Sally Brown

Sally Brown is currently Programme Director for the MA Health in Social Science, having joined Edinburgh University in 2020. She is a medical sociologist and health services researcher with an interest in the health and wellbeing of young people, particularly around sexual health services and sex education. She is involved in IReSH, the Interdisciplinary Research in Sexual Health network in Scotland having previously been co-chair, and she is currently a member of the editorial team for Sociology of Health and Illness.

Research interests: young people's sexual health and wellbeing, sexual health service provision 

Current projects: Developing evidence-based guidelines to support the design of sexual wellbeing services for young people within rural, remote and island communities of Scotland.

Publications:

• Whiteley, D., Strongylou, D., Brown, S., Vickerman, P., Frankis, J. (2023). Hepatitis C testing among three distinct groups of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men: A cross-sectional study in the Celtic nations. Sexually Transmitted Infections.
• Brown S., Paterson C., Dougal N., Cameron S., Wheelhouse N. (2019) Understanding the attitudes and acceptability of extra-genital Chlamydia testing in young women: evaluation of a feasibility study. BMC Public Health  
• Brown S., McQueen F. (2019) Engaging young working class men in the delivery of sex and relationships education. Sex Education
• Idris D.R., Forrest S. Brown S. (2019) Health help‐seeking by men in Brunei Darussalam: masculinities and ‘doing’ male identities across the life course. Sociology of Health and Illness
• Brown S. (2015) ‘They think it’s all up to the girls.’ Gender, risk and responsibility for contraception.  Culture, Health and Sexuality 17(3):312-325
• Brown S. (2013) Is counselling necessary? Making the decision to have an abortion. European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care  18:44-48
• Brown S. (2012) Young men, sexual health, and responsibility for contraception: a qualitative pilot study. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare 38(1):44-47 
• Brown S, Guthrie K. (2010) Why don’t teenagers use contraception? A qualitative interview study. European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care 15:197–204