Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: Health Inequalities Survey

Overview

Camden is developing a new multi-agency work programme aimed at addressing inequalities in access to, experience of and outcomes around sexual health and wellbeing and reproductive health (including women’s health such as issues to do with periods, fertility planning, gynaecology, cervical screening and vaccinations, perimenopause/menopause).  We would like to understand the perspectives of staff working in a wide range of health, social care and voluntary sector services about how we can improve the equality training and learning landscape, the resources available for practitioners to draw on, and seek your expert views on the barriers and opportunities faced by population groups in accessing care. Your feedback will help shape support for professionals as well as service and systems design in future. We will share a report of findings from this survey back to you.

Nationally, groups that tend to experience worse sexual and reproductive outcomes or tend to be underserved in services include:

• Women (gynaecological, reproductive, perimenopause and menopausal health)
• Young People (under 25 years old);
• People 45+;
• Residents where English is not their first language;
• Homeless and/or rough sleeping;
• Drug/alcohol misuse service users;
• Sex workers;
• Disabled and/or neurodiverse people (physical, d/Deaf, mental health, autism, cognitive disability etc);
• People from faith groups;
• People from Black, Asian or Ethnic Minority groups;
• LGBTQ+ people