The Sexual Health Needs of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Bath and North East Somerset
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Bath and North East Somerset
Men’s Sexual Health Service
The Sexual Health Needs of
Men who have Sex with Men
in Bath and North East Somerset
AM
Sexual Health Development Worker
TD
Service Manager
June 2010
Contents
Background and Introduction 3
Methodology 5
Demographics 11
Age
Ethnicity
Area of Residence
Sexual Identity
Employment and Education
The Scene 14
The Scene in Bath and North East Somerset
The Scene outside of Bath and North East Somerset
Current Sexual Health Service Provision 17
GU Medicine
CaSH
GPs
Other Services 27
THT
Youth Services
Project 28
School Health Nurses
SAFE
Questionnaire Results 29
Annex A – Questionnaire 54
Annex B – Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations 59
References used in this Report 61
Executive Summary 63
Background and Introduction
Men’s Sexual Health has been working in Wiltshire and Swindon since 1996 to promote greater awareness of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections within Men who have Sex with Men.
The organisation was requested by Bath and North East Somerset PCT to provide a pilot service across Bath and North East Somerset, where the emphasis on the work was with the Gay and Bisexual Male community, and included all Men who have Sex with Men, irrespective of their self identified sexuality, during the period June 2009 to May 2010.
Part of this pilot was to carry out the first sexual health needs assessment in Bath and North East Somerset targeted Men who have Sex with Men (MSM), which included gay and bisexual men. Although data has previously been collected by Men’s Sexual Health for the Sigma Researches National Gay Men’s Sex Survey on an annual basis, this was the first targeted assessment in the area.
This report aims to provide information specific to Bath and North East Somerset to inform the Primary Care Trust and other...
Bath and North East Somerset
Men’s Sexual Health Service
The Sexual Health Needs of
Men who have Sex with Men
in Bath and North East Somerset
AM
Sexual Health Development Worker
TD
Service Manager
June 2010
Contents
Background and Introduction 3
Methodology 5
Demographics 11
Age
Ethnicity
Area of Residence
Sexual Identity
Employment and Education
The Scene 14
The Scene in Bath and North East Somerset
The Scene outside of Bath and North East Somerset
Current Sexual Health Service Provision 17
GU Medicine
CaSH
GPs
Other Services 27
THT
Youth Services
Project 28
School Health Nurses
SAFE
Questionnaire Results 29
Annex A – Questionnaire 54
Annex B – Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations 59
References used in this Report 61
Executive Summary 63
Background and Introduction
Men’s Sexual Health has been working in Wiltshire and Swindon since 1996 to promote greater awareness of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections within Men who have Sex with Men.
The organisation was requested by Bath and North East Somerset PCT to provide a pilot service across Bath and North East Somerset, where the emphasis on the work was with the Gay and Bisexual Male community, and included all Men who have Sex with Men, irrespective of their self identified sexuality, during the period June 2009 to May 2010.
Part of this pilot was to carry out the first sexual health needs assessment in Bath and North East Somerset targeted Men who have Sex with Men (MSM), which included gay and bisexual men. Although data has previously been collected by Men’s Sexual Health for the Sigma Researches National Gay Men’s Sex Survey on an annual basis, this was the first targeted assessment in the area.
This report aims to provide information specific to Bath and North East Somerset to inform the Primary Care Trust and other...