Healthy Living Pharmacy: Holding an awareness event/campaign on sexual health
Published on: 30th March 2017 | Updated on: 1st June 2022
This page contains links to resources and information which pharmacy teams may wish to consider using when planning a health promotion event/campaign focussing on sexual health.
This page is ‘work in progress’ and will continue to be updated.
Click on a heading below for more information.
Resources to assist with finding local data
- Public Health England – Health Profiles: This tool provides a snapshot of health and wellbeing across each local authority in England as portrayed by a range of indicators. They are intended to stimulate discussion between local government and health service providers by highlighting local needs and providing comparisons with other areas as well as with the national average
- Public Health England (PHE) – Sexual and Reproductive Health Profiles: This tool contains interactive maps, charts and tables to provide a snapshot and trends across a range of topics including teenage pregnancy, abortions, contraception, HIV, sexually transmitted infections and sexual offences. Wider influences on sexual health such as alcohol use, and other topics particularly relating to teenage conceptions such as education and deprivation level, are also included
- PHE – Sexual and reproductive health in England: local and national data: This guidance is intended to help health professionals understand the sexual health data available across England and how to access it
Community Pharmacy England resources
- Communicating with patients page on the Community Pharmacy England website
- Healthy Living Pharmacies page on the Community Pharmacy England website
National awareness campaigns
| Campaign | Dates |
| World Hepatitis Day | 28th July 2021 |
| Sexual Health Week | 9-15th September 2019 |
| National HIV Testing Week | 1-7th February 2021 |
| World AIDS Day | 1st December 2021 |
| Cervical Screening Awareness Week | 14-20th June 2021 |
National charities & resources
| Charity/Organisation | Resources available |
| Brook | |
| Resources (posters, CDs, booklets, books) | |
| Family Planning Association | |
| Factsheets | |
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Leaflet and booklets (covers contraception, sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy) |
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Sexual Health Week resources (posters, media assets, digital screens) |
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| NHS Choices – Sexual Health Professional | |
| Campaign resources (toolkit, logos, digital display adverts, leaflets) | |
| Partnership materials (artwork, posters, leaflets) | |
| Public Health England | |
| Sexual health resources (contains resources to different resources by the Department of Health) | |
| Royal Society for Public Health | |
| Sexual health impact pathway | |
Key facts & statistics
- Community Pharmacy England – Essential facts, stats and quotes relating to sexual health topics
Training resources
- BMJ Learning – Motivational interviewing in brief consultations
- e-Learning for Healthcare – Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare and Sexual Health and HIV
- e-Learning for Healthcare – Making Every Contact Count e-learning
- e-Learning for Healthcare – Population Wellbeing Portal
- P3 – Public health awareness campaigns with impact (requires log-in)
- The Centre for Postgraduate Pharmacy Education has a number of learning programmes on sexual health topics
Campaign/event tips
- Use this campaign/event as an opportunity to highlight the available sexual health services available in the pharmacy such as condom distribution, chlamydia tests and treatments, or provision of emergency hormonal contraception via Patient Group Direction
- Consider using your web or social media presence (if you have once) to highlight your campaign – this could be particularly helpful in engaging with young people
- Create your own referrals list of local STI testing sites/GUM clinics and display this as part your campaign materials
Further resources
- e-Learning for Healthcare – All Our Health programme
- Facebook – Making Every Contact Count (MECC) Community
- Health Education England – Making Every Contact Count
- The NHS Website – Sexual health and Guide to sexual health services
