by Kerryn Phelps Craig Hassed PRINT ISBN 9780729581912 ETEXT ISBN 9780729581912
by Kate White PRINT ISBN 9781893005853 ETEXT ISBN 9781945564185
Sexual Health A Public Health Perspective
Sexual Health and the Menopause
In Search of Sexual Health
by Serena GanderHowser PRINT ISBN 9781448869534 ETEXT ISBN 9781448869596
Sexual Abuse by Health Professionals
ABC of Sexual Health
Sexual risk behaviors have inspired profound ideas and effective teamwork But as the early history of AIDS demonstrates when sexual practice is part of the equation the same bold thinkers may be stymied or just silent Safe sex and monogamy have been proposed as answers to a gamut of social problems but there is frequently little consensus on what these terms mean Sexual Partnering Sexual Practices and Health replaces myth and stereotype with meticulously documented findings on real people and their behaviors in their social environmental and individual contexts Author Sana Loue examines the range of partnerships not only in the US but also Europe and the developing world focusing on both consenting relationships and exploitative sexual interactions Varieties of monogamy between consenting adults Relationships involving multiple adult partners Incest pedophilia and child marriage Sex work trafficking and pornography Fetishes and related behaviors All chapters cogently address the health issues that arise from these arrangements concluding with implications for research prevention and intervention Throughout Loue argues for a common language across disciplines and challenges her readerstherapists health care providers and policymakers aliketo rethink their assumptions about clients their health needs and the communities they represent Dr Loues work is a truly significant scholarly contribution to a topic too often characterized by pseudoscience and ideological distortions Sexual Partnering Sexual Practices and Health should prove an invaluable resource for researchers and community practitioners alike in helping understand dimensions of sexual practice and designing more effective approaches to sexual health and violence prevention Earl Pike Executive Director AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland
Sexual Health
1st Edition by Kathy French PRINT ISBN 9781405168311 ETEXT ISBN 9781444322576 Additional ISBNs 9781444322569
Sexual Partnering Sexual Practices and Health
Mens Sexual Health
This book is a pointofcare resource for effective sexual and reproductive healthcare for patients of all ages sexual orientations gender identities and medical backgrounds in the primary care setting This useful guide is divided into three parts and other than part three which deals exclusively with transgender and gender diverse patients all content will relate to patients of all gender identities Part one presents sexual and reproductive health SRH using a lifespan approach including chapters on pediatrics adolescents and young adults adults and older adult patients Part two presents an approach to common SRH issues that span multiple age groups including contraception and family planning sexually transmitted infections and cancer screenings as well as sexual and reproductive health in the setting of common medical conditions Part three is dedicated to sexual and reproductive health for transgender and gender nonbinary patients including psychosocial medical surgical and legal aspects of health This book provides primary care clinicians with a framework for providing effective sexual and reproductive healthcare to patients of all ages sexual orientations and gender identities in a way that is inclusive focuses on health and addresses the needs unique to specific populations
In the last decade much of the clinical interest in the field of infertility has focused on advancing reproductive techniques and has often underappreciated the role that male sexuality plays in reproductive problems Male sexual function is an integral part of reproduction and the treatment of sexual dysfunction is an important component for any couple seeking fertility In some cases treatment of sexual dysfunction may obviate the need for more invasive cures through advanced reproductive techniques Thanks to recent clinical and scientific advances in male sexual medicine the management of mens sexual dysfunction is often more effective and less invasive than how it was historically described Mens Sexual Health and Fertility is the only resource that focuses on the interplay and interconnections between male sexual dysfunction and male factor infertility gathering insightful data from a panel of experts in male sexual medicine for clinicians who treat couples with fertility issues due to male sexual dysfunction Chapters discuss advances in the field of mens sexual medicine including the latest treatment for erectile dysfunction the most uptodate understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of ejaculation and the growing body of evidence that low testosterone and male infertility are intimately related As such this book provides important information in order to be able to better understand the link between sexual dysfunction and infertility and most importantly to better treat male sexual dysfunction in the infertile couple
This books focuses on all main medical disorders that affect the sexual health of patients From the medical disorder and its impact on sexuality and from the sexual symptom as signal of underlying disease this book highlights the importance of the sexual interview as essential element of medical history The aim is to increase the scientific knowledge in human sexuality and sexual health in order to optimize the identification of the pathophysiology of sexual dysfunction from disease and to increase the quality of life of patients promoting the proactivity of doctors in the care of the sexual sphere Many medical disorders have negative effects on the different dominions of sexual function desire arousal orgasm ejaculation and pain Chronic disease also affects subsidiarily sexual function in many ways including fatigue pain dependency impairment of selfimage and impacting relationships On the other hand sexual symptoms may be a signal of serious underlying disease This book will be of benefit to GPs gynecologists andrologists sexual medicine professionals and all healthcare providers interested in the topic
Integrative Sexual Health
Testosterone is my favourite hormone a focus of my research In the public mind it is the bodys most potent chemical making the diference between a 90pound weakling and a heman between a milquetoast and a lothario Steroid analogues stacked by muscle builders are supposed to cause outofcontrol roid rages Some people lieve an injection of testosterone propelled Floyd Landis from alsoran to his mirac lous Stage 17 of the Tour de France The hormone has become part of the language of popular cultureT he New York Times carried the following passages in the previous 2 weeks I always thought downtown had a high testosterone level referring to the high ma tofemale ratio of residents in lower Manhattan 14 April 2007 It is the kind of gathering that at its most primal has testosterone fowing more freely than the onthehouse spirits referring to a news conference prior to a boxing match 20 April 2007 These are testosteronefueled domains largely defnedby bulging muscles and e ploding guns in a review of an action movie 20 April 2007 This flm is about auto racing surfaces for young men with testosterone to burn from a review of another action movie 14 April 2007
This edited book presents a comprehensive guide to the research challenges and differing perspectives within mental health for sexual minority populations in the UK Drawing on clinical social health and community psychology perspectives it brings the urgency of this topic back to the fore providing insight into some of ways we understand and make sense of the increased prevalence of poorer mental health in these populations Using an intersectional approach a broad range of experts from across academia and practice explore the specific threat and discrimination faced by sexual minorities and investigate the high prevalence of poor mental health health risk behaviours and psychological distress in these groups The volume also offers innovative insight as to ways in which the disparities experienced by sexual minorities may be addressed Ideal for practitioners in mental health and sexuality as well as psychologists policy makers and academics alike interested in mental health sexuality public health psychotherapy psychoanalysis or counselling this collection features wide array of qualitative and quantitative sources to describe the current state of the art with an interdisciplinary lens
Some books break myths Others break silences A few break new ground The Health of Sexual Minorities achieves all three aims The first book of its kind this resource offers a multidimensional picture of lesbian gay bisexual and transgender LGBT health across clinical and social disciplines to give readers a full and nuanced understanding of these diverse populations Here are realworld matters of definition and selfdefinition including sexual identity gender identity and antiidentity meticulous analyses of stressor and health outcomes a extensive coverage of research methodology concerns and critical insights into the sociopolitical context of LGBT individuals health and lives Developmental issues across the lifecourse Human rights and ethical issues Global perspectives of LGBT health Physical and mental health issues Issues and concerns of racialethnic minority groups Health concerns of lesbian and bisexual women Prejudice and homophobia as social stressors A comprehensive review of quantitative and qualitative research methodology Tobacco alcohol and substance use issues The current state of LGBT health care and strategies for improvement The impact of the HIVAIDS epidemic on LGBT communities The Health of Sexual Minorities is an advancedlevel text whose scope and accessibility makes it useful to a broad audience Over 50 contributors have made this a work of crucial importance to public health and health care professionals and biomedical and social science researchers The Health of Sexual Minorities encourages clear thinking informed practice and effective progressive policy for improved health and wellbeing of LGBT individuals and communities The Health of Sexual Minorities is a welcome and much needed comprehensive text focused on lesbian gay bisexual and transgenderLGBT populations chiefly in the US but also globally Of use to researchers practitioners and advocates alike the text covers key conceptual methodological and substantive issues Its critical analysis of how unjust sexual hierarchies harm health exemplifies why LBGT health and health care issues must be analyzed and addressed in context in relation to gender class racism and the ways in which sociopolitical conditions shape LGBT identity and health Nancy Krieger PhD Professor Department of Society Human Development and Health Harvard School of Public Health
Religious beliefs and attitudes have long been recognized as playing an important role in sexual functioning but the relationship between religion and sexual behavior has rarely been studied in a comprehensive way The essays in this volume bring the views of sex counsellors therapists theologians and bioethicists to bear on the relationship between religion and sexuality A major theme emerging from these essays is that religion and counselling need to learn from one another Religious traditions at the popular or theological levels are often marked by ignorance and misinformation about sexuality and can benefit by the insights of those who work closely with patients in medical and counselling settings Counsellors in turn need to develop a sensitivity to past and present religious attitudes toward sexuality in order to assist their patients achieve sexual health
The average physician and even cancer caregivers are not knowledgeable about the effects of cancer treatment on sex and reproductive life They are even less aware of the options available for treatment of such patients Cancer and Sexual Health fills a great need for a reference work devoted to the link between cancer and human sexuality The volume is designed to give a comprehensive and stateoftheart review of the sexual and reproductive consequences of cancer diagnosis and treatment It will prove an invaluable resource for those clinicians caring for cancer patients as well as acting as a reference text for the sexual medicine clinician who may not see a large number of cancer patients
Cancer and Sexual Health