Bibliographic Details
Title: Sexual Health: A Public Health Perspective (...
Publisher: Open University Press
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New
About this title
"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:
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.
Kirstin Mitchell is Lecturer in Sexual and Reproductive Health at the LSHTM. She has lived and worked for extensive periods in Africa and is currently working on the third UK National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles.
Martine Collumbien is Senior Lecturer in Sexual and Reproductive Health at the LSHTM. She is a demographer by training with extensive experience of methodological and evaluation research. Her work has a global reach, with a particular focus on South Asia.
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