Sexual Health
Sexual health covers a range of areas that includes contraception, sexually transmitted infections, HIV and termination of pregnancy. The role of nurses, midwives and health practitioners working across all areas of this specialty is to provide high quality care and treatment focusing on the individual needs of patients, safeguarding, behaviour change and prevention. Use this guide to find information resources about sexual health including books, reports and journal articles.
Last updated:
27/10/2022
Key Resources
Royal College of Nursing (2020) Female genital mutilation. RCN guidance for sexual health care. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2020) Genital examination in women. A resource for skills development and assessment. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2020) Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Cervical screening and cervical cancer. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2019) Sexual and reproductive health: education, training and career progression in nursing and midwifery. 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.
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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RCN: Sexual Health education directory
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This resource highlights training and qualification requirements for registered nurses, midwives, health advisers and nursing associates as well as unregistered health care support staff working in sexual health.
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Royal College of Nursing (2018) Sexual and reproductive health. RCN report on the impact of funding and service changes in England. London: RCN
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.
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 (2020) Contraception made easy. 2nd 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
Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic.
Journal articles
Use these links for details of journal articles on each topic.
Journals
Journals of interest for sexual health. Use these links to see details of availability.
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