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A scoping review on women’s sexual health in the postpartum period: opportunities for research and practice within low-and middle-income countries

Reproductive Health, 2022
Plain language summary Women’s sexual health is often studied in relation to reproductive health and childbearing. While reproductive health during pregnancy and immediately after is well documented, it remains unclear how women’s sexual health is ...
Shannon N. Wood, Alexandria Pigott, Haley L. Thomas, Chloe Wood, Linnea A. Zimmerman   +4 more
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The association between sexual health literacy and sexual function of women in Iran

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2022
BACKGROUND: Considering the importance of sexual health literacy in promoting individual sexual health and ultimately improving family and social health as well as the effect of health literacy on sexual function, this study was designed and conducted to
Leila Dehghankar, Rahman Panahi, Marzieh Khatooni, Somayeh Fallah, Farnoosh Moafi, Mohammad Anbari, Fatemeh Samiei Siboni   +6 more
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Demographic Factors Affecting Sexual Dysfunction in Postmenopausal Women [PDF]

Journal of Education and Community Health, 2020
Aims: Sexual dysfunction is the common problem in menopause, which can be affected by demographic factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the demographic factors affecting sexual dysfunction in postmenopausal women.
Seyedeh Zahra Masoumi , Narges Alavipour , Parisa Parsa, Farideh Kazemi   +3 more
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Evidence for the stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in humans [PDF]

, 2012
Secondary sexual traits that develop under the action of testosterone, such as masculine human male facial characteristics, have been proposed to signal the strength of the immune system due to the sex hormone's immunosuppressive action.
Kecko, Sanita, Kivleniece, Inese, Krama, Tatjana, Krams, Indrikis, Moore, Fhionna R., Rantala, Markus J., Skrinda, Ilona   +6 more
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Predicting sexual problems in women: The relevance of sexual excitation and sexual inhibition [PDF]

, 2007
This is the post-print version of the article. The official published version can be obtained from the link below.Data from a non-clinical sample of 540 heterosexual women were used to examine the relationships between scores on the Sexual Excitation ...
A. C. Kinsey, A. E. Adams, A. Elliott, C. A Graham, C. A. Graham, C. H. Mercer, C. H. Mercer, C. M. Meston, Cynthia A. Graham, D. F. Bjorklund, D. H. Barlow, D. P. J. Przybla, E. Janssen, E. Koukanas, E. O. Laumann, J. A. Karafa, J. Bancroft, J. Bancroft, J. Bancroft, J. Bancroft, J. Bancroft, J. G. Beck, L. Gruszecki, M. A. Cranston-Cuebas, M. Meana, N. Kadri, N. L. Dove, R. C. Rosen, R. Rosen, Robin R. Milhausen, S. L. West, Stephanie A. Sanders   +31 more
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A rapid review of sexual wellbeing definitions and measures: should we now include sexual wellbeing freedom? [PDF]

, 2019
An increasing number of studies refer to sexual wellbeing and/or seek to measure it, and the term appears across various policy documents, including sexual health frameworks in the UK.
Dalrymple, Jenny, DeAmicis, Leyla, Frankis, Jamie, Jackson, Louise J., Lorgelly, Paula, Lorimer, Karen, McMillan, Lesley, Ross, Jonathan   +7 more
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Sexual function and obesity [PDF]

International Journal of Obesity, 2007
To review the literature on the relationship between obesity and sexual function.A search in the medical literature from 1966 and onwards was carried out through Medline and Embase for publications on obesity, in combination with Medical Subject Heading words related to sexual function and dysfunction.Four prospective and seven cross-sectional studies ...
Larsen, S.H., Wagner, G., Heitmann, Berit Lilienthal   +2 more
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The Relationship between Sexual Self-Efficacy and Sexual Function in Married Women [PDF]

Journal of Midwifery & Reproductive Health, 2019
Background & aim: Sexual self-efficacy refers to the belief of each individual about his/her ability to be sexually active, his/her desirability for sexual partner, and assessment of the ability and self-efficacy in sexual behavior.
Mahboubeh Kafaei Atrian, Zahra Mohebbi Dehnavi, Zahra Kamali   +2 more
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Comparison of anogenital distance and correlation with vulvo-vaginal atrophy: a pilot study on premenopausal and postmenopausal women [PDF]

, 2018
OBJECTIVES: Anogenital distance (AGD) represents the space between labia posterior commissure and anus. This was pilot study to investigate how menopause and so lack of oestrogens affects AGD. METHODS: A total of 109 patients were enrolled.
Benedetti Panici, Pierluigi, Bracchi, Carlotta, Colagiovanni, Vanessa, Di Donato, Violante, Domenici, Lavinia, Lecce, Francesca, Marchetti, Claudia, Musella, Angela, Muzii, Ludovico, Palaia, Innocenza, Schiavi, Michele Carlo, Tomao, Federica   +11 more
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Individual, Relational, and Sociocultural Determinants of Sexual Function and Sexual Satisfaction in Ecuador

Sexual Medicine, 2021
Aim: Various individual, relational, and sociocultural variables have been identified as determinants of sexual responding, but these have rarely been investigated in non-Western cultures that are characterized by sexual conservatism. We aimed to explore
Daniela Arcos Hidalgo, Msc, Marieke Dewitte, PhD   +1 more
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