{"id":1529,"date":"2022-11-26T06:03:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T06:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/sti\/?p=1529"},"modified":"2022-11-18T06:17:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T06:17:00","slug":"from-the-editors-desk-highlights-from-the-sti-bmj-journal-nov-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/sti\/2022\/11\/26\/from-the-editors-desk-highlights-from-the-sti-bmj-journal-nov-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Editor\u2019s desk Highlights from the STI BMJ journal \u2013 Nov 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Impacts of COVID-19 on sexual behaviour in Britain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Natsal-COVID was a large (N=6654) web survey quasi-representative of the British general population. In the 4 months following lockdown in Britain in March 2020, what factors were associated with perceiving change, often declines, in sexual frequency and satisfaction?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1136\/sextrans-2021-055210\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1136\/sextrans-2021-055210<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Access to, usage and clinical outcomes of online postal sexually transmitted infection services<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There has been considerable expansion in online postal self-sampling STI services, against a backdrop of reduced funding and service fragmentation. The services are highly acceptable to users, however, could they widen health inequalities?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1136\/sextrans-2021-055376\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1136\/sextrans-2021-055376<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Factors associated with low levels of HIV testing among young men who have sex with men<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Based on data from a European 2017 internet survey, 46% of 2313 MSM &lt;25 years old in Spain had undergone HIV testing in the previous 12 months. What factors were associated with a reduced likelihood of testing?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1136\/sextrans-2021-055193\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1136\/sextrans-2021-055193<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Association between rectal gonorrhoea and HIV incidence in men who have sex with men in England<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Between 2011 and 2018, among 541 056 HIV-negative MSM attending sexual health clinics, rectal GC rates increased from 3.5\/100 person-years in 2011 to 11.1\/100 person-years in 2018. How did HIV incidence change over the same period?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1136\/sextrans-2021-055254\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1136\/sextrans-2021-055254<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Perspectives<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the effectiveness of the 4CMenB vaccine against gonorrhoea among young people to the monkeypox outbreak, our editors have screened the recent literature to bring you unmissable research news.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/98\/7\/547\">https:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/98\/7\/547<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>STASHH: reflections and aspirations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss the BASHH column!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/98\/7\/546\">https:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/98\/7\/546<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>BMJ Talk Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our new podcast is out! <em>Presumptive and prophylactic management of bacterial STIs <\/em>with Dr Manoji Gunathilake, Head of Sexual Health Services in Darwin, Australia, and Assistant Prof Will Nutland, Director of the Love Tank in London.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/bmjpodcasts\/the-doxypep-trial?in=bmjpodcasts\/sets\/sti\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/bmjpodcasts\/the-doxypep-trial?in=bmjpodcasts\/sets\/sti<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Find these and more at <a href=\"https:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/\">https:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Enjoy!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Anna Maria Geretti, Editor in Chief<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impacts of COVID-19 on sexual behaviour in Britain Natsal-COVID was a large (N=6654) web survey quasi-representative of the British general population. 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