Cameron group
Contraception, prevention and management of unintended pregnancy and genital tract infection
Professor Sharon Cameron
Consultant in Gynaecology and Sexual and Reproductive Health, NHS Lothian
- MB ChB, MD, CCST (with sub specialisation in reproductive medicine) FRCOG, FFSRH
- Editor-in-chief, BMJ Sexual Reproductive Health
Contact details
- Work: +44 (0)131 536 2019
- Email: Sharon.Cameron@ed.ac.uk
Research interests
Conducting and evaluating initiatives aimed at improving sexual and reproductive health within the UK and globally.
Contraception and emergency contraception; new methods, improved information and access, including after birth.
Management of unintended pregnancy and improving the patient journey.
Sexual and reproductive health service delivery and new models of care, including community pharmacy.
Key projects
Current research is aimed at empowering women in contraceptive choices, improving access to postnatal contraception and developing new contraceptives. We are the UK site for a trial of a new six-monthly contraceptive injection.
Collaboration with national and international groups aimed at improving access to contraception through community pharmacies (ALLIANCE trial, Australia) and improving abortion care (SACHA study, UK, VEMA study Sweden, How far is too far, Canada). Also nationally with a trial to improve options for controlling troublesome bleeding with contraceptive implant (DEBI trial, Nottingham).
Group members
Dr Michelle Cooper, Honorary Senior Lecturer and NRS Career Research Fellow
Dr John Reynolds Wright, NES/CSO clinical lecturer
Ms Karen McCabe, research midwife
Dr Nicola Boydell, Prof Jeni Harden (Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh)
Prof Caroline Free, Prof Kaye Wellings, Dr Rebecca French, London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine, UK
Prof Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Karolinksa Institutet, Sweden
Prof Danielle Mazza, Monash University, Australia
Prof Paul Blumenthal, Stanford university, USA
Prof Wendy Norman, University of British Columbia, Canada
Dr Raymond Li, University of Hong Kong
Selected recent publications
Cameron ST, Glasier A, McDaid L et al. Use of effective contraception following provision of the progestogen-only pill for women presenting to community pharmacies for emergency contraception (Bridge-It): a pragmatic cluster-randomised crossover trial. Lancet. 2020 Nov 14;396(10262):1585-1594. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31785-2.
Cameron ST, Glasier A, McDaid L, Radley A, Patterson S, Baraitser P, Stephenson J, Gilson R, Battison C, Cowle K, Vadiveloo T, Johnstone A, Morelli A, Goulao B, Forrest M, McDonald A, Norrie J. Provision of the progestogen-only pill by community pharmacies as bridging contraception for women receiving emergency contraception: the Bridge-it RCT. Health Technol Assess. 2021 May;25(27):1-92. doi: 10.3310/hta25270. PMID: 33949940; PMCID: PMC8126983.
Edelman A, Boniface ER, Male V, Cameron S, Benhar E, Han L, Matteson KA, van Lamsweerde A, Pearson JT, Darney BG. Timing of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination and Effects on Menstrual Cycle Changes. Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Apr 1;143(4):585-594. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005550.
Glasier A, Cameron ST. Improving access to sexual and reproductive health care. Lancet Public Health. 2022 Jan;7(1):e4-e5. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00283-8. PMID: 34995542.
Boydell N, Cooper M, Cameron ST, Glasier A, Coutts S, McGuire F, Harden J. Perspectives of obstetricians and midwives on the provision of immediate postpartum intrauterine devices: a qualitative service evaluation. BMJ Sex Reprod Health. 2021 Jun 29:bmjsrh-2021-201170. doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2021-201170. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34187901.
Mazza D, Assifi AR, Hussainy SY, Bateson D, Johnston S, Tomnay J, Kasza J, Church J, Grzeskowiak LE, Nissen L, Cameron ST. Expanding community pharmacists' scope of practice in relation to contraceptive counselling and referral: a protocol for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster randomised trial (ALLIANCE). BMJ Open. 2023 Aug 31;13(8):e073154. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073154. PMID: 37652588; PMCID: PMC10476139.
Cooper M, Robinson H, Hughes L, McCabe K, Simpson J, Coia J, Cameron S. Using a meaningful engagement process to develop an accessible postpartum contraception animation. BMJ SRH 2024 doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2023-202050
Reynolds-Wright JJ, Johnstone A, McCabe K, Evans E, Cameron S. Adherence to treatment and prevalence of side effects when medical abortion is delivered via telemedicine: a prospective observational cohort study during COVID-19. BMJ Sex Reprod Health. 2021 Oct 28:bmjsrh-2021-201263. doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2021-201263. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34711647; PMCID: PMC8593268.
Reynolds‐Wright JJ, Woldetsadik MA, Morroni C, Cameron S. Pain management for medical abortion before 14 weeks’ gestation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022 Issue 5. Art. No.: CD013525. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013525.pub2.
Cameron ST, Li H R, Gemzell –Danielsson K . Is Contragestion the future. BMJ SRH 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsrh-2022-201758
Links
BRIDGE-IT: A randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of bridging from emergency to regular contraception
The SACHA Study: Creating an evidence base to guide new directions in abortion care in the UK
Funders
Chief Scientist Office
Edinburgh Family Planning Trust
FHI 360.
National Institute for Health Research ( NIHR)