Here are some links to valuable websites about sexual health, sub-divided to help you find what is most useful to you:
www.sexualhealthprofessionals.org.uk
A new website for sexual health professionals contains key policy information and documents, along with details of the latest national campaigns from the Department of Health and the Department for Children Schools and Families. The two departments share a Public Service Agreement (PSA) target to reduce the under 18 conception rate by 50% by 2010, as part of a broader strategy to improve sexual health.
www.sexualhealthprofessionals.org.uk
North West London Sexual Health and HIV Network
This site is widely used to announce forthcoming meetings and events, share documents, and shared learning.
www.nwlshnet.nhs.uk
Sexual Health Nursing
www.rcn.org.uk/sexualhealth
Health Protection Agency
www.hpa.org.uk
Brook
www.brook.org.uk
Department of Health
www.dh.gov.uk
British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
www.bashh.org.uk
Faculty of Family Planning & Reproductive Healthcare
www.ffprhc.org.uk
Family Planning Association
www.fpa.org.uk
Genito-Urinary Nurse’s Association
www.guna.org.uk
Links to specific articles
Maintaining Momentum: Annual Report of the National Chlamydia Screening Programme in England 2007
www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1204013012687
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence: Long-acting reversible contraception
www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/cg030niceguideline.pdf
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence: Optimal practice review - Long-acting reversible contraception
www.nice.org.uk/usingguidance/optimalpracticereviewrecommendationreminders...
Health Protection Agency: HIV and STIs, An Introduction
http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&Page&HPAwebAutoListName/Page/...
Aidsmap: News - Untested HIV-positive individuals account for up to 70% of sexually transmitted HIV infections in US, estimates CDC
www.aidsmap.com/en/news/50971C85-3F46-4C5D-9941-035ECED21686.asp
Aidsmap: News - Decreasing undiagnosed HIV infection helped reduce rate of HIV transmission in US
http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/B8E0E5C9-5A71-4F78-AECB-F28F6E44BC42.asp
British HIV Association: Clinical Audit Report 2005-6
http://www.bhiva.org/files/file1030338.pdf
The Scottish Government: Improving the detection and diagnosis of HIV in non-HIV specialties including primary care
http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/mels/CEL2007_15.pdf
Welsh Assembly Government: Improving the detection and diagnosis of HIV in non-HIV specialties including primary care
http://wales.gov.uk/topics/health/ocmo/communications/letters08/2007/hiv/?lang=en
Northern Ireland, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety: Improving the detection and diagnosis of HIV in non-HIV specialties including primary care
http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/hss_md_23-2007.pdf
Department of Health: Screening for infectious diseases in pregnancy - Standards to support the UK antenatal screening programme
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/...
Unicef Innocenti Report Card: A league table of teenage births in rich nations
http://www.unicef-icdc.org/publications/pdf/repcard3e.pdf
Institute of Social Studies in Medical Care: Unintended pregnancies and the use of contraception - changes from 1984 to 1989 by Anne Fleissig
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1668802&blobtype=pdf
The Lancet: Unintended pregnancy and use of emergency contraception among a large cohort of women attending for antenatal care or abortion in Scotland
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606697377/abstract
World Health Organisation: Sexual Health, An Introduction
www.who.int/reproductive-health/gender/sexualhealth.html
Department of Health: Better prevention, better services, better sexual health - The national strategy for sexual health and HIV
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/...
The Scottish Government: Respect and Responsibility - Strategy and Action Plan for Improving Sexual Health
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/01/20603/51179
The National Assembly for Wales: A strategic framework for promoting sexual health in Wales
http://new.wales.gov.uk/dphhp/publication/improvement/sex-health/...
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland: Health Promotion - Sexual Health
http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/print/public_health_sexualhealth
Department of Health: Making healthy choices easier
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/..
The Scottish Government: Better Health, Better Care - Action Plan
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/12/11103453/3
Department of Health: Our Health Our Care Our Say - a new direction for community services
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/Browsable/DH_4127552
Department of Health: Public Service Agreement (for the health and social care system)
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Aboutus/HowDHworks/Servicestandardsandcommitments/DHPublicServiceAgreement/DH_4106188
RCGP: Curriculum Map - Sexual Health
http://www.rcgp-curriculum.org.uk/extras/curriculum/statementDetails.aspx?id=19
STIs (general)
Health Protection Agency: STIs Annual Data - Data tables 1997-2006
http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAweb&HPAwebStandard/HPAweb_C/1195733775264
Treating sexually transmitted infections in primary care: a missed opportunity? Article by Cassell et al. [Please note: you will need to register - free of charge - on this website to read this article]
http://sti.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/79/2/134?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&...