June 2016 – SASHA: South Australian Sexual Health Awareness

LGB adults more likely to report impaired physical & mental health, substance use, due to discrimination stressors

In Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, LGBTIQ+ issues, Mental health & sexual health

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JAMA Intern Med. Published online June 27, 2016. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.3432 New national data suggest lesbian, gay and bisexual adults were more likely to report impaired physical and mental health and heavy drinking and smoking, which may be the result of stressors they experience because of discrimination, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine. The study...

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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance: United States

By J Pope

In Contraception, Crime and law, HIV, Pregnancy choices, Reproductive health, Safer sex, Sex & relationships education, Sexual Activity, Sexual, gendered & partner violence, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Young people

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, June 10, 2016 The CDC has released the report: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States 2015. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System monitors six categories of priority health behaviors among youth and young adults: 1) behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence; 2) tobacco use; 3) alcohol and other drug use; 4) sexual...

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Casual Sex: Everyone Is Doing It

By J Pope

In Sexual Activity

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New Yorker, June 25, 2016 Zhana Vrangalova has spent the past decade researching human sexuality, and, in particular, the kinds of sexual encounters that occur outside the norms of committed relationships. The Web site she started in 2014 began as a small endeavor fuelled by personal referrals, but has since grown to approximately five thousand visitors a day, most of whom arrive at the site...

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Does attractiveness influence condom use intentions in heterosexual men? An experimental study

By J Pope

In Safer sex, Sexual Activity, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

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BMJ Open, 2016;6:e010883 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-01088, 17 June 2016 Abstract Objectives Judgements of attractiveness have been shown to influence the character of social interactions. The present study sought to better understand the relationship between perceived attractiveness, perceived sexual health status and condom use intentions in a heterosexual male population. Setting The study...

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State of Play: findings from the England Gay Men’s Sex Survey

By J Pope

In Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, HIV, LGBTIQ+ issues, Safer sex, Sexual Activity, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

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Sigma Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, May 2016 The 2014 Gay Men’s Sex Survey was released this week. 15,360 men who have sex with men, living in England and aged 16 to 90 years, completed the online survey. Findings included: The proportion of men not happy with their sex lives was 41%. The over 65s were most likely to be happy with their sex life. ...

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Denied Birth Control, Teens Still Have Sex — Unsafe Sex

By J Pope

In Contraception, Multicultural communities, Pregnancy choices, Reproductive health, Safer sex, Sex & relationships education, Sexual Activity, Young people

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Refinery 29, June 16, 2016 3:40 PM Kenyan-born and Tanzania-based sexual health educator Maureen Oduor knows that soda doesn’t prevent pregnancy, but not all of the young women she counsels do. “In Kenya, adolescents believe that drinking a glass of Coca-Cola soda before and after sex can prevent a girl from getting pregnant,” she tells me. In Tanzania, meanwhile, “people...

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