STI Prevention Resources

Courses

Below find a link to courses run by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH)'s STI Foundation on the topic of the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and sexual health.

A fee is required to access these courses.

BASHH /STI Foundation:

• STI Foundation (STIF) Theory Course (eLearning plus course attendance; aimed at non clinicians) and 
• STIF Competency Programme (competency-based training and assessment package leading to a nationally recognised qualification; formally assessed)

eLearning

Below find eLearning resources from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) on the topic of the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Resources marked FREE are free to all healthcare professionals.

RCGP:

• Sexual Health in Primary Care (self assessed)^FREE
• Hepatitis C: enhancing prevention testing and care (self assessed)^FREE
• Hepatitis B & C (self assessed)^FREE

RCOG:

• Infectious Diseases (knowledge test)

Guidelines

Below find guideline resources from the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH), the British HIV Association, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHpRA), and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on the topic of the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

BASHH:

• Safer Sex Advice (2012)^FREE

BASHH / BHIVA:

• UK Guideline for the use of HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis 2021^FREE

MHpRA:

• Drug Safety Update: Fluoroquinolone antibiotics must now only be prescribed when other commonly recommended antibiotics are inappropriate (Jan 2024)^FREE

NICE:

• Reducing Sexually Transmitted Infections (NG221, June 2022)^FREE

Reports

Below find a report from the National AIDS Trust based on data collected from local authority sexual health commissioners, clinical staff, PrEP users, and those who sought to access PrEP, on the barriers to accessing HIV prevention drugs in England (including data on women's experiences). 

National AIDS Trust:

• Not PrEPared: Barriers to accessing HIV prevention drugs in England (2022)^FREE