{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Spence T"],"funding":["National Institute for Health and Care Research"],"pagination":["2339"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11360737"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["24(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a serious public health issue in many countries. Online postal self-sampling (OPSS) is increasingly used to test for STIs, a trend accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. There remains limited understanding of how service users experience OPSS and what leads them to access it over clinic-based services, or vice versa. This research seeks to address these gaps, by undertaking a large qualitative study which sits within the ASSIST study, a mixed-methods, realist evaluation of OPSS.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants were recruited via clinic-based and online sexual health services in three case study areas in England. Purposive sampling was used to over-represent populations disproportionately affected by poor sexual health: young people; "],"journal":["BMC public health"],"pubmed_title":["How does online postal self-sampling (OPSS) shape access to testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)? A qualitative study of service users."],"pmcid":["PMC11360737"],"funding_grant_id":["NIHR129157"],"pubmed_authors":["Dewsnap C","Gibbs J","Day S","Apea V","Mercer CH","Mohammed H","Williams A","Spence T","Sullivan A","Ross JDC","Crundwell D","Burns F","Sheringham J","Howarth A","Jackson L","Winter A","Wong G","Reid D"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"How does online postal self-sampling (OPSS) shape access to testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)? A qualitative study of service users.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a serious public health issue in many countries. Online postal self-sampling (OPSS) is increasingly used to test for STIs, a trend accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. There remains limited understanding of how service users experience OPSS and what leads them to access it over clinic-based services, or vice versa. This research seeks to address these gaps, by undertaking a large qualitative study which sits within the ASSIST study, a mixed-methods, realist evaluation of OPSS.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants were recruited via clinic-based and online sexual health services in three case study areas in England. Purposive sampling was used to over-represent populations disproportionately affected by poor sexual health: young people; ","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Aug","modification":"2025-04-05T12:29:42.97Z","creation":"2025-04-05T12:29:42.97Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11360737","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39198751"],"doi":["10.1186/s12889-024-19741-x"]}}