'Condom club': an interface between teenage sex and genitourinary medicine

In response to demand from young teenagers, a nurse-led 'condom club' was e stablished in 1996. This paper reports the use of the service from 1996 to 1999 by retrospective case note review. Two hundred and eighty-six individu al males and 327 individual females made 655 and 824 visits, respectively. Condoms were accessed by 495 individuals, but girls also requested emergenc y contraception and pregnancy testing. Young teenagers were reluctant to ha ve screening for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), but in those that did, 50% were found to have an STI. It is concluded that young teenagers wi ll access a nurse-led sexual health advice service. The use of nursing staf f allows greater flexibility of access. Geographical accessibility was also shown to be important.