"""Sexual Health: 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 themes: "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 include: A spotlight on populations
rather than individuals, and a focus on the prevention of ill
health and promotion of well being. A global perspective; the book
makes the distinction between developing and developed countries,
but recognises that inequalities are to be found within as well as
between countries. A view of sexual behaviour as socially learned
rather than biologically given and so as amenable to change and
intervention to improve sexual health status. An emphasis on ways
in which risk and vulnerability are products, not only of
individual behaviours, but of the social context in which they are
practiced. Written by authors with a wide range of experience, this
book will be a valuable resource for public health practitioners
and those studying and working in the area of sexual health.
"Understanding Public Health" is an innovative series published
by Open University Press in collaboration with the London School of
Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood.
"Contributors: Sevgi O Aral, Chris Bonell, Helen Burchett,
Joanna Busza, Martine Collumbien, Simon Forrest, Rebecca French,
Claudia Garcia-Moreno, Anna Glasier, Jami Leichliter, Kirstin
Mitchell, Will Nutland, Thomas Peterman, Elisabeth Pisani, Kaye
Wellings, Meg Wiggins and Maria Zuurmond. "
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