About the project
Population-representative surveys of sexual behaviours and sexual health have been conducted in some high-income countries, but they have used different measures and different methods that may not be applicable in all Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).
We developed a survey and accompanying consensus statement via a multi-step process that included an open call for items/topics, a hackathon designed to generate potential items, and a modified Delphi process to refine these items. The resulted was a 19-item consensus statement and a brief sexual health survey instrument. This is the first global consensus on a sexual and reproductive health survey instrument that can be used to generate cross-national comparative data in both high-income and LMICs. The inclusive process identified priority domains for improvement and can inform the design of sexual and reproductive health programs and contextually relevant data for comparable research across countries.