We would like to acknowledge our Trial Steering Committee, chaired by Professor Paul Little; Professor Nicola Low, who contributed to the Trial Steering Committee and gave additional help; members of the ACCEPt team in Australia; Jason May and Suzy Dion; members of Sexpression; students at Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College; and all the practices, practice staff and patients who gave us their time and energy. We also thank Alireza Talebi, Bersabeh Sile and Dr Mary Macintosh of the HPA. We would also like to acknowledge the NIHR HTA programme for their ongoing support and advice before, during and beyond the study.
Contributions of authors
Professor Jackie A Cassell was the principal investigator and, together with Dr Greta Rait, took overall responsibility for the design, co-ordination and supervision of the study.
Dr Julie Dodds led and project managed the delivery of fieldwork, including the commissioning of the web tool, in close collaboration with Ms Stefania Lanza.
Dr Claudia Estcourt and Mr Merle Symonds contributed to the design and execution of the study, particularly on the specification and delivery of PN services and clinical issues in the management of STIs and PN.
Professor Tracy Roberts, Dr Hema Mistry and Mr Melcior Rossello-Roig designed and undertook the economic analysis.
Dr Carrie Llewellyn provided health psychology advice on the design of the intervention and on exploring PN practices.
Dr John Richens advised on digital data collection and the use of incentives in a sexual health setting.
Professor Helen Smith advised on all aspects of recruitment and care in general practice, as did Dr Kate Walters, who also provided maternity cover for Dr Greta Rait.
Dr Catherine Lowndes provided advice and expertise relating to the National Chlamydia Screening Programme.
Dr Andrew Copas provided expert statistical input and analysis, and Dr Peter White advised on the design of data collection with a view to modelling studies.
Dr Hilary Smith contributed to the design and analysis of the exploration of PN practice.
Dr Julie Dodds, Professor Tracy Roberts, Ms Stefania Lanza and Professor Jackie Cassell led the drafting of the report and all authors commented and contributed to redrafting.
Disclaimer
This report presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HTA programme or the Department of Health. If there are verbatim quotations included in this publication the views and opinions expressed by the interviewees are those of the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect those of the authors, those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HTA programme or the Department of Health.
