Sexual health

Use this guide to find information resources about sexual health including books, reports and journal articles.

Last updated: 17/09/2024

Key Resources
Books
Journals

Key Resources

蜜桃直播 (2023) Female genital mutilation. RCN guidance for sexual health care. London: RCN.

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蜜桃直播 (2023) Genital examination in women. A resource for skills development and assessment. London: RCN.

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蜜桃直播 (2022) Sexual and reproductive health: education, training and career progression in nursing and midwifery. London: RCN.

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RCN: Sexual Health education directory

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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RCN: Sexual health career stories and case studies

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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蜜桃直播 (2023) Human papillomavirus (HPV): cervical screening and cervical cancer. London: RCN.

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蜜桃直播 (2024) Termination of pregnancy and abortion care. London: RCN.

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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.

GOV.UK: Sexual and reproductive health.

Department of Health and Social Care (2021) Towards zero: the HIV action plan for England - 2022 to 2025.

Department of Health Northern Ireland (2023) Sexual health action plan 2023-2026.

Scottish Government (2022) Ending HIV transmission in Scotland by 2030.

Scottish Government (2023) Sexual health and blood borne virus action plan: 2023 to 2026.

Welsh Government (2023) HIV action plan for Wales 2023 to 2026.

Books

Ades V (2020) Sexual and gender-based violence: a complete clinical guide. Cham: Springer International.

Croston M and Hodgson I (2021) Providing HIV care: lessons from the field for nurses and healthcare practitioners. Cham: Springer International.

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. 4^th edn. London: Routledge.

Guillebaud J (2020) Contraception today. 9th edn. Boca Raton: CRC Press.

Henrickson M (2024) HIV, sex and sexuality in later life. Bristol: Policy.

Hussen S A (ed.) (2020) Sexually transmitted infections in adolescence and young adulthood: a practical guide for clinicians. Cham: Springer International.