Sexual Health
498 peer-reviewed studies indexed
Implementation Patterns and Perceived Value of the SEXIT Method in School Health Care.
Most SHC professionals who had completed SEXIT training used the method regularly and perceived the method as valuable and facilitating discussions about sexual ill health and experiences of violence with pupils, though there are indications that SHC services fail to identify particularly at-risk young people.
Exploring the use of artificial intelligence in the promotion of sexual health: a cross-sectional assessment.
Many individuals are willing to consider AI technology use for sexual health promotion, however issues related to trust and security should be addressed to optimize uptake.
Negotiating gender and mobility: A qualitative exploration of women's sport participation, health, and sociocultural constraints in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Sociocultural norms in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan portray sports as male-dominated, yet women adapt by framing physical activity as health-related while negotiating family and community expectations to participate.
Evaluating the Implementation of Home-Based Sexual Health Care Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: Limburg4zero.
Implementation of home-based sexual health care has demonstrably increased care accessibility for MSM who had never previously been tested, making a systematic approach crucial to foster the impact of home-based sexual health care.
A cross-sectional study of factors influencing sexual health among spouses of patients with cervical cancer.
Sexual health cognition among spouses of cervical cancer patients is affected by multiple factors including age, education, residence, occupation, and income, with high levels of sexual distress and significant correlations among cognition, distress, and needs.
Nurses' attitudes toward addressing sexual health in their professional practice within cancer care: a Danish cross-sectional study.
While many Danish oncology and hematology nurses report feeling comfortable discussing sexual health, significant barriers remain, and training and access to relevant resources are associated with greater perceived preparedness.
Sexuality and society in the medical context: Conceptualization, implementation and evaluation of a student-led elective course in medical school at Leipzig University.
An elective course on 'Sexuality and Society in the Medical Context' at Leipzig University received highly positive student feedback, but its limited scope as an elective suggests the need to integrate similar training into the core medical curriculum.
Evaluating Reaction Videos of Young People Watching Edutainment Media (MTV Shuga): Qualitative Observational Study.
Reaction videos captured how physical and social viewing contexts shape young people's engagement with MTV Shuga edutainment, revealing that same-age group viewing promoted relaxed discussion while intergenerational viewing caused discomfort and reduced engagement with sexual health content.
School-based and animation-based comprehensive sexuality education in Kenya: protocol for a quasiexperimental study.
This paper presents the protocol for a quasiexperimental study evaluating the Afya Kesho ('Health for Tomorrow') programme, an innovative animation-based, school-integrated and community-integrated comprehensive sexuality education curriculum aimed at enhancing adolescent sexual and reproductive health knowledge, attitudes and behaviours in rural and periurban Kenya.
Position statement on doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of bacterial sexually transmissible infections in Aotearoa New Zealand: the New Zealand Sexual Health Society.
The New Zealand Sexual Health Society recommends doxy-PEP be proactively offered to people assigned male sex at birth who have sex with men with a diagnosis of syphilis or two other bacterial STIs in the past 12 months, primarily as an intervention to prevent syphilis.
Addressing Health Disparities Associated With the HIV PrEP Initiation Cascade, Baltimore City Health Department Sexual Health Clinics, 2016-2023.
Expansion of access to PrEP and usage of 'priority patient' criteria for PrEP initiation, along with direct feedback to clinicians, was associated with decreased disparities in PrEP discussions overall and prescriptions among MSM at Baltimore City Health Department Sexual Health Clinics over 2016-2023.
What sexual health information do older adults want? Findings from the Australian SHAPE2 survey.
Older Australians aged 60+ are interested in a wide variety of sexual health topics, with 'sexual anatomy and physiology', 'sex and ageing', and 'sexual difficulties' being the most sought-after categories, and men more likely to seek information while women expressed interest in a wider range of issues.
Exploring Knowledge and Comfort with Genital Anatomical Terminology Among Young Adults.
Greater knowledge and comfort with genital anatomical terminology were associated with higher sexual self-efficacy, greater sexual satisfaction, and fewer sexual function difficulties among US emerging adults.
Playing for understanding: The impact of interactive gaming on young adults' sexual health education.
CYOA games are perceived to be effective educational tools for sexual health, especially when they incorporate culturally appropriate content, fostering open discussions and understanding among immigrant and refugee youths.
Formalizing Partnerships: How Regional Coalitions in Sexual Health Can Address the Sexually Transmitted Infection Epidemic.
Both STIRR and DMSC demonstrate the feasibility of using the collective impact model to address jurisdictional STI epidemics, though expansion of community engagement and sustained funding are needed to fully realize the potential of such collaborative groups.
A sexual health continuing education quality assurance project: enhancing oncosexology competence in interdisciplinary cancer care providers.
A quality assurance project evaluating a two-part 'Sexual Health and Cancer' continuing education course found that both parts were beneficial to oncology providers personally and professionally, though only 44% of part I completers proceeded to complete part II.
Communication Between Japanese Patients With Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer and Healthcare Providers on Sexual Health After Risk-Reducing Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy.
Only 34.0% of surveyed Japanese BRCA1/2 carriers received information on post-RRBSO sex life, and cultural taboos hinder direct discussion with healthcare providers, highlighting the value of pamphlets and digital resources for couples.
Talking about sexual health in primary care: Results of a cross-sectional study among general practitioners in Germany.
Although most German GPs consider sexual health an important topic and feel responsible for addressing it, nearly half report discussing sexual issues less often than medically indicated, with barriers including lack of time, language barriers, and presence of relatives.
Sexual health behavior trends in a nationally representative sample of Canadian migrant adolescents from 2014 to 2022.
Sexual health behaviors declined across all adolescent groups from 2014 to 2022, with migrant youth experiencing steeper declines, particularly in condom use and dual contraception use, with migrant boys increasingly more likely to use neither contraceptive method.
Sexuality in Age: Enhancing Patient-Centered Nursing Care Through Holistic Educational Approaches.
A 6-week holistic sexuality education program improved sexual knowledge, positively reinforced sexual self-efficacy, and significantly decreased anxiety related to sexual communication and overall sexual health among adults aged 50 and older.
The "Secret of Seven Stones": Short-Term Efficacy of an Online Intergenerational Sexual Health Education Game for Early Adolescents and Their Parents.
This study demonstrated the utility of an in-home intergenerational sexual health education game to impact parent-youth communication by short-term follow-up, with frequency of parent-youth sexual health communication and youth communication self-efficacy increasing in those playing SSS compared with those in the comparison group.
Who attends a free sexual health center in Paris for HIV/STI screening? an observational study.
A multidimensional clustering approach identified seven distinct patient profiles attending a Parisian sexual health center, demonstrating that both key populations and lower-risk populations visit such centers, with high HIV/STI positivity rates found in two very different clusters: socially disadvantaged patients without health insurance and men who have sex with men.
Care for sexual health in oncology survey: a regression analysis of variables associated with the likelihood of people with cancer having a sexual health discussion with the hospital cancer team.
Sixty-one percent of people with cancer self-reported never having talked about their sexual health during their cancer care, with four statistically significant variables decreasing and two increasing the likelihood of having such discussions.
Perceptions of targeted sexual healthcare among French MSM based on HPV vaccination policy in France.
French MSM held mixed perceptions of targeted sexual healthcare policies using HPV vaccination as an example, with some supporting such policies for epidemiological reasons while others felt they stigmatised MSM, and barriers including uncertainty about sexual orientation and difficulty discussing sexuality with doctors were identified.
Evaluating completion rates between kiosk and smartphone computer-assisted self-interviewing at a sexual health clinic in Melbourne: a before-and-after implementation study.
The transition from kiosks to smartphones for administering CASI was associated with a modest, but consistent, decline in data completeness, with smartphone use associated with a 15.31 percentage point reduction in completeness after adjusting for confounding factors.
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and HIV Risk-Related Behaviors among Young Sexual and Gender Minorities Assigned Male at Birth: the Moderating Effects of Teenage Childhood Sexual Abuse.
Teenage childhood sexual abuse (CSA) moderated the longitudinal associations between posttraumatic symptom clusters and HIV risk-related behaviors among young sexual and gender minorities assigned male at birth, with avoidance symptoms predicting more condomless sex partners among those with CSA histories.
Do Australian sexual health clinics have the capacity to meet demand? A mixed methods survey of directors of sexual health clinics in Australia.
Australian publicly funded sexual health clinics frequently cannot meet patient demand, with clinics unable to see all symptomatic patients on approximately 30% of summer days and 25% of winter days, likely delaying STI testing and treatment.
Sexual health in older adults with hematologic malignancies - a sub-analysis of a Danish cross-sectional study.
Older adults with hematologic malignancies experience a high prevalence of sexual dysfunction, with 93% reporting that sexual health had never been discussed with healthcare professionals, and sexual dysfunction persisting regardless of treatment.
SESS Model for Adolescent Sexual Health Promotion: A Quasi-Experimental Two-School Evaluation in Thailand.
In a two-school quasi-experimental evaluation, the SESS (System-Empowerment-Support-Social Network) model was associated with improvements in adolescent sexual health perceptions and preventive practices, though attitudinal changes were limited.
Professional Perspectives on Asking Patients About Unmentioned Sexual Health Concerns & Violence: The Adult Version of the SEXual Health Identification Tool (SEXIT).
Using a Delphi methodology with 19 expert panelists, this study identified 25 highly relevant questions covering diverse sexual health areas that professionals believe healthcare providers should ask adult patients, which have been incorporated into the development of the SEXIT Adult questionnaire.
Combining telephone and online channels: Experiences of the Dutch STI sex information helpline.
Offering sexual health information services via phone, online chat, and email allows a helpline to serve a diverse public, with online chat being the most popular channel yet usage and satisfaction high across all channels, indicating effective user choice.
Young people's perceptions of access to sexual and reproductive health services in Manzini, Eswatini: a qualitative study.
Barriers to sexual and reproductive health service access among young people in Eswatini include low health literacy, stigma, and concerns about privacy and confidentiality, while enablers are mostly structural in nature including community outreaches and health education.
Adapting a Sexual Health Intervention for Adolescents Exposed to Adversity: Feasibility Study.
Recruiting, retaining, and engaging participants in an adapted Focus on Youth with Informed Parents and Children Together intervention for Black youth exposed to adversity is feasible, with high session attendance and assessment completion rates, though no changes in sexual health behaviors or partner communication were observed.
Re-drawing the map: a case study of decolonized research methods & methodologies.
This study illustrates how decolonized methodologies can be effectively implemented through community co-design, centering local knowledge while addressing power imbalances in research, resulting in a culturally adapted body mapping method that facilitated open discussions on stigmatized sexual and reproductive health topics.
Needs assessment of training midwifery, nursing, and medical students in sexual and reproductive health care for people with disabilities in Tanzania.
MUHAS students find a PWD-focused SRH training to be feasible, acceptable, and needed, presenting an opportunity for great impact.
'I can get all the services I want, without fear of being judged': Acceptability of a sexual and reproductive health service for youth in Zimbabwe.
A co-designed community-based integrated HIV and SRH service for youth in Zimbabwe (CHIEDZA) achieved high acceptability, with 96.1% of attendees rating their experience as excellent/very good, driven by free services, integrated care, youth-focused provider interactions, and a safe social space.
Women's Sexual Health in the Context of Spousal Substance Use Disorder: A Qualitative Study.
Living with a partner with substance use disorder 'threatens women's sexual health and causes multifaceted physical, psychological, and social difficulties.'
Wartime Stress and Sexual Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study of Cohabitating Adults in Israel.
War-related stress has substantial but varied impacts on sexual health, with sexual function worsening early in the 2023 Israel-Hamas War and showing partial improvement by five months, while gender and acute stress symptoms significantly moderated these patterns.
The rehabilitation management of sexuality and fertility issues in people with disabling health conditions.
Sexual health issues should be an integral part of quality rehabilitation care for people with disabling health conditions, requiring a personalized biopsychosocial and integrative approach by the entire multiprofessional team.
Social media's effect on sexual literacy and healthy life skills in young adults.
Responsible social media use may contribute positively to young adults' sexual health literacy and health-promoting behaviors, with significant positive correlations found between social media usage, sexual health literacy, and healthy lifestyle skills among Turkish university students.
A Digital Pornography Education Prototype Co-Designed With Young People: Formative Evaluation.
A co-designed digital pornography literacy and sexual health education prototype ('The Gist') was found to be easy to use and visually appealing by structurally marginalized young people, but low standalone engagement and limited perceived personal relevance indicate that hybrid or face-to-face delivery models are needed.
Sexual Health Care of Women Cancer Survivors Among Minority Groups: A Pilot Study.
Providers often failed to address survivors' sexual health, and minority women cancer survivors felt uncomfortable discussing sexual health with providers because of their backgrounds, experiences, and cultural taboos about sex.
The Influence of Attributions, Emotions, and Sexual Health Knowledge on Support Provision to Friends with Sexual Health Uncertainties.
Blame attributions increased fear in support providers, yet more fear predicted more nurturant, informational, and tangible support provision, while perceived sexual health knowledge diminished the association between blame attributions and support provision.
Sexual quality of life and associated factors among podoconiosis patients in Wolaita zone, South Ethiopia.
Podoconiosis significantly lowers sexual quality of life (SQOL) for both men and women, with 60.5% of females and 84.2% of males having low SQOL scores, and multiple social, economic, and healthcare-related factors were found to influence SQOL in this population.
Knowledge of Mandatory Reporting Laws and Recording of Clients' Abuse Data: Effects of a Sexual Health Curriculum Training for Health Students in Tanzania.
Sexual health curriculum training significantly improved medical and nursing students' knowledge of mandatory reporting laws and recording of clients' confidential abuse data, with notable disparity in total scores between intervention and control groups at 3-month follow-up (t = -3.682, p < .001, Cohen's d = 0.365).
Enhancing LGBTQ+ Inclusivity in an AI-Powered Sexual Health Chatbot: User-Centered Design Approach Through a Nonprofit and Academic Partnership.
LGBTQ+ teenagers serving as co-designers identified key limitations in an AI-powered sexual health chatbot's inclusivity, tone, and interface, leading to targeted content updates and interface refinements that enhanced the tool for broader use.
Australian veteran sexual health: '…you are the first person I've spoken to about it.'.
Veteran sexual health and functioning issues are common among Australian veterans due to physical, psychological, and social factors related to military service, yet these issues are rarely 'on the radar' of Australian health and research professionals.
Dynamics of Gender Identity With STI Diagnoses and Behavioral Outcomes Among Seattle Sexual Health Clinic Attendees, 2016-2023.
Gender diversity among sexual health clinic attendees increased significantly over 8 years, with nonbinary/genderqueer visits increasing from 0.7% to 3.5%, and NB/GQ patients had significantly lower odds of urogenital gonorrhea compared with men who have sex with men.
A qualitative study in Rwamagana District, Rwanda, on the acceptability and utilisation of sexual and reproductive services in youth corners.
AGYW in Rwamagana District, Rwanda face multiple barriers to accessing SRH services in youth corners, including limited knowledge, stigma, cultural norms, and inconsistent service availability, though trust in healthcare providers' confidentiality serves as a motivating factor for utilisation.
High prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among adolescents and young adults attending HIV and sexual health clinics.
The prevalence of HCV infection among adolescents and young adults attending HIV/sexual health clinics in Bangkok was 2.7%, with drug use being the most significantly associated factor and PLHIV showing a trend toward higher prevalence.