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Record Nr.

UNINA9910493687503321

Titolo

Sexual health [[electronic resource] ] : a public health perspective / / edited by Kaye Wellings, Kirstin Mitchell and Martine Collumbien

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, : McGraw-Hill Education, 2012

ISBN

0-335-24482-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Understanding public health

Altri autori (Persone)

WellingsKaye

MitchellKirstin

CollumbienMartine

Disciplina

613.9

Soggetti

Sexual health

Public health

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Half title; Understanding Public Health Series; Title; Copyright; Praise for this book; Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART 1 Conceptual and theoretical aspects of sexual health; 1 Sexual health: theoretical perspectives; PART 2 Sexual health outcomes; 2 Sexually transmitted infections; 3 Unplanned pregnancy; 4 Sexual violence; 5 Sexual function, pleasure, and satisfaction; PART 3 Risk and vulnerability; 6 Young people; 7 Men who have sex with men; 8 Sex workers; 9 Mobile populations; 10 Structural influences on sexual health

PART 4 Interventions to improve sexual health11 Communication and language; 12 Promotion of sexual health; 13 Sex education: theory and practice; 14 Sexual health services; PART 5 Measuring and assessing sexual health status; 15 Researching sexual behaviour; 16 Evaluating sexual health interventions; Index; Adverts; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

This key textbook provides a firm grounding in theoretical and practical aspects of the study of sexual health for both undergraduates and post-graduates.