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Sexual Health: A Public Health Perspective

" Sexual A Public Health Perspective provides a comprehensive, yet a practical resource on sexual health for public health professionals. The book elaborates sexual health from a variety of angles including biomedical, behavioural, social and contextual as well as giving a clear articulation of public health interventions for improving sexual health. Illustrative examples relevant to a variety of settings facilitate understanding and applicability of knowledge to both low- and high-resource settings. The book is highly recommended for public health programmers and practitioners, and those working in the area of sexual health."
Dr Lale Say, Co-ordinator, Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR), World Health Organization, UK "A great and novel approach which demonstrates theoretically and through many examples, the need to consider issues of sexual health by understanding sexuality not as a fact of nature but as a social construction. A valuable link between academic knowledge and sexual health policies that invites sexual health professionals to consider the politic, economic and social determinants of sexuality and health issues related to it."
Dr N Bajos, Research Director at INSERM (National Institute for Health and Medical Research), France This timely book introduces social aspects of the study of sexual health and their application to public health practice. The book addresses five key Conceptual and theoretical aspects of sexual health, Sexual health outcomes of risk and vulnerability, Improving sexual health status and Measuring and assessing sexual health status. The authors consider each of these themes within their cultural and historical context and illustrate topics with international examples and case studies. Key features of the book

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2012

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December 11, 2015
Everyone should be required to read this book. You learn so much about sexual health that so many people don't realize is a major issue. From other country conditions to different racial conditions. Worth the read.
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