- “Health and well-being needs of sexual and gender minority youth”. The aim of this study is to qualitatively examine young sexual and gender minority people’s attitudes towards the provision of health care via general practice, and explore the best means through which to improve this. Individual interviews are being conducted with young lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary and other minority individuals. The results will contribute to the development of effective interventions to improve the provision of healthcare service via general practice for this population. This research is led by Lorraine McDonagh and funded by the NIHR HPRU in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections.
- “Understanding HIV PrEP use and non-use in at risk populations”. The aim of this project is to explore barriers and facilitators to PrEP uptake among two at risk groups (young MSM and transgender individuals), and explore attitudes towards PrEP for HIV prevention. Both semi-structured individual interviews and focus groups are being conducted. Due to the sensitive nature of this topic, telephone and webcam methodologies are also being used. This research is led by Lorraine McDonagh and funded by the NIHR HPRU in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections.
- “Approaches to young person’s health in primary care.” The aim of this project is to qualitatively explore how primary healthcare professionals currently approach young people in practice and what has been (or could be) done in general practice to promote young people’s health. This study focuses on sexual health (e.g., testing for STIs) as well as mental health and physical health (e.g., alcohol, smoking, drugs, nutrition, exercise). Semi-structured individual interviews and focus groups are being will be conducted with a range of primary care staff. This will inform the development of an intervention to improve young people’s health via general practice. This research is led by Lorraine McDonagh and funded by the NIHR HPRU in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections.
- “Increasing chlamydia testing in primary care for young people”. The aim of this study is to explore barriers to chlamydia testing in general practice for young people, and to explore potential intervention and implementation strategies to overcome identified barriers. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 young people. The data are currently being analysed using thematic analysis in conjunction with the application of a meta-theoretical framework (the Behaviour Change Wheel). The findings will be used to inform the development of interventions that will facilitate effective and efficient chlamydia testing in general practice. This research is led by Lorraine McDonagh and funded by the NIHR HPRU in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections.