Introduction: Low back pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal problems. Various complications such as disability, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, stress, decreased sexual function and quality of life have been reported with chronic low back pain. Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the relationship between demographic, health status and physical fitness, socio-economi...

BACKGROUND Although migrants constitute an important proportion of the European population, little is known about migrant sexual health. Existing research mainly focuses on migrants' sexual health risks and accessibility issues while recommendations on adequate sexual health promotion are rarely provided. Hence, this paper explores how refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Belgi...

People with intellectual disability experience the same range of sexual needs and desires as other people. However, they experience many difficulties meeting their needs. They may be discouraged from relieving sexual tension by masturbating. They face a high risk of sexual abuse. They are likely not to be offered the full range of choices for contraception and sexual health screening. Poor educ...

This paper reports on the perceptions of sexuality, sexual health knowledge, and practices of young women in Mexico, Canada and the United States. It describes and compares the perspectives of young women concerning their sexual health needs. It also identifies crosscultural differences related to the accessibility of sexual health information and services. Some of the results are discussed in ...

BACKGROUND Pregnancy can be in conflict with sexual function which can be affected by physical and psychological changes during pregnancy. Therefore, comparison of the effect of face-to-face education with group education on sexual function during pregnancy in couples was the purpose of this research. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this quasi-experimental pre-test post-test study, 64 pregnant coupl...

Young people’s sexual health is a major concern worldwide and in Australia. The sexual behaviour of young people has changed over the past 50 years – with a trend towards first sex at an earlier age, and high rates of unprotected sexual intercourse among young women and men. While an AIDS/HIV epidemic seems to have been prevented successfully in Australia, infection rates for sexually transmiss...