Sexual health

ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual or potential harm to the child’s health, survival, development or dignity in the context of a relationship of responsibility, trust or power.” Child sexual abuse had been extensively known as one of the distress in a child’s life. Previous study have delivered tough indication of child sexual abuse is connected with a quantity of psychological, social, and mental health problems. Depression

Sexual orientation and gender identity are two things that members of the LGBTQ community often fear opening up about. They fear that they will be rejected or harmed because of who they are, and it is important that we make all aspects of our society a safe place for every human being, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. As School-based risk and protective factors for gender diverse and sexual minority children and youth: Improving school climate explained, “64% of students

pregnancy increases proportionally as socioeconomic status declines as does rate of STD contraction. SLIDE 2: Next you may ask why are we specifically focusing on teens who live in the south? Well, Geography matters! According to the national center for health statistics teen pregnancy is highest in the southern states vs. the Northeastern or Midwestern states. While the average teen birth rate was 24.2% nationwide it was between 30-39% in the southern United States. Currently, only 18 states and D.C. require

Introduction: In every corner of the world, the topic of homosexuality sparks controversy from both supporters and opponents of the sexual orientation. Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines a homosexual as “being sexually attracted to people of the same sex.” The underlying influence from historical, sociological, and health disciplines are just a few reasons such a large gap exists on the spectrum between supporters and opponents of homosexuality. This paper serves as an analysis of the previously

often enjoy active, healthy sexual relationships. They like to connect and become very close, intimate, and mutually dependent on each other and have shared interest. Being functionally separate is being happy caring and being satisfied within your marriage, but also being able to have your own interest and activities. Some cons that married couples face are marital conflicts which are linked to depression, stress and anxiety. Poor marriages are a predictor of poor health. Being dysfunctional within

of women through rape has been noted to be prevalent due to their weak protective behaviors. Research conducted by Fisher, Cullen, and Turner (2000), also note that self-protective behaviors by victims may be a key influence to the outcomes of the sexual violence. In this context, Fisher et al. (2000), indicated that women are constantly using physical protective actions, such as fleeing and fighting back but these two actions grant them a rare chance of escaping from the victimization act. Other

Gender Inequality and its Relationship with Sexual Dysfunction Drugs Susan Elwood Monmouth University Abstract This paper looks to discuss and expand on a news article and two other published articles which report on the lack of Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a sildenafil drug or “female Viagra”. The articles remain constant in the description of what this drug would provide for women. However, they differ in describing the reasons why a drug has not been approved so

physicians and other health care providers. This type of training, however, does not include those from diverse sexual and gender identification categories. (Eliason, Dibble, & Robertson, 2011). Healthcare providers should inhabit the ability to treat fellow coworkers with respect and also to meet needs of diverse patients. The best way to ensure that all areas of diversity are covered would be to include education regarding sexual and gender identification issues as part of the health care curriculum

Health and mental health, suicidal ideation, substance abuse, sexual exploitation, and victimization are listed as significant negative outcomes for homeless youth, but are significantly higher for LGBTQ homeless youth (Moskowitz, Stein, and Lightfoot, 2013; Walls & Bell, 2011). There are inherent risks in homelessness for all people, but a quantitative study by Rice et al. (2013), outlined that LGBTQ youth tend to engage in the most risky types of homelessness, such as staying with a stranger and

and the body can longer fight infection, the HIV infection can then transform into AIDS. (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome) Risks that can lead to having HIV include sexual activity, drug use, blood transfusion and pregnancy. Prisons hold a huge risk to inmates, and have many high risk behaviors including unprotected sexual activity, and intravenous drug use. More than 2 million people in the United States are incarcerated in federal prisons and local jails. In 2008, 20,449 state prisoners and