New study seeks public views on pharmacy-based sexual health services

  • Putting sexual health services into pharmacies is expected to free up doctors’ and clinicians’ time
  • Whether people accept pharmacies as sexual health providers is influenced by how comfortable they feel and whether people perceive the service delivery as discrete
  • University of Warwick PhD research is examining how people in Birmingham experience the delivery of sexual health services in pharmacies
  • Sexual health provider Umbrella provides services related to sexually transmitted infections and contraception in pharmacies in Birmingham
  • A new study from Warwick Medical School is seeking the experiences of users of pharmacy-based sexual health services.

    Focusing on the Birmingham-based service Umbrella, the study hopes to find out what users like and dislike about the pharmacy services.

    Led by PhD student Julia Gauly from the University of Warwick, the aim is to find ways to improve the services. She is looking for volunteers who have recently used the Umbrella sexual health service at one of the partner pharmacies in Birmingham and who would be interested in sharing their experience in a telephone interview.

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