Background: One of the important components reproductive Health that can has some effects on physical and psychological aspects of couple's life is Infertility. Infertile women are concerned about their sexual and physical health, it is even possible, and use and evaluation of assisted reproductive techniques have negative effects on women feelings about the sexual value and marital relati...

conclusions the findings indicated that society associates reproductive health issues with sexual relations, which in turn shapes the stigma and places limitations on unmarried women for using reproductive health services. thus, while reproductive health services are planned and provided to unmarried women, strategies are demanded for overcoming this stigma. objectives this paper explores the c...

AIM To promote the provision of reproductive health services to young people by exploring the attitudes and perceptions of university students in Shanghai, China, toward reproductive health. METHODS From July 2004 to May 2006, 5 243 students from 14 universities in Shanghai took part in our survey. Topics covered the demands of reproductive health-care services, attitudes towards and experien...

Correspondence to Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli (e-mail: [email protected]). The rationale for strengthening linkages between sexual and reproductive health and HIV programmes is well recognized,1 and benefits that have accrued from these linkages have been discussed in the November 2009 issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization and elsewhere.2,3 However, real progress in scaling u...

Male adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health needs often go unmet in the primary care setting. This report discusses specific issues related tomale adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health care in the context of primary care, including pubertal and sexual development, sexual behavior, consequences of sexual behavior, and methods of preventing sexually transmitted infections (including HI...

BACKGROUND Young, rural Indian women lack sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and agency and are at risk of negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Youth-focused interventions have been shown to improve agency and self-efficacy of young women to make decisions regarding their sexual and reproductive health. The objectives of this study were to assess young women's sexual ...