Collecting and exploiting data to understand a nation's sexual health needs: Implications for the British National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal)

doi:10.1136/sextrans-2018-053571

Editorial

. 2019 May;95(3):159-161.

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2018-053571. Epub 2019 Mar 19.

Collecting and exploiting data to understand a nation's sexual health needs: Implications for the British National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal)

Catherine H Mercer¹, Soazig Clifton^{2

3}, Gillian Prior³, Robert W Aldridge⁴, Chris Bonell⁵, Andrew J Copas², Nigel Field², Jo Gibbs², Wendy Macdowall⁵, Kirstin R Mitchell⁶, Clare Tanton⁷, Nick Thomson⁸, Magnus Unemo^{9

10}, Pam Sonnenberg²

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¹ Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK c.mercer@ucl.ac.uk.
² Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
³ NatCen Social Research, London, UK.
⁴ Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁶ MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁷ Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁸ Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK.
⁹ WHO Collaborating Centre for Gonorrhoea and Other STIs, Örebro, Sweden.
¹⁰ National Reference Laboratory for Pathogenic Neisseria, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

PMID: 30890634
PMCID: PMC6580741
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2018-053571

Editorial

Collecting and exploiting data to understand a nation's sexual health needs: Implications for the British National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal)

Catherine H Mercer et al. Sex Transm Infect. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;95(3):159-161.

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2018-053571. Epub 2019 Mar 19.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK c.mercer@ucl.ac.uk.
² Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
³ NatCen Social Research, London, UK.
⁴ Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁶ MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁷ Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁸ Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK.
⁹ WHO Collaborating Centre for Gonorrhoea and Other STIs, Örebro, Sweden.
¹⁰ National Reference Laboratory for Pathogenic Neisseria, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

PMID: 30890634
PMCID: PMC6580741
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2018-053571

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Correction: Collecting and exploiting data to understand a nation's sexual health needs: Implications for the British National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal).
[No authors listed] [No authors listed] Sex Transm Infect. 2019 Aug;95(5):393. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2018-053571corr1. Epub 2019 May 28. Sex Transm Infect. 2019. PMID: 31138718 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

No abstract available

Keywords: methodology; sexual behavior; sexual health; survey.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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[1] Gov.UK Genitourinary Medicine Clinic Activity Dataset (GUMCADv2). https://www.gov.uk/guidance/genitourinary-medicine-clinic-activity-datas... [Accessed 17 Jan 2018].

[2] Gov.UK Genitourinary Medicine Clinic Activity Dataset (GUMCADv2). https://www.gov.uk/guidance/genitourinary-medicine-clinic-activity-datas... [Accessed 17 Jan 2018].

[3] The National Archives , 2018. Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Dataset (SRHAD) Collection. http://content.digital.nhs.uk/datacollections/srhad [Accessed 13 Feb 2018].

[4] The National Archives , 2018. Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Dataset (SRHAD) Collection. http://content.digital.nhs.uk/datacollections/srhad [Accessed 13 Feb 2018].

[5] Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections , 2017. Health Protection Research Unit. http://bbsti.hpru.nihr.ac.uk/ [Accessed 27 Oct 2017].

[6] Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections , 2017. Health Protection Research Unit. http://bbsti.hpru.nihr.ac.uk/ [Accessed 27 Oct 2017].

[7] Prah P, Hickson F, Bonell C, et al. . Men who have sex with men in Great Britain: comparing methods and estimates from probability and convenience sample surveys. Sex Transm Infect 2016;92:455–63. 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052389 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Prah P, Hickson F, Bonell C, et al. . Men who have sex with men in Great Britain: comparing methods and estimates from probability and convenience sample surveys. Sex Transm Infect 2016;92:455–63. 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052389 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Health Protection Agency , 2005. Mayisha II main study report. http://kwp.org.uk/files/mayisha_11_2005.pdf [Accessed 13 Feb 2018].

[10] Health Protection Agency , 2005. Mayisha II main study report. http://kwp.org.uk/files/mayisha_11_2005.pdf [Accessed 13 Feb 2018].

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