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Article: The national strategy for sexual health and HIV: Issues for community practitioners

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November 1, 2003
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SEXUAL HEALTH

LAURA SERRANT-GREEN, lecturer in adult health at the University of Nottingham's School of Nursing looks at what's involved

Sexual health and the choices people make in relation to their health behaviour are influenced by a range of factors including social grouping, education, peer pressure and access to services/information.1-3 The impact of the negative choices made by an individual on society as a whole is reflected in high rates of unwanted pregnancy and increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections and a continued rise in HIV infection.4

The public and social burden of sexual ill-health means that sexual health issues cannot be viewed as acts concerning only the ...

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