BAppSc, MPH, MHlthSc, PhD, Head, Sexual Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic
The study aim was to understand Victorian providers’ needs and perspectives about implementing young people’s health assessments.
Online and digital aids could provide an effective means to help facilitate sexual health discussions with older patients in general practice, provided they are designed with the patient in mind.
GPs do not routinely discuss sexual health with older patients, and they believe the responsibility for initiation of such discussions rests with the patients themselves.
Partner management is key to reducing transmission and a cornerstone of best practice chlamydia management.
There is now global recognition of the importance of enhanced chlamydia case management to reduce the risk of repeat infection and minimise harms of pelvic inflammatory disease.
Risk-taking behaviours in adolescents are rarely detected in clinical practice without deliberate assessment within a youth-friendly framework.
This article describes the co-design, implementation and use of documentation shortcuts for chlamydia management.