Sexuality

Follow the links below to find information on sexuality and sex behaviour.

Reviewed January 2009

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Title:   Teenage health
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Health issues for teenagers include negotiating sex and making choices about social and illicit drug use. Alcohol and cigarettes are the most common drugs used by teenagers. Young men are more likely than young women to take drugs, drink alcohol or commit suicide. Body image can also be associated with health problems including crash dieting, eating disorders and obesity.
Date:   Dec 2009

Title:   Talking sex with teens
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Parents and teenagers can find it difficult to talk to each other at the best of times, but especially so when talking on an emotional topic like sex.
Date:   Nov 2009

Title:   Children's sexual behaviour
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Learning about sexuality is just as important to children as any other learning. Children need to feel that the sexual parts of their bodies are good, just as they feel that it is good to have arms and legs. They need to feel that it is good to be a boy or a girl.
Date:   Nov 2009

Title:   Relationships
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   For some women midlife is a time to spend together and relax in the comfort of the relationship. Others may be in a relationship with little communication and support because the partners may have grown apart over the years.
Date:   Nov 2009

Title:   Impact of breast cancer on sexuality and intimacy
Publisher:   National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre
Description:   Treatment for breast cancer can affect a woman's relationship with her partner, including their sexual relationship.
Date:   Sep 2009

Title:   Are you ready for sex?
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Young people can feel a lot of pressure to have sex. Friends may tell you they're all doing it, you may feel pressured by a particular person, or you might feel that it's expected of you from a girlfriend or boyfriend.
Date:   Aug 2009

Title:   Alcohol - teenagers
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Alcohol or booze is widely used by teenagers. 'Binge drinking', drink driving and unsafe sex can all result from the misuse of alcohol. Alcohol is responsible for most drug-related deaths in the teenage population.
Date:   Jul 2009

Title:   Arthritis: sex and intimacy - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Relationships can be difficult at the best of times, but living with arthritis places a huge stress on any relationship.
Date:   Jul 2009

Title:   Healthy sexual relationships
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Some information on having a healthy sexual relationship, and some information which may indicate an unhealthy sexual relationship.
Date:   Jul 2009

Title:   STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) protection
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Protecting against sexually transmitted infections (STI): Preventing STIs is much better than treating them, because when diseases are prevented people do not get sick and do not need to access health services which are expensive to provide.
Date:   Jul 2009

Title:   Young People and Sex
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about sexual issues for young people.
Date:   Jul 2009

Title:   Sexuality
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Sexuality is a combination of people's sex, their sexual feelings for others, their feelings about themselves as sexual beings, their ............
Date:   Jul 2009

Title:   Men's stuff
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Whatever you may have called them when you were a little kid in your family or among your mates, your 'privates' have got other names used by doctors and other health professionals.
Date:   Jul 2009

Title:   Sexual feelings
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The sex hormones your body is producing may cause you to have sexual feelings. Sometimes they make you feel sexy.
Date:   Jun 2009

Title:   Secret boys business!
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Whatever you may have called them when you were a little kid, in your family or among your mates, your 'privates' have got other names used by doctors and other medical professionals.
Date:   Jun 2009

Title:   Feeling confident about condoms
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Condoms are not just for stopping pregnancy. They are also the best way to avoid STIs (sexually transmissible infections). Make sure you know how to use a condom properly and always have some with you.
Date:   May 2009

Title:   Breastfeeding - information for fathers
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Some fathers feel that, because they cant breastfeed their baby, they will not become really close to their baby in the first months and beyond. However, there are lots of other ways for fathers to bond with babies
Date:   Mar 2009

Title:   Surviving sexual abuse (young men)
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Sexual abuse is a serious crime and can have many short and long term effects on a victim/survivor.
Date:   Feb 2009

Title:   Girlfriends and boyfriends
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   We have many different relationships in our lives with friends at school, teachers, people we work with, our parents, brothers and sisters. This topic is about our more personal relationships with boyfriends and girlfriends.
Date:   Feb 2009

Title:   Relationships - when partners become parents
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   For new parents, the birth of a child significantly changes relationships. Becoming a parent will affect you and your partner, and it is important to communicate your feelings and fears. Your relationship can be a great source of strength and support.
Date:   Jan 2009
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