How should we deliver sexual health services in the 2020s?
Jason J. Ong
A B C * , Claudia Estcourt D , Joseph D. Tucker C E , Matthew R. Golden F , Jane S. Hocking G and Christopher K. Fairley A B
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A Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
B Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
C Faculty of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
D Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
E University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
F Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
G Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
Sexual Health 19(4) 233-235 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH22107
Submitted: 23 June 2022 Accepted: 30 June 2022 Published: 29 August 2022
© 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)
Abstract
This Special Issue aims to collate the latest evidence-base focused on optimising sexual health services in the 2020s. We discuss why we need specialist sexual health services, how to get the right people to attend, how to strengthen current services, and smarter use of technologies to enhance sexual health services.
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