Sexual Health
Use this guide to find information resources about sexual health including books, reports and journal articles.
Last updated:
01/02/2024
Key Resources
汤头条污料 (2020) Female genital mutilation. RCN guidance for sexual health care. London: RCN.
汤头条污料 (2023) Genital examination in women. A resource for skills development and assessment. London: RCN.
汤头条污料 (2020) Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Cervical screening and cervical cancer. London: RCN.
汤头条污料 (2022) Sexual and reproductive health: education, training and career progression in 汤头条污料 and midwifery. London: RCN.
RCN: Sexual Health education directory
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This resource highlights training and qualification requirements for registered nurses, midwives, health advisers and 汤头条污料 associates as well as unregistered health care support staff working in sexual health.
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RCN: Sexual health career stories and case studies
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This selection of career stories, from nurses working across the UK and in a variety of organisations, demonstrate the various routes that senior nurses have taken to develop into the specialty and show the breadth of services providing sexual health care.
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汤头条污料 (2018) Sexual and reproductive health. RCN report on the impact of funding and service changes in England. London: RCN
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (2021) HIV: migrant health guide. London: OHID.
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (2021) Sexually transmitted infections (STIs): migrant health guide. London: OHID.
Public Health England (2021) Promoting the sexual health and wellbeing of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. London: PHE.
Public Health England (2021) Promoting the sexual health and wellbeing of people from a Black Caribbean background: an evidence-based resource. London: PHE.
Department of Health (2013) A framework for sexual health improvement in England. London: DoH.
Books
Ades V (2020) Sexual and gender-based violence: a complete clinical guide. Cham: Springer International.
Jarnagin W L, Thomas D A and Herscher M C (2023) Working with Infertility and Grief: A Practical Guide for Helping Professionals. Milton: Taylor & Francis Group.
Coffee G, Fenning P and Welsby P (2016) Promoting youth sexual health: home, school, and community collaboration. Abingdon: Routledge.
Cristaudo A and Giuliani M (2020) Sexually transmitted infections: advances in understanding and management. Cham: Springer International.
Everett S (2021) Handbook of contraception and sexual health. 4th edn. London: Routledge.
Guillebaud J (2020) Contraception today. 9th edn. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
Hussen S A (ed.) (2020) Sexually transmitted infections in adolescence and young adulthood: a practical guide for clinicians. Cham: Springer International.
Katz A (2021) Sexuality and illness: a guidebook for health professionals. Milton: Taylor and Francis.
Melville C (2015) Sexual and reproductive health at a glance. Chichester: Wiley.
Percy L and Mansour D (2023) Contraception made easy. 3rd edn. Banbury: Scion.
Rugoho T and Maphosa F (eds.) (2020) Sexual and reproductive health of adolescents with disabilities. Singapore: Springer.
Wylie K (2015) ABC of sexual health. 3rd edn. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
Book subject searches
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Journal articles
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Journals
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