Outputs (17)

Trauma has an echo: A qualitative study of barriers to routine healthcare for survivors of sexual violence in UK higher education (2025)
Journal Article

Objective To explore barriers to healthcare among sexual violence survivors and the behavioural pathways behind avoidance, focusing on survivor-led solutions.

Design A mixed methods study collated qualitative interviews/surveys to explore the live... Read More about Trauma has an echo: A qualitative study of barriers to routine healthcare for survivors of sexual violence in UK higher education.

Quality of life with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome/Joint Hypermobility Syndrome: A systematic review of psychosocial interventions (2025)
Journal Article

Background: Psychosocial interventions may improve QoL in people with wider chronic pain conditions. However, the evidence requires refining for application to EDS/JHMS. This systematic review aimed to identify, assess and synthesise the evidence of... Read More about Quality of life with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome/Joint Hypermobility Syndrome: A systematic review of psychosocial interventions.

Across landscapes and lifespan: causes and solutions of gender-based violence from survivors of sexual violence against women and girls (VAWG) (2024)
Journal Article

Violence Against Women and Girls in public spaces has become a focus for violence prevention policy since the murder of Sarah Everard but is this how survivors experience VAWG? This study listened to survivors as part of Safer Spaces funded research.... Read More about Across landscapes and lifespan: causes and solutions of gender-based violence from survivors of sexual violence against women and girls (VAWG).

Sexual and domestic violence enquiry: A national exploratory survey of asking and telling in sexual health services in the UK (2024)
Journal Article

Background
Gender-based violence in the form of domestic and sexual abuse represent a worldwide public health and civil rights issue. Healthcare and sexual health have a central role to play in prevention, particularly in the identification of sexua... Read More about Sexual and domestic violence enquiry: A national exploratory survey of asking and telling in sexual health services in the UK.

Sexual and domestic violence enquiry: A national exploratory survey of asking and telling in sexual health services in the UK (2024)
Journal Article

Background
Gender-based violence in the form of domestic and sexual abuse represent a worldwide public health and civil rights issue. Healthcare and sexual health have a central role to play in prevention, particularly in the identification of sexua... Read More about Sexual and domestic violence enquiry: A national exploratory survey of asking and telling in sexual health services in the UK.

"The nurse told her to get checked more regularly because she is having sex with Black men": An exploration of the sexual health experiences of Black heterosexual men in London (2024)
Journal Article

Drivers of poor sexual health outcomes amongst Black heterosexual man are poorly understood. Previous research has identified a need to understand Black men’s behavioral experiences and motivators in the UK. This study aimed to address this gap throu... Read More about "The nurse told her to get checked more regularly because she is having sex with Black men": An exploration of the sexual health experiences of Black heterosexual men in London.

Sexual health and gender based violence needs of refugees and asylum seekers (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction

An overview of sexual health and gender-based violence (GBV) for refugees and asylum seekers (R+AS) in the UK will be presented. Sparse data and large research gaps allow only a glimpse of the context of global movement and the experi... Read More about Sexual health and gender based violence needs of refugees and asylum seekers.

National survey of GUM services on Disclosure of sexual violence In Sexual Health (DISH) (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Healthcare and sexual health have a central role to play in the prevention of Gender Based Violence or Violence Against Women and Girls, particularly on the identification of sexual and domestic violence/abuse. Healthcare should be able to identify s... Read More about National survey of GUM services on Disclosure of sexual violence In Sexual Health (DISH).

Silent suffering: The unmet sexual health needs of male sex workers (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction:
The health and wellbeing need of Male Sex Workers (MSWs) are largely informed by misconceptions of sexual labour that drive physical health interventions to focus on perceived needs around sexual health and wellbeing. Findings from th... Read More about Silent suffering: The unmet sexual health needs of male sex workers.

A qualitative exploration of postoperative bariatric patients’ psychosocial support for long-term weight loss and psychological wellbeing (2024)
Journal Article

Background: There is a paucity of research exploring postoperative psychosocial interventions for bariatric surgery patients exceeding 2 years, and therefore, an interdisciplinary postoperative approach is warranted. This qualitative study explored t... Read More about A qualitative exploration of postoperative bariatric patients’ psychosocial support for long-term weight loss and psychological wellbeing.