All Outputs (7)

Silent suffering: The unmet sexual health needs of male sex workers (2024)
Journal Article
Turner, K., Meyrick, J., & Wood, M. (2024). Silent suffering: The unmet sexual health needs of male sex workers. International Journal of STD and AIDS, 35(1S), 25. https://doi.org/10.1177/09564624241254949

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.

"I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want" The health and wellbeing needs of male sex workers (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Turner, K., Meyrick, J., & Wood, M. (2023, July). "I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want" The health and wellbeing needs of male sex workers. Poster presented at STI & HIV 2024 World Conference, Sheraton Grand, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Background: Male sex workers continue to be underrepresented in both the academic literature and across health and service care provision. Previous attempts to address health and wellbeing needs are limited to a sexual health focus or are based on t... Read More about "I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want" The health and wellbeing needs of male sex workers.

Sweet dreams are made of this... The success of a Sleep Hygiene Education (SHE) intervention to NHS Health Care Professionals during COVID-19 (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Turner, K., & Bath, J. (2022, June). Sweet dreams are made of this... The success of a Sleep Hygiene Education (SHE) intervention to NHS Health Care Professionals during COVID-19. Poster presented at Division of Health Psychology (DHP) 2022 Annual Conference, Bristol, UK

Purpose: During the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic Health Care Professionals (HCP’s) have reported experiencing poor sleep as a result of insomnia and burn out. With lack of sleep negatively impacting health and increasing the risks for morbidity a... Read More about Sweet dreams are made of this... The success of a Sleep Hygiene Education (SHE) intervention to NHS Health Care Professionals during COVID-19.

XXX-essing support: Improving health and wellbeing for sex workers-a review of evidence (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Turner, K., Meyrick, J., Miller, D., & Stopgate, L. (2022, June). XXX-essing support: Improving health and wellbeing for sex workers-a review of evidence. Poster presented at Division of Health Psychology (DHP) 2022 Annual Conference, Bristol, UK

Purpose: To establish the state of the evidence-base around psychosocial interventions that support sex worker wellbeing in order to inform policy and practice within a resource rich geographical context. Background: Interventions to support s... Read More about XXX-essing support: Improving health and wellbeing for sex workers-a review of evidence.

Trans*forming learning: Including lived experience of transgender people into a healthcare training programme (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Turner, K. (2022, June). Trans*forming learning: Including lived experience of transgender people into a healthcare training programme. Presented at Division of Health Psychology (DHP) 2022 Annual Conference, Bristol, UK

Purpose: Health Care Professionals (HCPs) in the UK are required to be safe, effective and evidence-based individuals capable of meeting the needs of people in their care. In developing this capacity, humanisation theory was used within an isolated... Read More about Trans*forming learning: Including lived experience of transgender people into a healthcare training programme.

A matter of guesSWork... are sexual health services meeting the needs of male sex workers? (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Turner, K., Chapman, C., & Meyrick, J. (2020, October). A matter of guesSWork... are sexual health services meeting the needs of male sex workers?. Poster presented at British Association for Sexual Health & HIV (BASHH) Annual Conference, Birmingham, UK

Introduction: Male sex workers (MSW’s) are reported to have poorer sexual health outcomes in comparison to their female counterparts, often experiencing barriers to accessing prevention or treatment services with little research evidencing their exp... Read More about A matter of guesSWork... are sexual health services meeting the needs of male sex workers?.

'Let's talk about sex': A post-structuralist discourse analysis into the meanings and experiences of anal sex for gay men (2013)
Journal Article
Turner, K., & Gillibrand, R. (2013). 'Let's talk about sex': A post-structuralist discourse analysis into the meanings and experiences of anal sex for gay men. Psychology of Sexualities Review, 4(1), 53-67. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpssex.2013.4.1.53

Using a post-structuralist discourse analytic approach this paper investigates the lived in experiences and meanings of anal sex amongst seven gay men. Findings indicate the role of discourse in constructing gay men’s understanding of sexual experien... Read More about 'Let's talk about sex': A post-structuralist discourse analysis into the meanings and experiences of anal sex for gay men.