065 - HIV, Menopause & Sophia Forum - Sophie Strachan, Dr Nneka Nwokolo, Dr Jacqui Stevenson & Dr Louise Newson

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast, Dr Louise Newson is speaking with Sophie Strachan, director of Sophia Forum, Dr Nneka Nwokolo, honorary HIV clinician and menopause specialist, and Dr Jacqui Stevenson, researcher and advocate for Sophia Forum. Together, they talk about the charity Sophia Forum and their 'We Are Still Here' campaign which is calling for:

Opportunities to pass on experiences
Peer networks for older women
Holistic services and standards of care

Dr Jacqui Stevenson recently carried out research exploring women’s experiences of ageing with HIV in London. Many of these women were experiencing menopausal symptoms yet were often receiving inadequate advice and help. Understandably, many women were worried that their symptoms were related to their HIV or their treatment and a large number of women expressed frustration in not receiving the right support or treatment. The expert guests in this podcast discuss how important it is for women to receive education about potential symptoms of the menopause and also health risks related to their low hormones. Jacqui talks in more detail about her research and ways of potentially improving access to evidence-based information worldwide to women living with HIV.

Sophie Strachan, Dr Nneke Nwokolo & Dr Jacqui Stevenson's Three Take Home messages:

Women living with HIV should expect the same care and menopause support as women without HIV. These women should not have any less expectations that they can have their symptoms managed.
It's important that we break down the silence around issues like HIV and menopause and provide the space for women to demand the care, support and information that they deserve.
In the context of health professionals, don't be afraid in how to look after your patients living with HIV. We are asking you to get educated about this condition as we have had to and start having menopause conversations with your patients when they are in their 30s - not 50s!

Find out more about Sophia Forum at:
www.sophiaforum.net
www.instagram.com/sophiaforum/
www.facebook.com/SophiaForum/

Click here for more information about the We Are Still Here campaign.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Newsome Health Menopause podcast.
0:11.1	I'm Dr. Louise Newsom, a GP and menopause specialist,
0:15.0	and I run the Newsome Health Menopause and Wellbeing Centre here in Stratford-upon-Avon.
0:31.1	So today I feel very outnumbered because I have three women that have appeared on my screen at the same time to join me in this podcast.
0:34.4	And actually, this is very exciting for a number of reasons.
0:37.2	It's also exciting because
0:38.4	it's the first in a series of podcasts that we're doing. So this is actually, we're going to be
0:43.7	talking about the impact of HIV and the menopause, because women living with HIV have been
0:51.4	shown to have more symptoms often and sadly less likely to receive treatment.
0:57.1	And as many of you know who listen to me, I'm constantly trying to think of ways for more
1:01.9	women to access good quality information and care for their menopause globally,
1:07.7	because it's a global problem that menopause care isn't being addressed properly.
1:11.9	So I've been working behind the scenes over the last few months with a fantastic charity
1:16.8	called the Sophia Forum. And we have co-written a booklet that is available on their website,
1:25.0	on my website, it's available for anyone to read and learn. So we wanted to
1:29.8	talk a bit about this, really. So with me today, I have Sophie, who's the director of Sophia
1:35.8	Forum. I have NECA, who is an honorary HIV clinician and also a menopause specialist. And I also
1:42.8	have Jackie, Dr. Jackie Stevenson, who's a researcher and
1:46.3	advocate. So welcome all three of you onto this podcast. So thank you for coming. Thank you.
1:53.5	So just to get started maybe, Sophie, could you just say a bit about you and about the charity
1:59.4	and about, you know, why we've sort of got together
2:02.9	to collaborate on this piece of important work? Yes, of course. So the Sphere Forum is a
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