Sexual Health and Families
In the last two decades sexual health has been a major public health priority across the world, primarily because of rising sexually transmitted infections, in particular HIV, and unwanted pregnancies. In developed countries particular groups suffer much worse sexual health, especially men who have sex with men, particular ethnic minorities and socially excluded young people. This reflects how sexual behaviour is not only determined at the individual and inter-personal level, but also by broad, interrelated social factors, such as family influences, culture, the mass media and economic circumstances. For many, sexual risk behaviour is part of a constellation of other risk behaviours and hence a reflection of more fundamental social processes that need to be understood and addressed. There is increasing recognition that families, and in particular parent-child relationships, are a fundamental influence on young people’s health-related behaviours and health.
Original studies are being conducted in the UK and east Africa, primarily Tanzania, using both qualitative methods (e.g. in-depth interviews and participant observation) and quantitative methods (e.g. questionnaire surveys). We are also bringing together existing research findings by systematically reviewing the published literature.
New interventions are being developed through research and consultation with vulnerable groups and service providers, followed by careful assessment of initial ideas. Interventions are evaluated using a range of methods from detailed qualitative research to randomised controlled trials.
Our broad objectives are to:
- understand better the sexual health of vulnerable groups and how to improve it
- understand better the influence of family life on sexual health and other health-related outcomes, how this varies socio-culturally, and how these influences might be improved
- understand better how the influence of families is interrelated with that of schools and the media
- understand better the mechanisms, and efficacy, of health promotion interventions at both an individual and collective level
- strengthen research capacity, particularly in east Africa.
The main programme is led by Daniel Wight and has two themes: The Sexual Health of Vulnerable Groups and Family Influences on Health Outcomes. Following promotion, Lisa McDaid is leading a new sub-programme entirely focused on sexual health research.
Our specific research projects are arranged under themes, but they can also be categorised by the different populations involved: Research projects arranged by populations.
Publications
Buston K, Parkes A, Thomson H, Wight D, Fenton C. Parenting interventions for male young offenders: a review of evidence on what works. Journal of Adolescence (in press).
McDaid LM, Hart GJ. Willingness to participate in future HIV prevention studies among gay and bisexual men in Scotland, UK: a challenge for intervention trials [Epub ahead of print]. Aids & Behavior 2011.
pubmedAbraham C, Sheeran P, Henderson M. Extending social cognition models of health behaviour. Health Education Research: Theory and Practice 2011; 26:624-37.
pubmedHenderson M, Smith D, Elliott L, Nixon C, Wight D. Vulnerable young people in alternative education settings: their sexual health needs, experience and use of sex education and sexual health services. Glasgow: MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Occasional Paper no. 21, 2011.
open accessHunt K, Henderson M, Wight D, Sargent JD. Exposure to smoking in films and own smoking amongst Scottish adolescents: a cross-sectional study. Thorax 2011; 66:866-74.
pubmed open accessJackson CA, Henderson M, Frank J, Haw S. An overview of prevention of multiple risk behaviour in adolescence and young adulthood. Journal of Public Health (in press).
Knussen C, Flowers P, McDaid LM, Hart GJ. HIV-related sexual risk behaviour between 1996 and 2008, according to age, among men who have sex with men (Scotland). Sexually Transmited Infections 2011; 87:257-9.
pubmed open accessMcDaid L, Hart G. Increased HIV testing and reduced undiagnosed infection among gay men in Scotland, 2005-2008: support for the opt-out testing policy? Sexually Transmitted Infections 2011; 87:221-4.
pubmed open accessNurse K, Wight D. Development assistance and research capacity strengthening: the commissioning of health research in East Africa. Journal of East African Studies 2011; 5:233-51.
open accessPackard C, Bezylak V, McLean JS, Batty GD, Ford I, Burns H, Cavanagh J, Deans KA, Henderson M, McGinty A, Millar K, Sattar N, Shiels PG, Velupillai YN, Tannahill C. Early life socioeconomic adversity is associated in adult life with chronic inflammation, carotid atherosclerosis, poorer lung function and decreased cognitive performance: a cross-sectional, population-based study. BMC Public Health 2011; 11:42.
open accessParkes A, Henderson M, Wight D, Nixon C. Is parenting associated with teenagers’ early sexual risk-taking, autonomy and relationship with sexual partner? Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 2011; 43:30-40.
pubmed open accessParkes A, Strange V, Wight D, Bonell C, Copas A, Henderson M, Buston K, Stephenson J, Johnson A, Allen E, Hart G. Comparison of teenagers' early same-sex and heterosexual behavior: UK data from the SHARE and RIPPLE studies. Journal of Adolescent Health 2011; 48:27-35.
pubmedParkes A, Wight D. Growing Up in Scotland - Parenting and Children's Health; Research Findings No.3/2011. Edinburgh: Scottish Government, 2011.
open accessParkes A, Wight D. Growing up in Scotland: Parenting and children's health, Technical Appendix. Edinburgh: Scottish Government, 2011.
open accessParkes A, Wight D. Growing up in Scotland: Parenting and children's health. Edinburgh: Scottish Government, 2011.
open accessPlummer ML, Wight D. Young people's lives and sexual relationships in rural Africa. Findings from a large qualitative study in Tanzania. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2011.
Sadler K, Wellings K, Glasier A, Mercer C, McDaid L, Brima N, Stephenson J, Buston K, Stevens M, Parker R, Copas A, McManus S. Contessa: a longitudinal study of contraception discontinuation. Technical report. London: NatCen, 2011.
Stroeken K, Remes P, De Koker P, Michielsen K, Van Vossole A,Temmerman M. HIV among out-of-school youth in Eastern and Southern Africa: A review [Epub ahead of print]. Aids Care 2011.
pubmedWight D. The effectiveness of school based sex education: What do rigorous evaluations in Britain tell us? Education and Health 2011; 29:67-73.
Allen C, Desmond N, Chiduo B, Medard L, Lees S, Vallely A, Hayes R, Ross D. Intravaginal and menstrual practices among women working in food and recreational facilities in Mwanza, Tanzania: Implications for microbicide trials. AIDS and Behavior 2010; 14:1169-81.
pubmed open accessBuston K, Wight D. Self-reported STI testing behaviour amongst incarcerated young male offenders: findings from a qualitative study. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2010; 36:7-11.
Buston KM. Experiences of, and attitudes towards, pregnancy and fatherhood amongst incarcerated young male offenders: Findings from a qualitative study. Social Science & Medicine 2010; 71:2212-18.
pubmedHenderson M, Wight D, Nixon C, Hart G. Retaining young people in a longitudinal sexual health survey: a randomised controlled trial of strategies to maintain participation. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010; 10:9.
Lees S, Cook C, Vallely A, Desmond N, Allen C, Kiro K, Wamoyi J, Medard L, Pool R, Hayes RJ, Ross DA, Microbicides Development Programme. Comparison of sexual behavior data collected using a coital diary and a clinic-based interview during a microbicide pilot study in Mwanza, Tanzania. Sexually Transmitted Disease 2010; 37:497-501.
pubmedLorimer K. Pilot qualitative analysis of the psychosocial factors which drive young people to decline chlamydia testing in the UK: implications for health promotion and screening (commentary). International Journal of STD and AIDS 2010; 21:379.
McDaid LM, Hart GJ. Contact with HIV prevention services highest in gay and bisexual men at greatest risk: cross-sectional survey in Scotland. BMC Public Health 2010; 10:798.
pubmed open accessMcDaid LM, Hart GJ. Sexual risk behaviour for transmission of HIV in men who have sex with men: recent findings and potential interventions. Current Opinion in HIV/AIDS 2010; 5:311-5.
pubmedMcDaid LM, Sweeting H, Buston K. Contraception among girls who have had more than one partner by age 16 years: method use and pregnancy risk-taking behaviour. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2010; 36:141-6.
pubmedMcDaid LM, Weiss HA, Hart G. Circumcision among men who have sex with men in Scotland: Limited potential for HIV prevention. Sexually Transmitted Infection 2010; 86:404-6.
pubmed open accessParkes A, Wight D, Henderson M, West P. Does early sexual debut reduce teenagers' participation in tertiary education? Evidence from the SHARE longitudinal study. Journal of Adolescence 2010; 33:741-54 .
Phase Two Programme Evaluation Team, External Evaluation Team (Including Henderson M. & Wight D & Nixon C). The Final Report of Healthy Respect Phase 2. Edinburgh: NHS Health Scotland, 2010.
Plummer ML, Wamoyi J, Shigongo ZS, Mshana G, Obasi AN, Ross DA, Wight D. “Seek any means, and keep it your secret”: Young women’s attempts to control their reproduction through contraceptive and fertility practices in rural Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research 2010; 12:178-93.
Raab G, Henderson M. Teenage mothers and fathers in Scotland 1991 to 2001. St Andrews: Longitudinal Studies Centre - Scotland, University of St Andrews, 2010.
open accessRemes P, Renju J, Nyalali K, Benedict J, Medard L, Kimaryo M, Changalucha J, Obasi A, Wight D. Dusty discos & dangerous desires: community perceptions of adolescent sexual and reproductive health risks and the potential role of parents in interventions in rural Mwanza, Tanzania. Culture, Health and Sexuality 2010; 12:279-92.
Renju J, Makokha M, Kato C, Medard L, Andrew B, Remes P, Changalucha J, Obasi A. Partnering to proceed: scaling up adolescent sexual reproductive health programmes in Tanzania. Operational research into the factors that influenced local government uptake and implementation. Health Research Policy and Systems 2010; 8:12.
pubmed open accessRenju J, Nyalali K, Andrew B, Kishamawe C, Kimaryo M, Remes P, Changalucha J, Obasi A. Scaling up a school-based sexual and reproductive health intervention in rural Tanzania: a process evaluation describing the implementation realities for the teachers. Health Education Research 2010; 25:903-16.
pubmedWamoyi J, Wight D, Plummer M, Mshana G, Ross D. Transactional sex amongst young people in rural northern Tanzania: an ethnography of young women's motivations and negotiation. Reproductive Health 2010; 7:2.
Abu-Rajab K, Palmer HM, Scoular A, Church S, Connell J, Hart G, Winter AJ. To what extent does Neisseria gonorrhoeae multiantigen sequence typing of gonococcal isolates support information derived from patient interviews? International Journal of STD and AIDS 2009; 20:414-7.
Abu-Rajab K, Scoular A, Church S, Connell J, Winter AJ, Hart G. Identifying opportunities for sexually transmitted infection prevention: analysis of critical points in the care pathways of patients with gonorrhoea. International Journal of STD and AIDS 2009; 20:170-5.
Bond L, Leyland AH, Macintyre S, Wight D. Evaluation of a youth development programme demonstrates the need for the randomised roll-out of community interventions (rapid response). British Medical Journal 2009:July 16th.
Desmond N. “Ni kubahatisha tu!” – It’s just a game of chance: adaptation and resignation to socially constructed perceptions of risk in rural Tanzania [PhD]. MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit. Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 2009.
Lees S, Desmond N, Allen C, Bugeke G, Vallely A, Hayes R, Ross D. Sexual risk behaviour for women working in recreational venues in Mwanza, Tanzania: considerations for the acceptability and use of vaginal microbicide gels. Culture, Health & Sexuality 2009; 11:581-95.
Lorimer K, Reid ME, Hart G. 'It has to speak to people's everyday life...': qualitative study of men and women's willingness to participate in a non-medical approach to Chlamydia trachomatis screening. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2009; 85:201-5.
Lorimer K, Reid ME, Hart G. Willingness of young men and women to be tested for Chlamydia trachomatis in three non-medical settings, in Glasgow, UK. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2009; 35:21-6.
Njue C, Voeten H, Remes P. Disco funerals: a risk situation for HIV infection among youth in Kisumu, Kenya. AIDS 2009; 23:505-9.
Parkes A, Wight D, Henderson M, Stephenson J, Strange V. Contraceptive method at first sexual intercourse and subsequent pregnancy risk: findings from a secondary analysis of sixteen year-old girls from the RIPPLE and SHARE studies. Journal of Adolescent Health 2009; 44:55-63.
Prost A, Griffiths CJ, Anderson J, Wight D, Hart GJ. Feasibility and acceptability of offering rapid HIV tests to patients registering with primary care in London (UK): a pilot study. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2009; 85:326-9.
Williamson LM, Buston K, Sweeting H. Young women and limits to the normalisation of condom use: a qualitative study. AIDS Care 2009; 21:561-6.
Williamson LM, Buston K, Sweeting H. Young women’s continued use of oral contraceptives over other hormonal methods: findings from a qualitative study. Journal of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care 2009; 35:167-72.
pubmedWilliamson LM, Buston K, Sweeting H. Young women’s perceptions of pregnancy risk and use of emergency contraception: findings from a qualitative study – Authors’ Reply. Contraception 2009; 80:591-2.
Williamson LM, Buston K, Sweeting H. Young women’s perceptions of pregnancy risk and use of emergency contraception: findings from a qualitative study. Contraception 2009; 79:310-5.
Williamson LM, Flowers P, Knussen C, Hart GJ. HIV testing trends among gay men in Scotland (1996-2005): implications for HIV testing policies and prevention. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2009; 85:550-4.
Williamson LM, Parkes A, Wight D, Petticrew M, Hart GJ. Limits to modern contraceptive use among young women in developing countries: a systematic review of qualitative research. Reproductive Health 2009; 6:3.
Williamson LM, Rosato M, Teyhan A, Santana P, Harding S. AIDS mortality in African migrants living in Portugal: evidence of large social inequalities. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2009; 85:427-31.
Buston K. Behind and beyond the prison bars; young offenders talk about sex and relationships. Glasgow: Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Occasional Paper 18, 2008.
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Henderson M, Butcher I, Wight D, Williamson L, Raab G. What explains between-school differences in rates of sexual experience? BMC Public Health 2008; 8:53.
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Henderson M, Ecob R, Wight D, Abraham C. What explains between-school differences in rates of smoking? BMC Public Health 2008:8;218.
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Henderson M. How do secondary schools influence teenagers' health behaviours? Schools that enhance versus schools that diminish students' health behaviours – taking account of different student characteristics at each school. Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, 2008.
Phase Two Programme Evaluation Team and External Evaluation Team (Including Henderson M. & Wight D & Nixon C. & Parkes A. Evaluation of Healthy Respect Phase 2: Interim Report. Edinburgh: NHS Health Scotland, 2008.
Phase Two Programme Evaluation Team, External Evaluation Team (Including Henderson M, Wight D, Nixon C). Evaluation of Healthy Respect phase 2: Interim report, executive summary. Edinburgh: NHS Health Scotland, 2008.
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Plummer M, Wamoyi J, Nyalali K, Mshana G, Shigongo ZS, Ross D, Wight D. Aborting and suspending pregnancy in rural Tanzania: An ethnography of young people’s beliefs and practices. Studies in Family Planning 2008; 39:281-92.
Prost A, Elford J, Imrie J, Petticrew M, Hart G. Social, behavioural, and intervention research among people of Sub-Saharan African origin living with HIV in the UK and Europe: literature review and recommendations for intervention. AIDS and Behavior 2008; 12:170-94.
Raab G, Burston A, Henderson M, Storkey H, Elliot LS, Davies J. Final Report on the randomised control trial of Zero Tolerance Respect (pre-sex education/citizenship education) in Midlothian Primary Schools. Report to CSO (CZG/2/313). Edinburgh: Napier University, 2008.
Wallace LA, Scoular A, Hart G, Reid ME, Wilson P, Goldberg D. What is the excess risk of infertility in women after genital chlamydia infection? A systematic review of the evidence. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2008; 84:171-5.
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Weiss HA, Plummer M, Changalucha J, Mshana G, Shigongo ZS, Todd J, Wight D, Hayes RJ, Ross D. Circumcision among adolescent boys in rural northwestern Tanzania. Tropical Medicine & International Health 2008; 13:1054-61.
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Wight D, Parkes A, Strange V, Allen E, Bonell C, Henderson M. The quality of young people’s heterosexual relationships: a longitudinal analysis of factors shaping subjective experience. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 2008; 40:226-37.
Wight D. 'Most of our social scientists are not institution based… they are there for hire.’ Research consultancies and social science capacity for health research in East Africa. Social Science & Medicine 2008; 66:110-6.
pubmedWilliamson LM, Dodds JP, Mercey DE, Hart GJ, Johnson AM. Sexual risk behaviour and knowledge of HIV status among community samples of gay men in the UK. AIDS 2008; 22:1063-70.
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Allen CF, Lees SS, Desmond NA, Der G, Chiduo B, Hambleton I, Knight L, Vallely A, Ross DA, Hayes RJ. Validity of coital diaries in a feasibility study for the Microbicides Development Programme trial among women at high risk of HIV/AIDS in Mwanza, Tanzania. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2007; 83:490-6.
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Buston K, Williamson L, Hart G. Young women under 16 with experience of sexual intercourse: who becomes pregnant? Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2007; 61:221-225.
open accessHenderson M, Wight D, Raab G, Abraham C, Parkes A, Scott S, Hart G. The impact of a theoretically based sex education programme (SHARE) delivered by teachers on NHS registered conceptions and terminations: final results of cluster randomised trial. British Medical Journal 2007; 334:133-135.
pubmed open accessParkes A, Wight D, Henderson M, Hart G. Explaining associations between adolescent substance use and condom use. Journal of Adolescent Health 2007; 40:180e1-18.
Plummer M, Wight D, Obasi A, Wamoyi J, Mshana G, Todd J, Mazige B, Makokha M, Hayes R, Ross D. A process evaluation of a school-based adolescent sexual health intervention in rural Tanzania: The MEMA kwa Vijana programme. Health Education Research: Theory and Practice 2007; 22:500-512.
pubmedPlummer M, Wight D, Wamoyi J, Nyalali K, Ingall K, Mshana G, Shigongo Z, Obasi A. Are schools a good setting for adolescent sexual health promotion in rural Africa? A qualitative assessment from Tanzania. Health Education Research: Theory and Practice 2007; 22:483-499.
pubmedProst A, Chopin C, McOwan A, Elam G, Dodds J, Macdonald N, Imrie J. "There is such a thing as asking for trouble": Taking rapid HIV testing to gay venues is fraught with challenges. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2007; 83:185-188.
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Prost A, Sseruma WS, Fakoya I, Arthur G, Taegtmeyer M, Njeri A, Fakoya A, Imrie J. HIV voluntary counselling and testing for African communities in London: learning from experiences in Kenya. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2007; 83:547-51.
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Raab GM, Storkey H, Henderson M, Davis J, Elliot L. Development of instruments and procedures for a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the Zero Tolerance Respect package in Midlothian Primary Schools. Edinburgh: Chief Scientist Office (ref noCZG/2/264), 2007.
Ross DA, Changalucha J, Obasi AIN, Todd J, Plummer ML, Cleophas-Mazige B, Anemona A, Everett D, Weiss HA, Mabey DC, Grosskurth H, Hayes RJ, Balira R, Wight D, Gavyole A, Makokha M, Mosha F, Terris-Prestholt F, Parry J. Biological and behavioural impact of an adolescent sexual health intervention in Tanzania: a community-randomised trial. AIDS 2007; 21:1943-55.
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Vallely A, Shagi C, Kasindi S, Desmond N, Lees S, Chiduo B, Hayes R, Allen C, Ross D, for the Microbicides development programme. The benefits of participatory methodologies to develop effective community dialogue in the context of a microbicide trial feasibility study in Mwanza, Tanzania. BMC Public Health 2007; 7:133.
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Wallace LA, Scoular A, Hart G, Reid M, Wilson P, Goldberg DJ. What is the excess risk of infertility in women following genital chlamydia infection? A systematic review of the evidence [Epub ahead of print]. Sexually Transmitted Infection 2007.
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Wight D, Stephenson J. School-based sex education: evaluating teacher-delivered (SHARE) and peer-delivered (RIPPLE) programmes. In: Baker P, Guthrie K, Hutchinson C, Kane R, Wellings K, eds. Teenage Pregnancy and Reproductive Health. London: RCOG Press, 2007:263-274.
Williamson L, Hart G. HIV prevalence and undiagnosed infection among a community sample of gay men in Scotland, UK. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 2007; 45:224-230.
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Williamson L. Contraceptive careers: young women's choices, influences and risks [PhD]. MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit. Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 2007.
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Buston K, Wight D. The salience and utility of school sex education to young men. Sex Education 2006; 6:135-150.
Mshana G, Plummer M, Wamoyi J, Salamba Z, Ross D, Wight D. "She was bewitched and caught an illness similar to AIDS": AIDS and sexually transmitted infection causation beliefs in rural Mwanza, Tanzania. Culture, Health and Sexuality 2006; 8:45-58.
pubmedObasi A, Cleophas BF, Ross DA, Chima KL, Mmassey G, Gavyole A, Plummer M, Makokha M, Mujaya B, Todd J, Wight D, Grosskurth H, Mabey DC, Hayes R. Rationale and design of the MEMA kwa Vijana adolescent and reproductive health intervention in Mwanza Region, Tanzania. AIDS Care 2006; 18:311-322.
pubmedPlummer M, Mshana G, Wamoyi J, Salamba Z, Hayes R, Ross D, Wight D. "The man who believed he had AIDS was cured": AIDS and sexually-transmitted infection treatment-seeking behaviour in rural Mwanza, Tanzania. AIDS Care 2006; 18:460-466.
pubmedPlummer M, Wight D, Wamoyi J, Mshana G, Hayes R, Ross D. "Farming with your hoe in a sack": Condom attitudes, access and use in rural Tanzania. Studies in Family Planning 2006; 37:29-40.
pubmedRoss D, Wight D, Dowsett G, Buve' A, Obasi A. Assessing evidence on the effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions: A methodological approach. Geneva: World Health Organisation, 2006.
Ross DA, Wight D, Dowsett G, Buvé A, Obasi AIN. The weight of evidence: a method for assessing the strength of evidence on the effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions among young people. Preventing HIV/AIDS in Young People: a systematic review of the evidence from developing countries: WHO Technical Report Series 938, 2006:79-102.
Wight D, Plummer M, Mshana G, Wamoyi J, Shigongo Z, Ross D. Contradictory sexual norms and expectations for young people in rural northern Tanzania. Social Science and Medicine 2006; 62:987-997.
pubmedWight D, Williamson L, Henderson M. Parental influences on young people's sexual behaviour: a longitudinal analysis. Journal of Adolescence 2006; 29:473-494.
pubmedWilliamson L, Dodds J, Mercey J, Johnson A, Hart G. Increases in HIV-related sexual risk behaviour among community samples of gay men in London and Glasgow: How do they compare? Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 2006; 42:238-241.
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Harper H. The role of research in policy development: School sex education policy in Scotland since devolution [PhD]. MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit. Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 2005.
Hart G, Williamson L. Increase in HIV sexual risk behaviour in gay men in Scotland, 1996-2002: Prevention failure? Sexually Transmitted Infections 2005; 81:367-372.
pubmedHayes R, Changalucha J, Ross D, Gavyole A, Todd J, Obasi A, Plummer M, Wight D, Mabey D, Grosskurth H. The MEMA Kwa Vijana project: Design of a community randomised trial of an innovative adolescent sexual health intervention in rural Tanzania. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2005; 26:430-442.
pubmedHenderson M, West P, Raab G. School effects on health behaviours. Education and Health 2005; 23:57-60.
Parkes A, Henderson M, Wight D. Do sexual health services encourage teenagers to use condoms? A longitudinal study. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2005; 31:271-280.
pubmedProst A. Research among Black African communities affected by HIV in the UK and Europe: A scoping review. Glasgow: MRC Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, Occasional Paper 15, 2005.
Williamson L, Hart G, Buston K, Sweeting H. Young women's dislike of condom use: implications for HIV prevention. 7th International AIDS IMPACT 2005: Biopsychosocial Aspects of HIV Infection. Cape Town, South Africa, 2005.
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Abraham C, Henderson M, Der G. Cognitive impact of a research-based school sex education programme. Psychology & Health 2004; 19:689-703.
Buston K, Wight D. Pupils' participation in sex education lessons: Understanding variation across classes'. Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning 2004; 4:285-301.
Fullerton D. More than words: A review of programmes that involve parents to promote positive sexual health among young people: Final Report to NHS Lothian and MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 2004.
Hart G, Williamson L, Flowers P. Good in parts: the Gay Men's Task Force in Glasgow-a response to Kelly. AIDS Care 2004; 16:159-165.
pubmedParkes A, Wight D, Henderson M. Teenagers' use of sexual health services: perceived need, knowledge and ability to access. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2004; 30:217-224.
pubmedPlummer M, Ross D, Wight D, Changalucha J, Mshana G, Wamoyi J, Tood J, Anemona A, Mosha F, Obasi A, Hayes R. 'A bit more truthful': The validity of adolescent sexual behaviour data collected in rurual northern Tanzania using five methods. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2004; 80:49-56.
pubmedPlummer M, Wight D, Ross D, Balira R, Anemona A, Todd J, Salamba Z, Obasi A, Grosskurth H, Changalucha J, Hayes R. 'Asking semi-literate adolescents about sexual behaviour: The validity of assisted self-completion questionnaire (ASCQ) data in rural Tanzania'. Tropical Medicine and International Health 2004; 9:737-754.
pubmedWight D, Dixon H. 'SHARE: The rationale, principles and content of a research-based teacher-led sex education programme. Education and Health 2004; 22:3-7.
Wight D, Henderson M. The diversity of young people's heterosexual behaviour. In: Duffy M, Burtney E, eds. Young People and Sexual Health: social, political, and Individual contexts. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004:15-33.
Williamson L, Buston K, Sweeting H. Consistency, complexity or chaos: a qualitative study of young women's patterns of contraceptive use. European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 2004; 9:175.
Williamson L, Hart G, Petticrew M. A systematic review of research on young women's uptake, choice, and discontinuation of contraceptives: descriptive mapping. European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 2004; 9:126.
Williamson L, Hart G. HIV optimism does not explain increases in high-risk sexual behaviour among gay men in Scotland. AIDS 2004; 18:834-835.
Henderson M, Wight D, Raab G. Methodology for balanced randomisation: the SHARE trial. Glasgow: MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Working Paper 11, 2003.
Ross D, Wight D. What is the role of randomised trials in assessing sexual health interventions: developing countries perspective. In: Stephenson J, Imrie J, Bonell C, eds. Effective Sexual Health Interventions: issues in experimental evaluation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003:35-48.
Wight D, Buston K. Meeting needs but not changing goals: evaluation of inservice teacher training for sex education. Oxford Review of Education 2003; 29:521-543.
Wight D, Obasi A. Unpacking the Black Box: the importance of process data to explain outcomes. In: Stephenson J, Imrie J, Bonell C, eds. Effective Sexual Health Interventions: Issues in Experimental Evaluation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003:151-166.
Abraham C, Buston K, Hart G, Henderson M, Wight D, Raab G, Scott S. Overview from SHARE sex education project: Health Education Board for Scotland, 2002.
Buston K, Wight D, Hart G, Scott S. Implementation of a teacher-delivered sex education programme: obstacles and facilitating factors. Health Education Research Theory and Practice 2002; 17:59-72.
pubmedBuston K, Wight D, Hart G. Inside the sex education classroom: the importance of context in engaging pupils. Culture, Health and Sexuality 2002; 4:317-335.
Buston K, Wight D. The salience and utility of school sex education to young women. Sex Education 2002; 2:233-250.
Elford J, Hart G, Sherr L, Williamson L, Bolding G. Peer led HIV prevention among gay men in Britain: expanding the evidence base (editorial). Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2002; 78:158-159.
Flowers P, Hart G, Williamson L, Frankis J, Der G. Does bar-based, peer-led sexual health promotion have a community-level effect amongst gay men in Scotland? International Journal of STD & AIDS 2002; 13:102-108.
pubmedHart G, Williamson L, Flowers P, Frankis J, Der G. Gay men's HIV testing behaviour in Scotland. AIDS Care 2002; 14:665-674.
pubmedHenderson M, Wight D, Raab G, Abraham C, Buston K, Hart G, Scott S. Heterosexual risk behaviour among young teenagers in Scotland. Journal of Adolescence 2002; 25:483-494.
pubmedWight D, Raab G, Henderson M, Abraham C, Buston K, Hart G, Scott S. The limits of teacher-delivered sex education: interim behavioural outcomes from a randomised trial. British Medical Journal 2002; 324:1430-1433.
pubmedWight D. Sex Education in Schools. Health and Community Care, 2002; 3:44.
Buston K, Hart G. Heterosexism and homophobia in Scottish school sex education: exploring the nature of the problem. Journal of Adolescence 2001; 24:95-109.
pubmedBuston K, Wight D, Scott S. Difficulty and diversity: the context and practice of sex education. British Journal of Sociology of Education 2001; 22:353-368.
Raab G, Butcher I. Balance in cluster randomised trials. Statistics in Medicine 2001; 20:351-365.
pubmedRaab G, Butcher I. Randomisation inference for balanced cluster-randomised trials. Clinical Trials 2001; 2:130-140.
Williamson L, Hart G, Flowers P, Frankis J, Der G. The Gay Men's Task Force: the impact of peer education on the sexual health behaviour of homosexual men in Glasgow. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2001; 77:427-432.
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Wight D, Henderson M, Raab G, Abraham C, Buston K, Scott S, Hart G. Regretted sexual intercourse among young teenagers in Scotland: a cross-sectional survey. British Medical Journal 2000; 320:1243-1244.
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