Sexual health : a public health perspective / edited by Kaye Wellings, Kirstin Mitchell and Martine Collumbien.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wellings, Kaye.

Mitchell, Kirstin.

Collumbien, Martine.

Series:

Understanding public health

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual health.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill Education, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-335-24482-3

OCLC:

818847072