Sexual health services for under 25's
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Healthwatch Surrey undertook research on the sexual health care needs of under 25s after the Sexual Health Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) for Surrey highlighted a need to improve engagement and understanding of sexual health & contraception needs in younger people.
They engaged with 9 colleges and spoke to 594 people.
Students are more aware of and use sexual health services if they attend colleges where there is sexual health outreach sessions. 89% of students from colleges with sexual health outreach sessions knew about services available to them, versus 76% of students from colleges without such sessions.
36% of students from colleges with outreach had used services versus 14% of students from colleges without. Only 11% of students from colleges without outreach said they would feel very/fairly comfortable talking to staff about their sexual health needs, increasing to almost half (47%) for students at colleges with outreach.
Respondents said that sexual health services in pharmacies are the easiest to use, followed by face-to-face sexual health clinics. The C-card scheme was less easy to use.