Contraceptive and sexual health services during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery: a mixed-methods study in England
COVID-19 disrupted sexual health and contraceptive services in England. Compared to pre-pandemic, more elements of these services were delivered remotely. Readiness to adapt was aided by the pre-pandemic direction-of-travel towards greater use of digital and telemedicine services. Innovations require robust evaluation to ensure optimisation for public health benefit both in the pandemic and post-pandemic context.
Authors
- Anna M. Thorson
- Vanessa Brizuela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-0828)
- Catherine Aicken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7515-3667)
- Jaime H. Vera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1165-0573)
- Jen Sothornwit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5985-7389)
- Aline Munezero
- Hamsadvani Kuganantham
- Hanxiyue Zhang
- Xizhuo Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8400-7597)
- Armando Seuc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2231-0822)
- Ranieri Poli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7319-215X)
- Torpey Kwasi
- Adom Manu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1099-8623)
- Alessia Savoldi
- Caron Rahn Kim
- Laila Ladak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7015-0413)
- Vilma Zotareli
- Ernest Maya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-6837)
- Arusa Lakhani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4204-2287)
- Kun Tang
- Grace Kapustianyk
- Joy J. Chebet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8810-2105)
- Chunxiao Peng
- Eunice Chomi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8620-2425)
- Nampet Jampathong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5945-6905)
- Ferdinand Okwaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9662-4293)
- Salima Somani
- Armel Emmanuel Sogo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4556-7241)
- Dr Rachel Soeiro
- Garzon Simone
- Yasmin P. Parpio
- Hugo Gamerro Abrego
- Padua, Karla Simonia de, 1968-
- Igor Toskin
- Montas Laporte
- Hao Wang
- Karayna G Fernandes
- Moazzam Ali
- Marleen Temmerman
- Abdu Mohiddin
- Marina Baig
- Massimo Mirandola
- Jose Guilherme Cecatti
- Ge Yang
- Maddalena Cordioli
- Gabriela Garcia Camacho
- Pisake Lumbiganon
- Yueping Guo
- Mariana B Rogerio
- Gabriela Garcia-Camacho
- Deborah Williams
- Luis Bahamondes
- Yifan Zhu
- Jörg W. Huber
- Silvana F Bento
- Deda Ogum Alangea
- Flore Marie Gisèle Donessouné
- Samira M Haddad
- Emefa Judith Modey
- Charles M Charles
- Rozina Karmaliani
- Nigel Sherriff
Institutions
- Royal Sussex County Hospital (GB)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Brighton (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Reproductive Health
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-025-02184-x
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- UNICEF
- Bundesministerium für Gesundheit