UK sources of information and / or support

Patient UK

Has an information leaflet on sexually transmitted infections and tests for sexually transmitted infections.

Preventing sexually transmitted infections and reducing under 18 conceptions

A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.

Information on STIs

Information from the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV.

Sexually transmitted infections

Information from the fpa.

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

Information from the Health Protection Agency.

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Information from Women’s Health Concern.

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Patient experience from Youthhealthtalk.

Sexually Transmitted Infection

Information from Health Challenge Wales.

Sexually transmitted infections

Information from NHS Choices.

See also the Patient.co.uk Sexual Health page.

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.