OBJECTIVE To describe an exercise, the structure and content of which assists medical students to conduct potentially embarrassing conversations concerning sexual health which require expression of empathy, to integrate previous learning, to identify their further learning needs, and to develop and test strategies to meet these needs. METHOD Students' role play, sequentially, speakers (patien...

School nurses are often called on teach sexual health without being given any formal teacher training or support. This article describes a study of the experiences of 50 school nurses. The author suggests ways in which schools and their nurses could create supportive and complementary teaching partnerships for effective sex education.

INTRODUCTION Since the 1950s, sexual health education in medical schools has been evaluated and reported upon, but there has never been an assessment published about sexual health curricula in U.S. physician assistant (PA) programs. AIM The aim of this study was to gain better understanding of how PA programs cover sexual health topics. METHODS Between January and March 2014, 181 accredited...

survey of education effects on sexual health in   couples referred to marriage consultation centers   in west azarbalian 1382   z. moshiri [1] , h. mohaddesi [2] , 0. terme yosefi [3] , m. vazife asle [4] , s. moshiri [5]     abstract     introduction: sexual contact is a part of human identity in islam. in creation, god gave human, powers to control his behavior. koran and narrations point to ...

CONTEXT We know little about young people's views of the effectiveness of interventions to reduce the frequency of teenage pregnancy. OBJECTIVE To compare the views of young people and professionals about ways to reduce the frequency of teenage pregnancy. DESIGN Comparison of consensus emerging from adult and teenagers' workshop discussions and subsequent modified two-round Delphi questionn...

This article outlines the Sexual Health Model and its application to long-term HIV prevention through comprehensive, culturally specific, sexuality education. Derived from a sexological approach to education, the model defines 10 key components posited to be essential aspects of healthy human sexuality: talking about sex, culture and sexual identity, sexual anatomy and functioning, sexual healt...

Although sexual and reproductive health education and services are provided to young people, current rates of HIV infection and pregnancy are increasing in Nepal, indicating that young people do not always use sexual health services. Health facilities have apparently failed to provide young people with specialized sexual health education and services. This study explored the barriers to using s...

Young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) experience sexual health disparities due to a lack of support in settings that traditionally promote positive youth development. The Internet may help to fill this void, but little is known about how it is used for sexual health purposes among young MSM. This mixed-methods study reports quantitative results of a large survey of 18- ...