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Understanding the barriers and facilitators to using self‐sampling packs for sexually transmitted infections and blood‐borne viruses: Thematic analyses for intervention optimization by Flowers, Paul, Vojt, Gabriele, Pothoulaki, Maria, Mapp, Fiona, Woode Owusu, Melvina, Estcourt, Claudia, Cassell, Jackie A., Saunders, John

“…Purpose Self‐sampling packs for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and blood‐borne viruses (BBVs) are widely offered. There are ongoing problems with reach…”
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Accelerated partner therapy (APT) partner notification for people with Chlamydia trachomatis: protocol for the Limiting Undetected Sexually Transmitted infections to RedUce Morbidity (LUSTRUM) APT cross-over cluster randomised controlled trial by Estcourt, Claudia S, Howarth, Alison R, Copas, Andrew, Low, Nicola, Mapp, Fiona, Woode Owusu, Melvina, Flowers, Paul, Roberts, Tracy, Mercer, Catherine H, Wayal, Sonali, Symonds, Merle, Nandwani, Rak, Saunders, John, Johnson, Anne M, Pothoulaki, Maria, Althaus, Christian, Pickering, Karen, McKinnon, Tamsin, Brice, Susannah, Comer, Alex, Tostevin, Anna, Ogwulu, Chidubem (Duby), Vojt, Gabriele, Cassell, Jackie A

“…IntroductionPartner notification (PN) is a process aiming to identify, test and treat the sex partners of people (index patients) with sexually transmitted…”
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Improving sexual health through partner notification: the LUSTRUM mixed-methods research Programme including RCT of accelerated partner therapy by Estcourt, Claudia S, Mapp, Fiona, Woode Owusu, Melvina, Low, Nicola, Flowers, Paul, Copas, Andrew, Roberts, Tracy E, Mercer, Catherine H, Saunders, John, Nandwani, Rak, Althaus, Christian L, Stirrup, Oliver, Symonds, Merle, Howarth, Alison R, Johnson, Anne M, Okeke Ogwulu, Chidubem, Pothoulaki, Maria, Vojt, Gabriele, Wayal, Sonali, Brice, Susie, Comer-Schwartz, Alex, Tostevin, Anna, Williams, Eleanor, Lasoye, Sarah, McQueen, Jean, Abdali, Zainab, Cassell, Jackie A

“…Background Sexually transmitted infections disproportionately affect young people and men who have sex with men. Chlamydia is Britain’s most common sexually…”
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Barriers to HIV testing and possible interventions to improve access to HIV healthcare among migrants, with a focus on migrant women: Results from a European survey by Krankowska, Dagny C., Lourida, Panagiota, Quirke, Siobhan M., Woode Owusu, Melvina, Weis, Nina

“…Background According to European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reports, women and migrants are more likely to have delayed HIV diagnosis…”
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Using the behaviour change wheel approach to optimize self‐sampling packs for sexually transmitted infection and blood borne viruses by Flowers, Paul, Vojt, Gabriele, Pothoulaki, Maria, Mapp, Fiona, Woode Owusu, Melvina, Cassell, Jackie A., Estcourt, Claudia, Saunders, John

“…Purpose This paper describes the process of optimizing a widely offered intervention—self‐sampling packs for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and blood…”
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Late HIV diagnosis among migrant women living in Europe — a systematic review of barriers to HIV testing by Owusu, Melvina Woode, Krankowska, Dagny Clea, Lourida, Panagiota, Weis, Nina

“…•Migrants account for over two-fifths of new HIV diagnoses in Europe.•More than half of all women in Europe are diagnosed late with HIV.•Structural,…”
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A systematic review of post-migration acquisition of HIV among migrants from countries with generalised HIV epidemics living in Europe: mplications for effectively managing HIV prevention programmes and policy by Fakoya, Ibidun, Álvarez-del Arco, Débora, Woode-Owusu, Melvina, Monge, Susana, Rivero-Montesdeoca, Yaiza, Delpech, Valerie, Rice, Brian, Noori, Teymur, Pharris, Anastasia, Amato-Gauci, Andrew J, del Amo, Julia, Burns, Fiona M

“…Migrant populations from countries with generalised HIV epidemics make up a significant proportion of all HIV/AIDS cases in many European Union and European…”
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Going beyond 'regular and casual': development of a classification of sexual partner types to enhance partner notification for STIs by Estcourt, Claudia S, Flowers, Paul, Cassell, Jackie A, Pothoulaki, Maria, Vojt, Gabriele, Mapp, Fiona, Woode-Owusu, Melvina, Low, Nicola, Saunders, John, Symonds, Merle, Howarth, Alison, Wayal, Sonali, Nandwani, Rak, Brice, Susie, Comer, Alex, Johnson, Anne M, Mercer, Catherine H

“…To develop a classification of sexual partner types for use in partner notification (PN) for STIs. A four-step process: (1) an iterative synthesis of five…”
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Engage with the next wave of Britain’s National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles by Mercer, Catherine H, Sonnenberg, Pam, Woode-Owusu, Melvina, Clifton, Soazig, Ridge, Mary-Clare

“…Sexually transmitted infection diagnoses continue to rise;1 teenage pregnancy rates, although falling,2 remain among the highest in Europe; and societal…”
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Utilizing community and voluntary sector partnerships to survey and compare the health outcomes of hard-to- reach groups to the wider community-the EURO- URHIS 2 Hard-to-Reach Project by Harrison, Annie, Robinson, Christine, Williams, Greg, Clough, Gary, Owusu, Melvina Woode, Verma, Arpana

“…This article describes the Hard-to-Reach (HtR) Project that was developed to capture health and lifestyle data from groups who are HtR by postal surveys within…”
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Engage with the next wave of Britain’s National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles by Mercer, Catherine H, Woode-Owusu, Melvina, Clifton, Soazig, Ridge, Mary-Clare

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Accelerated partner therapy contact tracing for people with chlamydia (LUSTRUM): a crossover cluster-randomised controlled trial by Estcourt, Claudia S, Stirrup, Oliver, Copas, Andrew, Low, Nicola, Mapp, Fiona, Saunders, John, Mercer, Catherine H, Flowers, Paul, Roberts, Tracy, Howarth, Alison R, Owusu, Melvina Woode, Symonds, Merle, Nandwani, Rak, Ogwulu, Chidubem, Brice, Susannah, Johnson, Anne M, Althaus, Christian L, Williams, Eleanor, Comer-Schwartz, Alex, Tostevin, Anna, Cassell, Jackie A

“…BACKGROUNDAccelerated partner therapy has shown promise in improving contact tracing. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of accelerated partner therapy in…”
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Bloodborne viruses and workplace injury risk by Owusu, Melvina Woode, Wellington, Edgar, Canvin, Malcolm, Rice, Brian, Gilbart, Vicky, Ncube, tune

“…Staff working in healthcare settings face risk from bloodborne viruses through occupational injuries. Nurses and healthcare assistants (HCAs) represent the…”
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