The Guardian, Fri 15 Feb 2019 16.01 AEDT Making condoms available to teenagers at school does not make them more promiscuous – but neither does it reduce teenage pregnancy rates. According to a major review by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), giving out condoms in secondary schools does not increase sexual activity, or encourage young people to have sex at an earlier age. The research, thought to...
Aust NZ J Public Health. 2018; 42:230-3; doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12744 Epub 2018 Mar 12. Abstract OBJECTIVE: Individual and environmental resilience protective factors are suggested to be associated with adolescent condom use; however, previous studies have not comprehensively examined such associations. This study aimed to determine the associations between condom use, and numerous individual and...
ScienceDaily, January 26, 2016
Married couples in low- and middle-income countries around the world that use contraception are having more frequent sexual intercourse than those that do not, new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests.
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Reuters, Fri Mar 6, 2015 1:50pm EST
After giving birth, women often struggle with reduced sexual desire and arousal, but how they delivered – by caesarean or vaginally – is not to blame, a small study suggests.
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Eureka Alert, 21-Jan-2015
Operative birth is associated with persisting pain during or after sexual intercourse, known as dyspareunia, suggests a new study published today (21 January) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (BJOG).
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ABC Health & Wellbeing, Published 13/11/2014
So we’re not having sex as much as we were a decade ago. But experts say this might not be a huge problem. And even if it is, there’s plenty you can do to keep the lust alive in your relationship.
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