Topic: Sexual Health
Global Roundup: UN Reports on Global Maternal Health; Zambian Constitution Faces Conflicting Reproductive Health Rig
May 23, 2012 - 8:45am (Print)
Weekly global roundup: United Nations report on global maternal health yields mixed results; South Asian teen girls still marrying at high rates; Zambia sees conflict over various articles on reproductive rights in new constitution draft; Indonesia continues to struggle with reproductive and sexual health as they face growing rates of HIV infection.
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In HIV Prevention, Protect the Mothers: A Message to the World Health Assembly 2012
It is critical that the barriers facing women in relation to accessing supportive peri-natal services are fully understood and addressed including structural drivers such as poverty, gender-based violence from partners, in-laws and neighbours, and property and inheritance rights loss. If we do not address these issues, we can not "save the babies."
Sexual Health Roundup: Psychiatrist Apologizes for Study on Reparative Therapy, CDC Wants to Test Boomers for Hep-C
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
May 21, 2012 - 10:47pm (Print)
Sexual Health Round-up: A renowned psychiatrist who is paradoxically responsible for both the biggest advance in gay rights and one of the studies most often used to deny these rights apologizes to the gay community; CDC recommends that everyone ages 47 to 67 be tested for Hep-C; and a new study warns that young men who abuse Viagra (and its cousins) are less satisfied with their sex lives.
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Sexual Health Roundup: HIV-Prevention Drug Wins FDA Panel Approval, Parents Talk About Internet Pornography
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
May 15, 2012 - 10:04am (Print)
A New York Times article looks at how parents do (and should) react when their children inevitably see Internet pornography, an FDA advisory panel recommends approving a drug for HIV-prevention, and Massachusetts cuts over $1 million from its HIV-prevention and testing program in county jails.
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Can "7 Days of Sex" Save a Marriage?
by Amy Levine, Sexuality Educator and Sex Coach
May 10, 2012 - 9:07am (Print)
A new show on Lifetime ask couples facing marital problems to commit to sex every night for a week. Can this kind of sex experiment save a marriage? And is reality television the right place for this kind of public sex therapy? A sex therapist evaluates the show.
Why Aren't More Girls Getting the HPV Vaccine?
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
May 9, 2012 - 5:00am (Print)
Even though the HPV vaccine prevents cervical cancer, only 20% of girls are getting all three shots. Maybe it's time to highlight how it not only prevents cancer, but also that it prevents other medical complications.
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Sexual Health Round Up: Girls Not Getting all Three HPV Shots, Six-Year Old Suspended for "Sexual Harassment"
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
May 8, 2012 - 3:33am (Print)
In this week's sexual health round up: new research finds that only 38 percent of girls who start the HPV vaccine get all three shots; a new study finds that while the specific gene therapy tried did not impact HIV, the concept still shows promise; and a six-year-old is suspended from a Colorado elementary school for sexual harassment.
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Family Makes Millions Taking in Federal Funds for Failed Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
May 4, 2012 - 4:30pm (Print)
During the Bush Administration, the official Hey Day of the abstinence-only-until-marriage industry, Heritage Community Services, a South Carolina organization thrived on $12 million of federal funding. Now, with the Obama administration placing its curriculum on the list of evidence-based programs, its poised to do so again.
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Marriage Promotion for Eighth Graders: Even Among Abstinence-Only Programs, Heritage Keepers Stands Out
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
May 2, 2012 - 10:10pm (Print)
A closer look at Heritage Keepers. This ridiculous program that was just given the Obama administration's seal of approval is clearly designed to promote marriage rather than educate young people or prevent pregnancy for that matter.
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Young and Restless at the United Nations, Youth Fight For Their Rights
by Jessica Mack
May 1, 2012 - 4:18pm (Print)
It was a youth takeover at the United Nations last week, for the 45th annual Commission on Population and Development, a global meeting to examine whether and how we are protecting the sexual rights and health of our youngest generation.
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