Five hundred and sixty-three university students were interviewed to survey the practice of self-medication which was found to be very prevalent (94.0%). The most commonly used items included remedies for cough and cold, antipyretics and analgesics. Topical preparations and Chinese herbal medicines were also frequently consumed. Self-medication items were mostly obtained from home medicine cabinets and pharmacy shops (not necessarily staffed by registered pharmacists) and they also relied heavily on family members and previous illness experience for information on the medications they took. The healthcare professionals only played a minor role in the provision of drug information. Nevertheless, the concept of self-medication is well-established among these university students as they recognised that minor illness could be cared for without seeing a doctor. Healthcare professionals should assume more active roles in the provision of drug information and counselling so that a good self-care programme could be established.

Primary care has an important role in the shared care of the diagnosis and management of people with HIV. Some improvements with current guidelines on the management in primary care of people with HIV in developing countries should be considered.

Data are collected in real time, and all partner notification outcomes are recorded. The platform is extendable to facilitate centralised partner notification within sexual health clinical networks across many different heath care providers. P111A Background Control of STIs in vulnerable populations is difficult because of inadequate access to prompt diagnosis and treatment and may be enhanced by better community based STI surveillance. The high rates of mobile and smart phone use in these populations and the development of novel personalised diagnostic technologies which theoretically enable highly accurate self-testing diagnostics for STIs that can be electronically linked to clinical care pathways and STI data capture, may help address these challenges. A major challenge for these systems is the development of clinically relevant and acceptable Human Technology Interfaces (HTIs) for Mobile-Web Applications. Objectives To describe a methodological approach to develop a mobile phone/web-based management system that can link rapid self-test diagnostics to clinical care pathways and community based surveillance. Methods We adopt a user centred approach to the development of a HTI for self-managing STI diagnosis with initial exploratory pilot studies to gather functional, user and clinical requirements of the HTI. Iterative development of functional prototypes exploring design possibilities and technology features is followed by the formative evaluation of interface design alternatives through qualitative and controlled usability studies with target users and existing surveillance capture mechanisms. Results A user centred, multi-disciplinary approach allows for successful capture and integration of social science methods to inform functional requirements for an effective and user acceptable mobile and web-based self-managing STI diagnostics and surveillance system. Discussion Future testing in simple and complex, community based studies are needed to primarily assess safety and then effectiveness for improving access to care, enhanced partner notification and development of community based capture of surveillance data. Background Hazardous drinking is associated with an increased risk of catching an STI, getting pregnant unintentionally, being sexually assaulted and sexually assaulting someone else. An Alcohol Brief Intervention (ABI), a type of motivational interview, has been shown to reduce hazardous drinking in men over the age of 25. There is an paucity of evidence of the benefit in younger people or in women. Texting has been shown to be useful in supporting smoking cessation, weight reduction and diabetes control. There have been no studies of its potential value in reducing hazardous drinking or its consequences.