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A growing body of literature suggests that contraceptives’ impact on sexual experiences influences willingness to initiate and continue with a method. Little is known, however, about how clinicians engage with clients on this topic during contraceptive consultations. Fifteen clinicians in South Eastern Australia participated in semi-structured interviews between April and June 2019. Interviews were analysed using inductive, semantic thematic analysis. Participants varied in their evaluation and management of contraceptives’ sexual side effects and the legitimacy given to women’s bodily experience versus their own understanding of the evidence in the medical literature. We identified two distinct groups of clinicians: those who prioritised sexual wellbeing as a primary issue in contraceptive consultations and those who perceived sexual wellbeing as a secondary concern. The difference in practices was influenced by whether participants considered sexual wellbeing to be part of holistic care provision and their views on the clinician’s role in raising the topic. Strategies to equip clinicians to integrate sexual wellbeing into contraceptive consultations include interactive clinical training and incorporating information about sexual side effects into contraceptive guidelines and client resources. Benefits gained from normalising sexual wellbeing could extend beyond contraceptive care to help clinicians address clients’ sexual wellbeing in other contexts.

‘Most women really actually do just appreciate being asked’: clinicians’ views on integrating sexual wellbeing into contraceptive care