Collaborative and consultative patient and public involvement in sexual health research: lessons learnt from four case studies

Sex Transm Infect. 2020 Mar;96(2):96-100. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2018-053922. Epub 2019 May 9.

Lorraine K McDonagh^{1

2}, Paula Blomquist^{2

3}, Sonali Wayal^{2

4}, Sarah Cochrane⁵, Josina Calliste², Jackie A Cassell^{2

6}, Natalie Lois Edelman⁷

¹ Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, UK l.mcdonagh@ucl.ac.uk.
² National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections, University College London, in partnership with Public Health England and in collaboration with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
³ Blood Safety, Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and HIV Division, Public Health England, London, UK.
⁴ Centre for Population Research in Sexual Health and HIV, Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
⁵ Unity Sexual Health, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.
⁶ Departmentof Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Universityof Brighton, Brighton, UK.
⁷ Centre for Health Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.

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Keywords: episodic infection; hard-to-reach populations; patient and public involvement; stigmatised behaviours.

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