Sexual Health
498 peer-reviewed studies indexed
Neighborhoods, Caregiver Sexuality Communication, and Sexual Health of Adolescents Involved in the Legal System.
Higher sexual behavior score (representing higher STI risk) among adolescents newly involved in the juvenile legal system was independently associated with lower-quality sexuality communication with caregivers and less neighborhood cohesion.
Perspectives on delivering sexual and reproductive health and rights information and services to young people: focus group discussions with civil society organizations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Civil society organizations in Kinshasa identified multi-layered barriers to delivering sexual and reproductive health and rights information to young people, with the most common barrier being the widespread view of sexuality as a taboo subject in communities, churches, and families, though CSOs found creative ways to reach young people despite these obstacles.
University students' access and use of sexual and reproductive health services in Australia.
Over half of Australian university students had never spoken to a health professional about sexual and reproductive health issues, with significant disparities by gender, sexuality, and enrolment status, and key barriers including embarrassment, fear of judgement, and not knowing where to go.
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health information communication skill needs in Ghana: a culturally sensitive perspective.
Adolescents in Ghana have sexual and reproductive health information communication skill needs, and a culturally sensitive SRH information communication intervention is recommended to guide adolescents and parents in the communication process.
Parental approaches to sexual and reproductive health information communication with adolescents in Ghana.
Ghanaian parents use varying approaches to sexual and reproductive health communication with adolescents, ranging from proactive and open to authoritative communication, shaped by cultural norms, parental comfort levels, and perceived adolescent maturity.
Effectiveness and Acceptability of a Sexual Health Education Program for Muslim Countries: An Intervention Study.
A sexual health education program for Muslim university students in Turkey was found to be highly acceptable and effective at increasing sexual health knowledge, with 96.5% of students reporting they liked the education and post-test knowledge scores significantly higher than pre-test scores.
Digital determinants of sexual and reproductive health-workforce perspectives on digital and data literacies.
Digital and data literacies in sexual and reproductive health promotion require strategic organisational capabilities rather than individual skill-building, with dedicated resources and training needed to address digital determinants of health in this sector.
Barriers to advancing the sexual and reproductive health agenda in Latin America: a qualitative study of key informants' perspectives.
Latin American and Caribbean countries face multifaceted barriers to sexual, reproductive, and maternal health and rights including lack of political will, insufficient funding, weak programs, data gaps, and low-quality service provision that disproportionately affect vulnerable populations.
Non-Binary People's Sexuality, Sexual Health, and Relationship Satisfaction: A Review of 12 Years of Quantitative Research (2012-2024).
Non-binary people often report non-monosexual sexual identities, more attraction to and relationships with other non-binary individuals, and similar levels of sexual and relationship satisfaction as binary transgender people, though research tools are frequently not inclusive enough to adequately represent their experiences.
Improving engagement with sexual and reproductive health services among young African migrants in Australia.
Young African migrants in Australia lack awareness of sexual health services and face cultural stigma barriers, requiring targeted culturally sensitive outreach and youth-friendly services with strong confidentiality assurances to improve engagement.
The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Wearable Devices, and Sexual Medicine.
AI-powered technologies and wearable devices are transforming sexual health by enhancing understanding of reproductive health, STIs, erectile function, ejaculatory concerns, and women's orgasms, while raising significant ethical considerations due to the sensitive nature of the data involved.
Technology-Related Trauma in Sexual and Reproductive Health Digital Technologies: Grounded Theory Study.
Digital health technologies used for sexual and reproductive health services can cause or perpetuate emotional trauma through platform design features and interpersonal interactions, with greater harm occurring among individuals with prior traumatic experiences.
Regulation of Sexual Behavior and Health in German Prisons and Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals.
Sexual behavior and sexual health management in German prisons and forensic psychiatric hospitals lacks shared guidelines and instead relies on institution-specific approaches, with strong variation depending on institution type, proportion of sex offenders, institution size, and staff attitudes.
Locating Men in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice: Past, Present, Futures.
The programmatic focus of SRHR limits the capacity to produce data and evidence needed to inform gender transformational change, and combining hegemonic masculinities and Reproductive Justice frameworks offers an analytic framework to innovate approaches to research on men and SRHR.
The Past, Present, and Future of Fangzhongshu (Ancient Chinese Sexual Techniques).
Fangzhongshu (ancient Chinese sexual techniques) offers distinctive behavioral techniques for managing male sexual dysfunctions that 'parallel—but also enrich—Western methods,' and its theoretical framework aligns with each of the four stages of the Masters and Johnson's sexual response cycle.
Biomedical innovations in contraception: gaps, obstacles, and solutions for sexual and reproductive health.
Despite major advances in modern contraception over the past 60 years, many gaps remain, and a new era in contraception research presents opportunities in male contraception, non-hormonal female methods, and multipurpose prevention, while facing challenges including industry inertia and rising conservatism.
Adolescent Sexual Health: A Focus on the Sexual Health Portion of HEADSS Examination.
Primary care practitioners have a vital role to play in providing sexual health education and services to adolescent patients, with privacy, confidentiality, and sex-positive parenting emphasized as key components of the HEADSS examination's sexual health portion.
Penile Cancer Survivorship: Research Gaps in Psychosocial Health and Sexual Quality of Life.
Evidence on the psychosocial health and sexual quality of life of penile cancer survivors is limited, and the authors identify research gaps and suggest future directions for research in this setting.
Assessment of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Training During Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship.
PC fellows are inadequately prepared to provide SRH care to AYA with CHD, and there is a need for curricular reform within PC fellowship programs.
Awareness, Attitudes, and Interest in Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis as Bacterial Prophylaxis Against Sexually Transmitted Infections-New York City Sexual Health Clinics, June to August 2023.
If offered by a provider, doxyPEP would likely be accepted by patients of all gender groups, with 73% of surveyed NYC sexual health clinic patients reporting willingness to use it.
Telemedicine Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 8 Countries From the International Sexual Health and Reproductive Health Consortium: Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey Study.
Telemedicine played a key role in addressing health care needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, with age, sex, economic status, and sexual orientation influencing its use across 8 countries.
A Scoping Review of Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions With Youth in U.S. Juvenile Facilities.
A scoping review of 18 articles found that all identified SRH interventions with youth in U.S. juvenile detention facilities showed 'some combination of positive results,' but the minimal number of research interventions underscores a significant gap in the existing literature.
Sexual health and healthy relationships for Further Education (SaFE) in Wales and England: results from a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.
The SaFE intervention was implemented and well received by students, staff and nurses in further education settings, and if strategies to boost student recruitment to the survey can be identified, progression to a phase III effectiveness trial of SaFE is warranted.
Sexual Response Problems and Their Correlates Among Older Adults From the Sexual Well-Being (SWELL) Study in China: Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.
Sexual response problems are common among older adults in China, affecting 43.1% of men and 52.0% of women, and are associated with adverse physical health, mental health, and poor sex-partner relationships rather than being an inevitable consequence of aging.
Linkage Matters: Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health and Substance Use Treatment.
The Link Study cross-training intervention showed promising gains in provider knowledge, improvements in screening practices, and lasting collaboration across SRH and SUD service sectors.
Youth-Friendly Sexual Health Services and Peer Support for Improved Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Adolescents and Young Adults in South Africa: Results of a Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial.
Peer support and STI testing with expanded SRH each had no more than small effects on STIs, contraception, or pregnancy, but combined exposure to both interventions reduced STI prevalence compared with standard of care.
British Association for Sexual Health and HIV National Guideline on the Management of Scabies in adults 2025.
The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV has updated its UK guideline on the management of scabies in 2025, providing evidence-informed recommendations on diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of adults and children aged 13 or above attending sexual health services.
Myths, challenges, and misconceptions around men's sexual health in Saudi Arabia.
Men's sexual health in Saudi Arabia is hindered by cultural stigma, misinformation, and limited access to care, requiring a coordinated, culturally sensitive strategy integrating education, regulation, and open dialog for meaningful progress.
The effect of sexual health education on sexual myths and sexual health literacy among University students.
Sexual health education significantly reduced sexual myths and increased sexual health literacy levels among university students, with the proportion having sufficient knowledge about sexuality rising from 49% moderate knowledge before training to 51% sufficient knowledge after training.
Sexual Health Concerns and Health Care Experiences of LGBTQ+ Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
The majority of IBD patients (75%) reported distress in their sexual life due to IBD, yet only 5% had discussed sexual health with their IBD provider, with LGBTQ+ patients facing additional barriers including fear of discrimination and uncertainty about whether their identity negatively impacted their care.
The Changes in ICD-11 Related to Sexual Health and Dysfunction and Their Implication for Clinical Practice.
The ICD-11 reformulated sexual health-related conditions by creating a new chapter called 'Conditions Related to Sexual Health,' overcoming the artificial distinction between 'organic' and 'non-organic' conditions, reclassifying Gender Incongruence outside of mental disorders, removing sexual orientation-related diagnostic categories, and significantly modifying paraphilic disorder classifications.
Parent-Teen Sexual Health Communication and Teens' Health Information and Service Seeking.
Frequent parent-teen sexual health communication was associated with increased teen self-efficacy for sexual and reproductive health information and service seeking, but this depended on how comfortable and informed their parents felt.
Sexual Health and STI Counseling Is Critical but Often Overlooked in IBD.
Sexual health counseling rates were low in all study groups despite GI providers being a primary source of information, and clearer recommendations on aspects of SHC could improve quality of care for both SGM and non-SGM patients with IBD.
No justice in a genocide: sexual and reproductive health and rights in Gaza.
All three tenets of reproductive justice — the right to have children, the right not to have children, and the right to parent in safe environments and with dignity — have been decimated through the systematic sexual, reproductive and gender-based violence inflicted on Palestinians by the Israeli security forces in Gaza since October 2023.
Racism, homophobia, and the sexual health of young Black men who have sex with men in the United States: A systematic review.
Racism and homophobia affected YBMSM's sense of belonging, sexual identity, and sexual partnership choices, and often masculinity would interact with these constructs to impact how YBMSM engaged in sexual behavior and their likelihood to seek sexual health care.
"I wanna know what to expect" - Care needs regarding sexual and reproductive health after cancer in adolescence and young adulthood (AYA) and recommendations for providers.
Communication is key in informing and supporting AYA cancer patients and survivors regarding their sexual and reproductive health, with providers needing to assess individual needs, normalize the topic, and tailor information accordingly.
Implicit sexual health stereotypes and their relation to diagnoses and management recommendations.
Strong implicit sexual health stereotypes predicted less correct diagnoses and management recommendations only when a male patient had been sexually involved with a male versus a female partner, supporting an implicit bias-in-action hypothesis among nurse practitioner and physician assistant professionals and trainees.
Associations Between Policy and Health for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in the United States: A Scoping Review.
A scoping review of 21 studies found that most observed significant associations between policy and health for sexual and gender minority youth, but identified major gaps including insufficient gender identity data collection, limited longitudinal methods, and near-absence of research specifically on transgender youth.
Sexual and reproductive health after surgical procedures - the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration.
Embedding sexual and reproductive health into standard perioperative pathways via a six-step algorithm is feasible and improves functional outcomes and patient satisfaction after colorectal, vascular, and spinal surgical procedures.
Sexual Health Behaviors and Outcomes Among Middle-Aged and Older Disabled Adults in Britain.
Middle-aged and older disabled adults in Britain are less likely to be sexually active yet more likely to experience negative sexual health outcomes, highlighting the necessity for tailored sexual health services extending into middle age and older adulthood.
Health Literacy Among Sexual and Gender-Diverse Adolescents in New York City.
Contrary to hypothesis, SGM adolescents did not score significantly lower on health literacy variables compared with cisgender heterosexual adolescents, while adolescents questioning their sexual identity scored significantly lower on all four health literacy scales compared with both SGM and cisgender heterosexual adolescents.
Family-based sexual health interventions for adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: systematic analysis and meta-analysis.
Family-based sexual health interventions significantly improved adolescents' sexual health knowledge in low- and middle-income countries, but their impact on attitudes, practices, and family communication around sexual health was inconsistent.
[Mental diseases and sexual health in old age and their reciprocal influence].
Mental illnesses in older age, particularly depression, anxiety disorders and somatoform disorders, strongly correlate with sexual functional disorders, and the interactions between mental health and sexuality require an interdisciplinary treatment approach with sexual health systematically integrated into geriatric psychiatric care.
A Pragmatic Approach to Sexual Health in Movement Disorders.
A comprehensive approach to sexual health in movement disorders includes assessing biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors, with interventions like sexual therapy, supportive psychotherapy, pharmacological treatments and medical devices, though further research is needed to establish evidence-based treatments in this population.
Burnout and career satisfaction among urologists specializing in sexual health.
Several demographic and personal characteristics were identified to be predictive of burnout among the sexual medicine urology community, indicating opportunities for additional support.
Exploring the Use of Digital Educational Tools for Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic Review.
Digital educational tools including social media platforms, mobile apps, and gamified learning experiences were generally successful in engaging adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa by providing accessible and relevant sexual and reproductive health information, though challenges including the digital divide, cultural sensitivity, and lack of long-term behavioral outcome data remain.
Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Receipt Among Male Adolescents and Young Adults With Disabilities: Analysis of National Survey of Family Growth Data, 2011-2019.
Young males with disabilities experience different patterns of sexual and reproductive health care than those without disabilities, with some aspects of SRH dialog more likely to occur but barriers remaining in accessing comprehensive SRH services.
Sexual health distress and needs after radical prostatectomy: a scoping review.
PCa survivors and their partners experience significant physical, psychological, social, and informational unmet needs related to sexual health after RP, with sexual dysfunction remaining under-communicated and poorly managed with limited access to individualized interventions and psychosocial support.
Sexual and reproductive health interventions for mobile adolescents and young people in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.
Research exploring SRHR interventions for mobile adolescents and young people is limited in sub-Saharan Africa, with identified interventions falling into two main types: links to service provision and knowledge, information, and skills development.
Bringing sex back into the relationship in midlife couples.
Sexual health is an important component of quality of life at midlife, and an appropriate, timely, multidisciplinary approach is key to expanding the 'sexspan' of aging couples by addressing biopsychosocial changes in both partners.