National Coalition for Sexual Health

What kinds of professional resources do we offer? 👉Inclusive Sexual Health Services: Practical Guidelines for Providers & Clinics can help health care providers and clinical staff cultivate a clinical environment to deliver inclusive, patient-centered and accessible sexual health services. 👉Clinician Guide for Trauma-Informed Care is a roadmap for clinicians seeking to provide trauma-informed physical examinations in sexual and reproductive health settings, with an emphasis on pelvic exams. 👉A New Approach to Sexual History Taking: A Video Series showcases six healthcare providers discussing the importance of taking a comprehensive sexual health history and introduces a new 6th P created by NCSH that addresses pleasure, problems, and pride. 👉Sexual Health and Your Patients: A Provider’s Guide can help healthcare providers better integrate sexual health conversations and recommended preventive services into routine visits with adolescents and adults. 👉Sexual Health and Your Patients: Pocket Cards allow healthcare providers to access essential sexual health questions and preventive service recommendations in a clear and concise format. You are free to download and print as many copies as you want! 👉The Compendium of Sexual & Reproductive Health Resources for Healthcare Providers was created to help primary care providers and others improve their clinical skills in this area by compiling existing resources on sexual and reproductive health topics across the lifespan. Check out our professional resources here: https://lnkd.in/gdmyacfi

A new safety software app – Camdom – blocks anyone from taking pictures, filming, or recording audio without consent during sex. https://bit.ly/4fUXdTl 🌟Read more from the Sexual Health in the News: https://lnkd.in/eSifpU6H

As a trans refuge in the middle of states who are restricting access to gender affirming care for youths, Minnesota-based providers are innovating to meet the influx in out-of-state demand for care. https://n.pr/3Aweov8 📨Get Sexual Health in the News sent straight to your inbox: https://lnkd.in/eSifpU6H

Many states with abortion bans made exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape. However, women living in these states say getting an abortion after an assault is difficult or even impossible. https://n.pr/48Rcmml 📰 Sign up for the Sexual Health in the News: https://lnkd.in/eSifpU6H

The latest season of Love Is Blind addresses reproductive rights, with cast members discussing birth control and family planning, highlighting the importance of these issues in modern relationships. https://bit.ly/40rDR3r 📬Sign up for the Sexual Health in the News, sent every Thursday: https://lnkd.in/eSifpU6H

The U.S. birth control debate stems from misinformation linking it to abortion, resulting in restricted access in some states, despite medical consensus that it prevents pregnancy without ending existing ones. https://bit.ly/3NK7iWP 📧Get the Sexual Health in the News delivered weekly, straight to your inbox: https://lnkd.in/eSifpU6H

Now on the AMA Ed Hub:

#ICYMI our guide to preventive sexual health services is on the AMA Ed Hub!

A study finds that U.S. infant mortality rates rose overall and particularly for infants with disabilities, since Roe v. Wade was overturned, largely due to restricted abortion access and the inability to terminate high-risk pregnancies. https://bit.ly/4f1dEgu Sign up for the Sexual Health in the News: https://lnkd.in/eSifpU6H

An important way to make health care services inclusive is to ensure that the sexual health and wellness questions asked to patients are inclusive. Learn more from our guide to sexual health history taking on the AMA Ed Hub ⤵️