Podcast

In this episode, Karen talks to Dr Carrie Purcell, a Research Associate, in the Social Relationships & Health Improvement Programme at the MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow.  Carrie talks about a recent publication in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology entitled 'Self-management of first trimester medical termination of pregnancy: a qualitative study of women’s experiences'. The qualitative findings focus on the experiences of women in Scotland who return home to complete medical termination of pregnancy (TOP) ≤63 days of gestation, after being administered with mifepristone and misoprostol at an NHS TOP clinic. As the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act is coming up, Carrie also spoke about this and mentioned a forthcoming event at the Edinburgh Fringe festival 'My Body, My Life'.  On the 24th August, Carrie is hosting an event 'The Abortion Act at 50'. You can follow us on twitter @SHRN_UK or sign-up to our mailing list at www.sexualhealthnetwork.org.uk

In Episode 17, Rachael Eastham, a doctoral student at University of Lancaster in the Division of Health Research, talks to Karen about her study on 'The negotiation of the fertile body: women's life history experiences of using contraception and managing pregnancy.' Rachael's ESRC-funded qualitative research, with women aged 18-45 years, revealed fascinating accounts of their sense of self as well as side effects. If you've listened to Britta's podcast (episode 15) then you'll find this one fascinating too.

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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. Education is devolved in the UK, so Scotland's education policy is different to policies in other countries across the UK. In the podcast I talk to Rebecca about her study, asking her about her methods and then the knowledge and understandings young people she spoke to had about sexual health. Alongside a survey Rebecca conducted focus group discussions with boys so I ask her about the findings from this aspect of the work.

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 contraception: the importance of non-contraceptive effects', published in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. Using qualitative data from a contraceptive survey of young Australian women, the authors explored women's explanations for their recent changes in contraception. My conversation with Britta was about the findings from this work, including the non-contraceptive reasons for contraception change. For more information on Britta, her co-authors and a link to the paper visit the SHRN website where you will find various links www.sexualhealthnetwork.org.uk

Hello and welcome to the SHRN podcast. In this episode, Dr Nicola Boydell chats with Karen about qualitative work in which she explored young gay and bisexual men's 'personal communities', the meanings men ascribe to their relationships with individuals within their 'personal community', and explored the role these people may play in shaping men's understandings of, and approaches to, 'safer sex'. Nicola used 'affective maps' in her study, so she talks about that. Hope you enjoy. Spread the word about the podcast if you enjoy it, thanks.

In this episode, Jenny Dalrymple, a Clinical Academic Research Fellow at Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland, and a sexual health nurse at Sandyford service in Glasgow, discusses findings from a qualitative research project exploring older adults' sexual risk taking within the context of midlife. She touches upon issues around intimacy, age-appropriateness and pregnancy concerns, and considers how could we promote good sexual health among this age group. Is it all about age or is it transitions?

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In this podcast, Louise Jackson, a Research Fellow within the Health Economics Unit at the University of Birmingham, chats to Karen about a systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative studies that investigated women's experiences of thinking about and participating in testing for chlamydia.

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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 to risk factors for prevalent chlamydia infection. Data were drawn from Natsal-3, and the work was a collaboration with the Natsal team at UCL, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Public Health England.

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). She conveys findings from qualitative work within her discussion.

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)