Knowra Sexual health Sexual health Sexual health is physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality. It includes respectful relationships, safety, and the ability to make informed choices without coercion or discrimination.
Sexuality : Sexuality encompasses sex, gender, identities, relationships, pleasure, intimacy, and reproduction across human life. Sexual health addresses well-being across this broader range of human experience.
Sexually transmitted infection : A sexually transmitted infection is an infection that can pass through sexual contact. Prevention, testing, and treatment are practical parts of sexual health care.
Health equity : Health equity is the principle that everyone should have a fair opportunity to attain their highest level of health. Unequal access to care and protection creates avoidable gaps in sexual health.
Sexual health education policy : Sexual health education policy sets rules and priorities for sexuality-related teaching in schools and other institutions. Policy choices influence whether education is comprehensive, accurate, and accessible.
Reproductive health : Reproductive health concerns well-being in matters related to the reproductive system and its functions. It overlaps with sexual health but focuses more directly on reproduction.
Contraception : Contraception comprises methods used to prevent pregnancy. Access to suitable methods supports reproductive choices within sexual health.
Stigma : Stigma is social disapproval that marks people or conditions as discrediting or shameful. Stigma can deter testing, treatment, disclosure, and respectful care.
Sexual health services : Sexual health services provide prevention, testing, treatment, counseling, and related care concerning sexuality. Service design raises questions about privacy, affordability, and equitable access.
Consent : Consent is freely given, informed, specific, and reversible agreement to participate in an activity. Respect for consent is central to safe, non-coercive sexual relationships.
HIV prevention : HIV prevention includes interventions that reduce the likelihood of acquiring or transmitting HIV. It addresses a major preventable risk through biomedical and behavioral measures.
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