Hughes, Gwenda;
Field, Nigel;
(2015)
The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections in the United Kingdom: impact of behaviour, services and interventions.
Future Microbiology
, 10
(1)
pp. 35-51.
10.2217/fmb.14.110.
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Abstract
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major public health concern. The United Kingdom (UK) has some of the most advanced STI surveillance systems globally. This review uses national surveillance data to describe remarkable changes in STI epidemiology in the UK over the last century and explores behavioural and demographic shifts that may explain these trends. The past ten years have seen considerable improvements in STI service provision and the introduction of national public health interventions. However, sexual health inequalities persist and men who have sex with men, young adults and black ethnic minorities remain a priority for interventions. Technological advances in testing and a shift in sexual health service commissioning arrangements will present both opportunities and challenges in future.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections in the United Kingdom: impact of behaviour, services and interventions |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.2217/fmb.14.110 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.2217/fmb.14.110 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s), 2021. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 3.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. |
| Keywords: | Sexually transmitted infections, Epidemiology, United Kingdom, Sexual behaviour, Sexual health services, Sexual health interventions |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health > Infection and Population Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1450002 |
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