local clinic
based service.</small></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><a name="Date: 30.03.00"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Date</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
30.03.00</a><o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Name</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Jean Beard<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Address</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
GUM Clinic<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Royal Glamorgan Hospital<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Ynysmaerdy<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Llantrisant<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>South Wales CF72 8XR<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Telephone</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
01443 443597<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Post</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Health Adviser<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Title
of research</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line">:
A Literature Review and Research Proposal to Explore the Attitudes and Opinions of
Teenagers to Safer Sex<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">If the research work is complete, when was it
completed? </b>May 1999<o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"> <o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">If the research has been published, please give
details: </b>The dissertation was submitted as part of the requirements for the M.Sc. in
Reproductive and Sexual Health Studies. It was presented to the annual Welsh MSSVD
Conference and to the Welsh Office Development and Research Bureau.<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Summary of research topic or problem and any
findings or conclusions: </b>The aim of the literature review is to analyse the
information currently available about the attitudes and opinions of adolescents to safe
sexual practices. It is evident that there has been little research into teenagers’
opinions about safe sex. For this reason it was decided to design a qualitative research
study. The research proposed will use a grounded theory approach to explore the opinions
of teenagers who volunteer to share their views on safe sex, in relation to their own
sexual behaviour and sexual health.<o:p></o:p></span></small></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><a name="Date: 2000"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Date</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
2000</span></small></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Name</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
</span></small><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica-Bold;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">James
Monteith, Jo Greenaway, David Owen.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Address</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
</span></small><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:4.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Central
Middlesex Hospital, Acton Lane, London, NW10 7NS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line"><o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Contact</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
</span></small><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:4.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:
AR-SA">0208
453 2220 or e-mail joanne.greenaway@cmh-tr.nthames.nhs.uk</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Post</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:line">:
Health Adviser<o:p></o:p>s</span></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Title
of research</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-grid-mode:
line">:
</span>How do we do what we do with patients and how can we do it better?<o:p></o:p></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><small><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
layout-grid-mode:line">Summary
of research topic or problem and any findings or conclusions: </span></small></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2"><small>"Is Health Advising just a job or does it have the
characteristics of a profession? Are Health Advisers merely ancillary workers for the
medical profession carrying out a delegated range of tasks, or do they have a coherent way
of conceptualising their role in a way that relates theory to practice, and which betokens
a distinct professional identity and role"? </small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><small> <o:p></o:p>The
overall aim of the Research is to evaluate and conceptualise Health Adviser interactions
with a specific patient group: HIV antibody positive gay men referred for psychological
support; with a view towards developing and supporting an evidence based Health Adviser
practice applicable to all patients referred. It is a baseline study.</small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><small> <o:p>From
the responses to the patient questionnaire the authors considered three specific though
inter-related questions:<o:p></o:p></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><small>i) What
knowledge, skills and attitudes inform a Health Adviser interaction with a patient in a
HIV/GUM centre?<o:p></o:p></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><small>ii) How
can we better define and characterise our patient interactions?<o:p></o:p></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><small>iii)
What implication do these findings have for the professional development of Health
Advising with particular<o:p></o:p> reference to the core areas of Health Advising (SHASTD –
Guidelines for Good Practice, 1999)<o:p></o:p></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><small> <o:p></o:p>The
argument of this study is that Health Advising is not just a job comprised of a range of
specific delegated tasks. The authors have identified our professional core skill we
counsel patients in sexual infections; and we believe as Health Advisers, we are beginning
to conceptualise our counselling practice appropriately. When committed and experienced
Health Advisers meet and we<o:p></o:p> discuss our work; we instinctively recognise each other as
fellow professionals; though we may have come from many different backgrounds and
theoretical trainings<o:p></o:p>.</small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><a href="../documents/Monteith.pdf">Full poster</a> presented at SHASTD conference 2000</p>
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