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Sexual health : a public health perspective

Title

Sexual health : a public health perspective / edited by Kaye Wellings, Kirstin Mitchell, Martine Collumbien.

Format

Book

Published

Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2012.

Description

xiii, 203 p. : ill., maps, charts ; 24 cm.

Other contributors

Mitchell, Kirstin. Wellings, Kaye. Collumbien, Martine. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Notes

Published in association with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Conceptual and theoretical aspects of sexual health
• 1.Sexual health: theoretical perspectives / Kaye Wellings
• pt. 2 Sexual health outcomes
• 2.Sexually transmitted infections / Thomas Peterman
• 3.Unplanned pregnancy / Kaye Wellings
• 4.Sexual violence / Kaye Wellings
• 5.Sexual function, pleasure, and satisfaction / Kirstin Mitchell
• pt. 3 Risk and vulnerability
• 6.Young people / Maria Zuurmond
• 7.Men who have sex with men / Martine Collumbien
• 8.Sex workers / Elisabeth Pisani
• 9.Mobile populations / Joanna Busza
• 10.Structural influences on sexual health / Kaye Wellings
• pt. 4 Interventions to improve sexual health
• 11.Communication and language / Kaye Wellings
• 12.Promotion of sexual health / Wendy MacDowall
• 13.Sex education: theory and practice / Kaye Wellings
• 14.Sexual health services / Kirstin Mitchell
• pt. 5 Measuring and assessing sexual health status

• Contents note continued: 15.Researching sexual behaviour / Martine Collumbien
• 16.Evaluating sexual health Interventions / Meg Wiggins.

Summary

This timely book introduces social aspects of the study of sexual health and their application to public health practice. The book addresses five key themes: Conceptual and theoretical aspects of sexual health, Sexual health outcomes of risk and vulnerability, Improving sexual health status and Measuring and assessing sexual health status. The authors consider each of these themes within their cultural and historical context and illustrate topics with international examples and case studies.

Subject headings

Sexual health.

ISBN

9780335244812 (pbk) 0335244815 (pbk)