Sexually Transmitted Infections / Diseases

UK sources of information and / or support

 Patient UK

Has information leaflets on various Sexually Transmitted Infections.

 Preventing sexually transmitted infections and reducing under 18 conceptions

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Preventing sexually transmitted infections and reducing under 18 conceptions.

 fpa

Provides information and advice on all aspects of contraception and sexual health.

 Herpes Viruses Association

Provides up-to-date information on herpes.

  Department of Health - Sexual Health and HIV section on their website

Provides a range of information and government policy documents about sexual health issues.

 British Association for Sexual Health and HIV

Their website contains guidelines for the management of all STIs and a directory of all GUM clinics with their contact details.

 Health Protection Agency

Provides a range of material concerning Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), ranging from discussion pieces to clinical guidelines for health professionals.

 Sexually Transmitted Infections

Women’s Health Concern provides an independent service to advise, reassure and educate women about their health concerns. They provide a range of factsheets including one in this area.

  Sexually Transmitted Infections

Youthhealthtalk is a website about young people’s real life experiences of health and lifestyle. It is not just a website about the medical facts, this is about real people and real lives.

 Sexually Transmitted Infection

Health Challenge Wales provides a wide variety of information including one in this area.

 Sexually transmitted infections

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

 Better2Know

Private STD & HIV Testing Clinics.

 Chlamydia

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

 Gonorrhoea

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

 Human papilloma virus (HPV)

Information from BUPA.

 The HPV vaccine

Information from BUPA.

 Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

Information from BUPA.

See also the Patient UK AIDS/HIV and Sexual Health pages.

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, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, 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.