title: The national strategy for sexual health and HIV: implications for genitourinary medicine.
abstract: The first ever national strategy for sexual health and HIV in England was published in July 2001 and proposes a comprehensive and holistic model for dealing with an increasing public health problem. The strategy covers the issues of prevention, service provision, commissioning of services, and the necessary requirements to support change. This paper concentrates on service issues and developments in relation to genitourinary medicine/HIV services, and outlines a model for providing these which attempts to do so around patients' needs, delivered through comprehensive and interlinked local networks of services.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Royal Free and University College Medical School, The Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK. madler@gum.ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Adler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McNab
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wellsteed
mesh_terms: D003191:Comprehensive Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D014686:Venereology / Q000458:organization & administration*