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Archive
Here are
details of some of our older publications. Parts of
their content may be out of date, but they could be
of interest for those investigating particular aspects
of HIV-related policy or practice. You still can obtain
copies of many of these publications by contacting
us (single copies free).
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| Review
of primary care trust local delivery plans
2005-2008 |
Joint
report by Brook, fpa, Medical Foundation
for AIDS & Sexual Health, National
AIDS Trust and Terrence Higgins Trust.
Published January 2006.
This report of an
audit of 44 primary care trust (PCT)
local delivery plans (LDPs) from across
England suggests an alarming lack
of NHS planning to improve sexual
health. Despite the introduction of
specific targets to tackle poor sexual
health, up to half of PCTs in this
sample failed to mention plans to
improve some key areas. There was
only limited evidence of plans for
service redesign and improvement,
and only a third mentioned targeted
planned investment in sexual health,
despite the Government's additional
local funding for 2006/7 and 2007/8.
The report recommends the establishment
of sexual health improvement as a
top tier priority for the NHS.
Download the report as a pdf. View joint
press release and comment by British Medical Association |
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| HIV in primary care 2004 |
In December 2004, we published HIV in primary care, an essential guide for GPs, practice nurses and other members of the primary healthcare team, written by GPs Dr Sara Madge, Dr Philippa Matthews, Dr Surinder Singh and Dr Nick Theobald. The full-colour booklet focuses particularly on clinical diagnosis, offering HIV testing, side-effects of antiretroviral therapy which may be seen in primary care, and how GPs can complement specialist care for people with HIV. It presents practical information in an attractive and easy-to-use format, with photographs to illustrate the section on the main HIV-related conditions and their symptoms.
The 2011 edition of HIV in Primary Care is now available. Please see our Publications pages for details.
The 2004 version of the booklet is now only available in pdf format to download. |
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| Networking
for quality in HIV treatment and care (report,
December 2002) |
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By
Oonagh O'Brien and Ruth Lowbury
A report
of findings from a project to map
and facilitate the development of
service networks in four parts of
England. The report presented a series
of recommendations arising from the
project and a short list of learning
points about facilitating factors
and barriers to networking. With introductory
sections describing the genesis of
the project and the fast-changing
policy context, the body of the report
discussed the findings from interviews
and workshops with service providers,
users and commissioners in the South
East (Surrey, Sussex and Kent), West
and North Yorkshire, the West Midlands
and the South West. The learning from
this project fed into our more recent
work on
standards and networks for NHS HIV
services.
The report
is available as a
downloadable pdf file. If you
would like to order a hard copy, please
contact us.
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| Standards
for NHS Hospital HIV Services (report, May
1999) |
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 A
report from the BMA Foundation for
AIDS (now known as the Medical Foundation
for AIDS & Sexual Health) and
the Centre for Research on
Drugs and Health Behaviour which proposed
quality standards for NHS hospital
services for people with HIV. The
report was based on a consultation
process involving a range of stakeholders
including clinicians, commissioners
and representatives of people with
HIV. It focused on service organisation,
infrastructure and staffing, rather
than clinical guidelines for the care
of individual patients. The report
emphasised the value of networking
between different service providers
as a means of achieving high quality
yet accessible care.
This report is available
as a downloadable PDF
file. If you would prefer to order
a hard copy, please contact
us.
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| Take
the HIV test (1998) |
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 A
pamphlet rethinking HIV tests, published
in September 1998. It was designed
for health care workers in hospitals
and general practice who might not
feel confident offering an HIV test
to their patients and suggested appropriate
ways to provide the test and communicate
the results. It emphasised that counselling
was no longer considered necessary
for a person to give informed consent
to the test.
Update
note
With
reference to the first complete sentence
on page 5, and the end of the last
paragraph on the same page, in August
1999 health minister Tessa Jowell
announced that HIV testing should
be routinely offered and recommended
to all pregnant women throughout England
as a standard part of antenatal care.
All maternity units and GPs providing
maternity services were to implement
this policy before the end of the
year 2000. By that date, all health
districts would be expected to show
at least a 50% uptake of antenatal
HIV testing, rising to 90% by the
end of 2002. Source: NHS Executive:
Health Service Circular HSC 1999/183:
Reducing mother to baby transmission
of HIV.
You can download a copy as a
PDF
file.
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Prescribing of condoms in prisons:
survey report (1997) |
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A
report of a questionnaire investigating
the availability of condoms in prisons
in England and Wales. This survey
was conducted by the BMA Foundation
for AIDS (now known as the Medical
Foundation for AIDS & Sexual Health)
to monitor the implementation of advice
to prison medical officers that they
can (and should) prescribe condoms
to prisoners where necessary to avoid
a risk of HIV infection.
This report is available online.
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| Using
effectiveness research to guide the development
of school sex education (pamphlet, 1997) |
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A paper based on a
workshop held by the BMA Foundation
for AIDS (now known as the Medical
Foundation for AIDS & Sexual Health),
the Health Education Authority and
the Sex Education Forum in early 1996,
at which leading researchers, practitioners
and advisers discussed possible outcomes
for measuring the effectiveness of
sex education. It says that effectiveness
should not be measured solely in terms
of impact on health-related behaviour
and suggests ways in which research
can contribute to improving sex education
in practice.
The pamphlet is particularly intended
for commissioners of research and
evaluation studies, but is of interest
also to researchers and practitioners
in the sex education field.
This report is available
online.
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| HIV
infection and hospital doctors (policy statement,
1995) |
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policy statement written by the Medical
Foundation for AIDS & Sexual Health
and adopted by the Permanent Working
Group of European Junior Hospital Doctors.
This paper gave clear guidance on how
to prevent infection risks to patients
while protecting the rights and confidentiality
of health care workers who may be infected
with HIV. |
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| Sexual
health promotion in general practice (book,
1995) |
Edited
by Hilary Curtis, Carey Jewitt and Tony
Hoolaghan.
Published by Radcliffe Medical Press
Ltd, ISBN 1 85775 131 0.
A book for all professionals
working to promote fulfilling and responsible
patterns of sexual behaviour. Sexual
health promotion in general practice
provides a menu of options and ideas
to meet the wide variety of needs in
both urban and rural practices, and
those serving populations with different
prevalences of HIV and sexually transmitted
disease. It can be used as a practical
manual for developing practice policies
and as a text for individual reference
by the entire primary care team.
Quotes from some of
our favourite reviews:
A welcome addition to doctors'
education ... well written and easy
to read ... I particularly like how
it covers the ethical importance of
confidentiality with reference to
young people and counselling and testing
for HIV and other sexually transmitted
diseases, as well as the difficult
issues of patients who are already
HIV positive ... I recommend reading
this book. British Medical
Journal
The chapter on taking sexual histories
is particularly well covered and offers
"model" questions for the
uninitiated reader to use when tackling
certain sensitive issues. ... This
is an excellent book which is good
value for money and should be available
for reference in all primary health
care settings. HIV &
AIDS Current Trends
This publication can be ordered through
Radcliffe
Medical Press Ltd.
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