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Description

• Sexual Health Classification and Terminology
• Sexual Health Symptoms
  • Sexual Health Pain
  • Sexual Health Discharge
• Sexual Health Screen / Sexual Health Screening / Sexual Health Test / Sexual Health Testing / Sexual Health Check / Sexual Health Checking
• Sexual Health Treatment
• Sexual Health Vaccine
• Sexual Health Doctor

• Sexually transmitted disease (STD) - refers only to infections that are causing symptoms.
• Sexually transmitted infection (STI) - refers to infection with any germ that can cause an STD, even if the infected person has no symptoms.
• Venereal disease (VD) - term used before the 1990s.
• Genitourinary medicine (GUM) is an expanding specialty which is primarily related to the treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
• Sexual health is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity. Sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of coercion, discrimination and violence. For sexual health to be attained and maintained, the sexual rights of all persons must be respected, protected and fulfilled.

References

• Defining sexual health

SHIM CLINIC 168 Bedok South Avenue 3 #01-473 Singapore 460168 Tel: (+65) 6100 7446 Fax: (+65) 6449 7446 24hr Answering Tel: (+65) 6333 5550 Web: Sexual Health, SG / Singapore

Opening Hours Monday to Friday: 9 am to 3 pm, 7 pm to 11 pm Saturday & Sunday: 7 pm to 11 pm Public Holidays: Closed Last registration: half hour before closing time. Walk-in clinic. Appointments not required. Bring NRIC, Work Pass or Passport for registration.

Sexual risk (of HIV/STD/pregnancy), and what you can do before and after exposure.

Note: If the clinic attendance is only for the HIV rapid test, then consultation fees are not added.

References

• Sexual Health - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Sexual Health: Definition from Answers.com

US Teen Birth Rates Drop To New Low
Thu, 23 May 2013 18:00:00 +0100 | Health News from Medical News Today
Teen birth rates have dropped significantly, most notably among Hispanic teens, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Among adolescents aged 15 to 19 years, the birth rate rate fell by close to one half from 1991 to 2011 - from approximately 62 births for every 1,000 teens to 31 births per 1,000. During the most recent period examined, 2007 to 2011, rates dropped 25%, from 41.5 to around 31. Rates decreased during that time by 30% in seven states, and Utah and Arizona each had a 35% reduction... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Prevalence of PTSD and depression, and associated sexual risk factors, among male Rwanda Defense Forces military personnel
Thu, 23 May 2013 02:15:03 +0100 | Tropical Medicine and International Health
ConclusionsNearly one‐fourth of RDF participants screened positive for PTSD or depression, which impacts sexual risk behaviour, HIV acquisition risk and military readiness. Findings may extend to other deploying militaries and provide additional evidence of an association between mental health status and sexual risk behaviour. Effective mental health treatment interventions that also include alcohol use assessments, STI identification/treatment and sexual risk behaviour reduction are needed. (Source: Tropical Medicine and International Health)

Beyond the clinic walls: empowering young people through Youth Peer Provider programmes in Ecuador and Nicaragua
Tue, 21 May 2013 01:17:35 +0100 | Reproductive Health Matters
Abstract: Youth in Latin America experience high rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, but traditional health services are not meeting their health care needs. Youth require access to tailored health care and information to make informed, healthy decisions. To break down barriers to these vital sexual and reproductive health services, Planned Parenthood Global, a division of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, developed a Youth Peer Provider model which has been implemented in Latin America since the early 1990s. The model goes beyond peer education to train Youth Peer Providers under age 20 to provide condoms, oral contraceptive pills, emergency contraception, injectable contraceptives, and sexual and reproductive health information to their peers. Peers with ...

“It would be weird to have that on Facebook”: young people's use of social media and the risk of sharing sexual health information
Tue, 21 May 2013 01:17:33 +0100 | Reproductive Health Matters
Abstract: In today's media environment, information is not simply passed from producers to consumers, but is mediated by participants of new media cultures, including information on sexual health. In focus groups held in Sydney and regional Australia in 2011, we asked young people aged 16–22 about the potential for sexual health promotion via Facebook and other social media. Our findings point to the complex ways in which young people use social media, and the unlikelihood of traditional take-home sexual health messages having traction in social media spaces. Five key aspects which emerged were: the participatory culture of social network sites; the stigma of sexual health, especially sexually transmitted infections (STIs); young people's careful presentations of self; privacy concerns; ...

Young people, sex and relationships: miles to go and promises to keep
Tue, 21 May 2013 01:17:32 +0100 | Reproductive Health Matters
The overarching messages from the papers in this journal issue are that: 1) adolescents and young people want and need sexual health information and health care, provided with a sex-positive approach to sex, sexuality, sexual identity and relationships; 2) those providing it need specialist training; and 3) adolescent and youth leadership and involvement in policy, activities and programmes are crucial. Adolescents and young people want to know about HIV, STIs, pregnancy, abortion, contraception, sexual and gender identity, communication in relationships, menstruation, sexual violence and coercion, stigma, bullying, discrimination. But above all, they want to know about sex and bodies. Remember surging hormones? Long before they ever have sex, they want to understand and be able to talk ab...

Comprehensive Survey Can Help Health Workers Identify Potentially Risky Behavior
Sat, 18 May 2013 07:00:00 +0100 | Health News from Medical News Today
A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas found that risky sexual behavior can be predicted by cultural, socioeconomic and individual mores in conjunction with how one views themselves. Katherine Hertlein of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will present her team's findings at the 63rd annual International Communication Association conference in London. Hertlein and colleagues surveyed over 800 participants and evaluated elements of the likelihood of one's engagement in high-risk sexual behavior... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Highlights from this issue
Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100 | Sexually Transmitted Infections
We present some research papers which will encourage deeper understanding and wider discussion of emerging political and legal debates about criminalisation. Gurnham's introductory editorial1 reflects on the papers presented here, which form part of a wider series co-hosted by sister BMJ Publishing journals, the Journal of Medical Ethics, and Medical Humanities. I am also grateful to Nicola Low, Deputy Editor, for commissioning a collection which reflects on the lessons of the Guatemala syphilis... (Source: Sexually Transmitted Infections)

Criminalising contagion: ethical, legal and clinical challenges of prosecuting the spread of disease and sexually transmitted infections
Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100 | Sexually Transmitted Infections
It gives me great pleasure to introduce this special collection of papers on the theme of the criminalisation of infection and disease. The four articles selected here for Sexually Transmitted Infections, which I have had the privilege of editing in collaboration with Professor Jackie Cassell, form part of a larger response across three BMJ Group journals involving also the Journal of Medical Ethics and Medical Humanities, in which similar themed sections will appear in December. The collection represents part of a wider project that brings together healthcare professionals and academic scholars in the fields of public health, medical law and ethics, criminal law and criminal justice, for a series of seminars currently ongoing and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, in whic...

Imprisonment for non-intentional transmission of HIV: can it be supported using established principles for justifying criminal sentencing?
Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100 | Sexually Transmitted Infections
In England, Wales and Scotland, those who unintentionally transmit HIV through sexual intercourse are at risk of criminal prosecution, and furthermore may be at risk of imprisonment under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. These sentences have ranged between 1 and 10 years. There has been a long debate on whether this is an acceptable use of the law, and indeed whether those who transmit HIV in this manner should be subjected to legal proceedings. Previous debate has embraced the rhetoric of shared responsibility and public health. In this paper, we wished instead to apply traditional justifications for sentencing (including retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, incapacitation and reparation) to imprisonment for non-intentional transmission of HIV through consensual sexual i...

Female sex workers incarcerated in New York City jails: prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and associated risk behaviors
Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100 | Sexually Transmitted Infections
Conclusions