Sexual Health Research Network

Sexual Health Research Network


Latest Episodes

Episode 18: Dr Carrie Purcell on self-management of abortion
August 17, 2017

self-management of abortion

Episode 17: Rachael Eastham discusses women’s life history use of contraception
May 20, 2016

Episode 17: Rachael Eastham discusses women's life history use of contraception

Episode 16 Rebecca MacGilleEathain – young peoples experiences of sex education
May 06, 2016

In Episode 16 Karen talks to Rebecca MacGilleEathain (Maclean), a doctoral student at the University of the West of Scotland.  Rebecca’s work is on young people’s experiences of sex education and their knowledge.

Episode 15: Britta Wigginton
April 15, 2016

In Episode 15 karen talks to Dr Britta Wigginton, an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Psychology, at The University of Queensland. She is first author of a paper entitled ‘A qualitative analysis of women’s explanations for changing contracepti...

Episode 14: Nicola Boydell discusses ‘personal communities’ among young gay & bisexual men, and ‘safer sex’
December 11, 2015

In episode 14, Dr Nicola Boydell, a Research Assistant at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, chats with Karen about her thesis study investigating young gay and bisexual men's 'personal communities',

Episode 13: Jenny Dalrymple discusses older adults’ sexual risk taking
November 26, 2015

Episode 13:  Jenny Dalrymple, Clinical Academic Research Fellow, Glasgow Caledonian University & sexual health nurse, Sandyford Glasgow In this podcast, Jenny chats to Karen about findings from a qualitative study that explored older adults’ sexual ris...

Episode 12: Louise Jackson discusses a systematic review and meta-ethnography of women’s experiences of chlamydia testing
November 12, 2015

Episode 12:  Louise Jackson, Research Fellow within the Health Economics Unit at the University of Birmingham. In this podcast, Louise chats to Karen about a systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative studies that investigated women’s experi...

Episode 11: Sarah Woodhall discusses chlamydia testing and diagnosis
October 29, 2015

Episode 11:  Sarah Woodhall, a Principal Scientist in the HIV & STI Department, Public Health England. In this podcast, Sarah chats to Karen about work that aimed to quantify chlamydia testing and diagnosis among 16-24 year olds in Britain in relation ...

Episode 10: Ingrid Young talks about TasP and PreP
December 18, 2014

In Episode 10, Dr Ingrid Young, a Research Fellow at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, talks to Karen about treatment as prevention (TasP) and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PreP), in relation to HIV prevention.

Episode 9: Adam Bourne discusses qualitative work on men and chemsex
December 12, 2014

In Episode 9, Adam Bourne, a lecturer at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK, talks to Karen about men and chemsex.  He discusses findings from qualitative work, funded by the London Boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham. (21 mins) -