Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.

“I wouldn't have felt so alone”: The sexual health education experiences of transgender and gender diverse youth living in the southeastern United States
ConclusionThere is much work needed to improve the breadth, quality, and relevance of school-based sexual health education. Sexual health education can improve by strengthening critical media literacy skills of youth; raising staff cultural competency on gender, race, and sexual identity through training and supports; using culturally relevant and inclusive curricula; and partnering with community-based organizations. Transgender and gender diverse youth would benefit from sexual health education from multiple sources which is queer-friendly, affirms their existence, and provides information on gender, race, and sexuality ...
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Paula E. Jayne, Leigh E. Szucs, Catherine A. Lesesne, Rose Grace Grose, Michelle M. Johns Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research

Patient experiences using public and private insurance coverage for abortion in Illinois: Implementation successes and remaining gaps
ConclusionWhen abortion was fully covered by insurance, it reduced financial burdens and enhanced reproductive autonomy. Illinois Medicaid policy —with seamless enrollment options and appropriate reimbursement rates—offers a model for improving abortion access in other states. Further investigation is needed to determine compliance among private insurance companies and increase transparency. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Madeline Quasebarth, Madeleine Boesche, Tecora Turner, Amy Moore, Danielle Young, Debra Stulberg, Lee Hasselbacher Tags: SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Source Type: research

Perspectives from the pandemic epicenter: Sexual and reproductive health of immigrant women in New York City
ConclusionUnderstanding how immigrant women's SRH shifted in response to the structural and policy constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic can reveal how historically marginalized communities will be impacted by an increasingly restrictive reproductive health and immigration policy landscape. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Goleen Samari, Heather M. Wurtz, Sheila Desai, Kate Coleman ‐Minahan Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research

Assessing perspectives on an intervention connecting adolescents in outpatient psychiatry care to contraceptive counseling in the United States
ConclusionThis study demonstrates the acceptability of connecting adolescents in outpatient psychiatry care to contraceptive counseling and informs the refinement and implementation of Link2BC. Integrating contraception counseling in outpatient psychiatry settings is an innovative approach to prevent unintended pregnancy among adolescents by increasing access to SRH care services. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Abigail L. Underwood, Kathryn A. Hyzak, Ashley Ebersole, Alicia C. Bunger, Elise D. Berlan Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research

Issue Information
(Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Sexual Medicine Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research

“It was classed as a nonemergency”: Women's experiences of kidney disease and preconception decision‐making, family planning, and parenting in the United Kingdom during COVID‐19
ConclusionSome women in the UK with chronic kidney disease lost or missed their opportunity to have children during the pandemic. Future pandemic planners need to look more holistically and longer term at what is and is not classed as an emergency, both in how services are reconfigured and how people with chronic conditions are identified, communicated with, and treated. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Leah Mc Laughlin, Jane Noyes, Barbara Neukirchinger, Denitza Williams, Rhiannon Phillips, Sian Griffin Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research

Application of the unified theory of behavior to strengthen sexual health discussions between providers and young patients in the United States
ConclusionsUsing the UTB may be one effective tool to aid healthcare providers in initiating sexual health discussions and facilitating more comprehensive sexual health conversations with adolescent and young adult patients during routine clinical visits and sexual and reproductive health-focused visits. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Yzette Lanier, Dennis Rivera ‐Cash, Claudine Lavarin, Alena Goldstein, Luke Cantu, Baomi Phung, Vincent Guilamo‐Ramos, Madeline Sutton Tags: COMMENT Source Type: research

Exploring provider preference and provision of abortion methods and stigma: Secondary analysis of a United Kingdom provider survey
This study is the first to explore the relationships between abortion providers' method preferences, their provision of medication or instrumentation abortion or both methods, and abortion stigma.MethodsWe conducted secondary analysis of a survey of United Kingdom (UK) abortion providers (N = 172) to describe and compare providers' self-reported method preferences and provision. We used multinomial logistic regression to assess the association between method preference and provider experiences of abortion stigma (measured using a revised Abortion Provider Stigma Scale (APSS)), adj usting for relevant provider and facil...
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Katy Footman, Suzanna Bright, Jayne Kavanagh, Emma Parnham, Louise Bury, Lesley Hoggart Tags: RESEARCH IN BRIEF Source Type: research

A prospective study of sexual risk patterns associated with delinquency and justice involvement among child welfare system ‐involved male adolescents in the United States
ConclusionResults indicate that greater efforts should be taken to ascertain CWS-involved male adolescents' sexual health practices and parenting status. Male adolescents in the CWS require support with accessing developmentally appropriate sexual health education and family services. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Nickholas Grant, Gabriel J. Merrin, Keisha April, Ayana April ‐Sandars, Ishita Arora, Derrick Gordon Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research

Abortion needs expressed on Reddit after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision in the United States
ConclusionTheDobbs decision caused confusion and panic among abortion seekers requesting guidance on r/abortion, resulting in informational and emotional needs. While the r/abortion community actively addressed needs, inherent limitations of an online forum prevented some original posters from receiving the multifaceted support they needed. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Jennifer Neda John, Zelly C. Martin Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research

Sexual health variation among gang ‐involved youth in Washington state: Social ecological implications for research and practice
DiscussionFindings highlight the need for service approaches that are responsive to both the individual needs of gang-involved youth and the factors that shape their living environments. We discuss the implications for research and practice, including the potential utility of a harm reduction framework to promote sexual health and reduce disparities in the youth gang population. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Asia S. Bishop, Paula S. Nurius, Sarah C. Walker, Monica L. Oxford Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research

Medicaid's role in alleviating some of the financial burden of abortion: Findings from the 2021 –2022 Abortion Patient Survey
DiscussionWhen state Medicaid funds cover abortion, it substantially reduces the financial burden of care. Moreover, it may increase access for groups historically marginalized within the health care system. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - February 17, 2024 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Rachel K. Jones Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research

Issue Information
(Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - February 16, 2024 Category: Sexual Medicine Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research

Abortion ‐related crowdfunding post‐Dobbs
AbstractPrevious research on abortion-related crowdfunding campaigns found that they are impacted by stigma around abortion and rarely successful. This paper analyzes crowdfunding activity in the US following a leak of the Supreme Court decision inDobbs. V. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a time period that saw increased financial support of abortion access funds. Crowdfunding campaigns that included “abort” or “abortion” and were created between May 2 and November 8, 2022 were recorded from the GoFundMe and GiveSendGo crowdfunding platforms. These campaigns were reviewed for whether they were US based and sou...
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Jeremy Snyder, Ashmita Grewal Tags: RESEARCH IN BRIEF Source Type: research

“The future is unstable”: Exploring changing fertility intentions in the United Kingdom during the COVID‐19 pandemic
ConclusionWhile studies conducted at the beginning of the pandemic found that fertility intentions became more anti-natal, we found little overall change in fertility intentions in January 2021. Our findings of small pro-natal and anti-natal changes in fertility intentions align with emerging UK birth rate data for 2021, which show minimal change in the total fertility rate in response to the pandemic. (Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Source: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - December 13, 2023 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Alyce Raybould, Monika Mynarska, Rebecca Sear Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research