Factors influencing non-attendance at sexual healthcare appointments in the UK: a qualitative study

Gemma Heath, Rebecca Clarke, Jonathan Ross, Claire Farrow Missed sexual healthcare appointments lead to wasted resources, long waiting times and poorer health for individuals who maight not receive the treatment they need. This research aimed to find out what makes it easy or difficult to attend a sexual healthcare appointment. Barriers to attendance included beliefs about what will happen, sense of responsibility, concerns about privacy, ability to attend, appointment availability and forgetting. Text message reminders with behaviour change messaging may be an efficient way to address these barriers.
Source: Sexual Health - Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Source Type: research