Alexis Gainza Solenzal
Doctoral Student
School of Public Health and Community MedicineAbout Alexis Gainza Solenzal
My doctoral thesis pertains to how we can help health care professionals raise questions on sexual health, risk-taking and violence with outpatients. In our research group, we have developed the method SEXIT (SEXual health Identification Tool) Adult that functions as a tool-kit aimed for health care professionals to be used in outpatient consultations. SEXIT Adult consists of (1) an education targeting health care professionals that focuses on sexual health, risk-taking, violence and informed-treatment, (2) a 26 question patient questionnaire that is filled out during the consultation, and (3) a handbok (at the moment only available in Swedish) that aids the professionals on follow-up questions, referrals and recommendations.
SEXIT Adult has been tested at 11 different Swedish clinics that target adult outpatients and the method has been evaluated both from the perspectives of patients and health care professionals. Within the doctoral project, studies on elderly patients are being planned.
Outside of my research, I work as a licensed psychologist at the Centre for Sexual medicine, an expert clinic on sexual health in the region of Västra Götaland.