Abstract
A postal survey was conducted in 1996 in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It included: all GPs in the Borough (154); all practice nurses (95); and a random sample of 300 young people (aged between 18-20 years). The aim of the study was to explore the views of GPs, practice nurses and young people on sexual health information in primary care. Responses were received from 89(58%) GPs, 69(73%) practice nurses and 96(32%) young people. These three groups agreed that a sexual health service should be provided for young people and also that this service could be appropriately provided in a general practice setting with GPs and practice nurses acting as the source of information. Young people have concerns regarding confidentiality; they also find it difficult to broach these issues and would like to receive more specific sexual health and physiological information from primary health care staff. Fifty-one per cent of practice nurses and 30% of GPs felt that they did not have enough training to deal with sexual health matters. The findings of this study indicate that current provision of information and sexual health services in primary care does not meet the needs of young people.
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