Exploring the wider societal impacts of sexual health issues and interventions to build a framework for research and policy: a qualitative study based on in-depth semi-structured interviews with experts in OECD member countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Sexual health is a complex public health challenge and can generate wide-ranging health, social and economic impacts both within and beyond the health sector (ie, intersectoral costs and benefits). Methods are needed to capture these intersectoral impacts in economic studies to optimally inform policy/decision-making. The objectives of this study were (1) to explore the different intersectoral costs and benefits associated with sexual health issues and interventions, (2) to categorise these into sectors and (3) to develop a preliminary framework to better understand these impacts and to guide future research and policy.

Design

A qualitative study based on in-depth semi-structured online interviews.

Setting

OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and De

SUBMITTER: Schnitzler L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9843221 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature