Injecting drug users and HIV
Linda PantonClinical Nurse Specialist, Regional Infectious Diseases Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh People who inject drugs (PWID) certainly have to be considered as a ‘hard-to-reach’…
A hepatitis B-screening outreach clinic for the Chinese community
Sara DavisSexual Health Nurse, 56 Dean Street Clinic, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust An estimated 2 billion people worldwide have been infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and mo…
Seeking support in Liverpool: issues and barriers for asylum seekers and refugees who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or intersex
Jennifer NewUniversity of Liverpool AbstractThe following article highlights significant issues and barriers that lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers and refugees can …
Moving towards m-test: breaking down barriers to HIV and STI testing and prevention in the MSM community
Vaughan Statham, Katherine Bethell and Dan ClutterbuckNHS Lothian Sexual and Reproductive Health Services, Chalmers Centre, Edinburgh The health service in Scotland is divided up into 14 regional h…
From Preston to Zambia: what can student children’s nurses learn from a two-week placement?
Linda Sanderson1, James Meek1, Debbie Brittain1, Abigail Heath2and Zoe Wood21Senior Lecturers and 2Student Nurses, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK Sexual and reproductive health (SRH)…
Waverley Care: developing HIV services that are inclusive, responsive and accurately meet the needs of Africans in Scotland
Martha BaillieDeputy Chief Executive, Waverley Care Waverley Care was originally established as a Scottish charity in 1989 to provide care and support to people living with HIV. In 2003 the charity…
Article review: Impact of nursing intervention on improving HIV, hepatitis knowledge and mental health among homeless young adults (Nyamathi et al. 2013)
Emma S Jones and James MeekLecturers, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK The subject article reports on the results from a pilot study considering the impact of two interventions on imp…