Focus on: Public health and prevention

"This QualityWatch report provides an overview of public health outcomes in recent years, examining  trends in 20 indicators across sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV, substance misuse, smoking, childhood obesity and immunisations."

QualityWatch: Focus on: Public health and prevention: Has the quality of services changed over recent years?
A Davies, E Keeble, T Bhatia, E Fisher
The Health Foundation, Nuffield Trust
April 2016

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Guide to whole system commissioning for sexual and reproductive health and HIV

"Whole system commissioning requires a commitment to meticulous collaboration, an alignment of values and principles, an agreement on processes and mechanisms and a willingness to work differently."

Making it work: a guide to whole system commissioning for sexual and reproductive health and HIV
Public Health England
September 2014

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Commissioning regional and local sexual health services

"These resources can help commissioners develop their services and undertake good commissioning, with clear service specifications and contracts."

Commissioning regional and local sexual health services
Public Health England
November 2013

Healthcare reform: implications for knowledge translation in primary care

"The aim of this paper is to determine what works to facilitate evidence-based sexual healthcare within the primary care sector."

Healthcare reform: implications for knowledge translation in primary care
A Dadich, H Hosseinzadeh
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:490

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Commissioning sexual health services and interventions

"Sexual health is an important and wide-ranging area of public health. Most of the adult population of England are sexually active, and having the correct sexual health interventions and services can have a positive effect on population health and wellbeing as well as individuals at risk."

Commissioning sexual health services and interventions: best practice guidance for local authorities
Department of Health
March 2013

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Framework for sexual health improvement in England

"This document sets out the evidence base for sexual health and HIV improvement It has been developed to provide the information, evidence base and support tools to enable everyone involved in sexual health to work collaboratively at local level to ensure that accessible services and interventions are available."

A framework for sexual health improvement in England
Department of Health
March 2013

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Unprotected nation

"The financial implications of unintended pregnancy and STIs go far beyond short-term medical costs: they have a major impact on the medium- to long-term financial health of our country, and the physical health of its people."

Unprotected nation: the financial and economic impacts of restricted contraceptive and sexual health services
S Lucas
Development Economics
January 2013

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