Sexual health

Sexual health

Enjoying emotional, physical, and social well-being in regard to one’s sexuality, including free and responsible sexual expression that enriches one’s personal and social life and fulfills one’s sexual rights. Disorders in sexual health can impact a person’s physical and emotional health, as well as his or her relationships and self-image.

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Orchiectomy

Health care; Sexual health

A surgical procedure to treat testicular cancer in which the doctor removes one or both testicles through an incision (cut) in the groin.

Radical hysterectomy

Health care; Sexual health

A surgical procedure to remove the cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes and part of the vagina.

Oophorectomy

Health care; Sexual health

A surgical procedure in which one or both of the ovaries is removed.

Kinsey scale

Health care; Sexual health

Alfred Kinsey and his associates designed a scale in the late 1940s and early 1950s to demonstrate the range of sexual orientation. The seven points on the scale show the range of sexual orientation ...

Reality-based sexuality education

Health care; Sexual health

Age-appropriate, culturally sensitive sexuality education programmes that include open, nonjudgmental information about all aspects of sexuality; they encourage critical thinking, self-actualization, ...

Emergency contraception (EC)

Health care; Sexual health

Also called emergency post-coital oral contraception (EPOC) or the "morning after pill. " It is a form of birth control that may be used by women within 72 hours of having unprotected sex. The most ...

Genital reconstruction surgery (GRS)

Health care; Sexual health

Also called "genital reassignment surgery" "gender confirming surgery," "sex change operation," or "bottom" or "lower" surgery. For MTFs, this is usually the removal of the testes and the surgical ...