Adults with autism are at a higher risk of sexual victimization than adults without, due to lack of sex education, but with improved interventions that focus on sexual knowledge and skill building, the risk could be reduced, according to a study.
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The 2012 Sydney Women and Sexual Health (SWASH) survey report is a critical piece of health research for Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer (LBQ) women in Australia. Over its lifetime, SWASH has become a comprehensive survey of sexual health and wellbeing, violence, mental health and levels of psychological distress, and a number of other important health issues relevant to LBQ women in Sydney, such as...
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2014)
This paper looks at the wellbeing of Australia’s Indigenous people and factors linked with wellbeing. While the focus is on subjective measures of wellbeing, a number of objective measures are also considered; for example, employment status, income and health status.
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Allison Yates, Kinsey Institute 11 August, 2014 Teen dating violence, according to the Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is “the physical, sexual, or psychological/emotional violence within a dating relationship, as well as stalking. It can occur in person or electronically and may occur between a current or former dating partner.” Teen dating violence, according to the Center For...
2014 Guidance statement
WHO, July 2014
The World Health Organization is issuing its contraceptive eligibility guidance for women at high risk of HIV and women living with HIV, in advance of the entire guideline revision. It is anticipated that the revised fifth edition of the MEC will be completed in 2015.
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