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ABOUT SEXUAL HEALTH
Sexual health medicine is the specialist area of medical practice
principally concerned with the prevention of infection and care of
persons affected by infections that are sexually transmissible. It
encompasses the individual, cultural, interpersonal and microbial
factors that contribute to these diseases. Sexual health medicine
includes the clinical and psychological issues concerned with
reproductive medicine, sexual assault and sexual dysfunction. Sexual
health medicine is also concerned with the promotion of the sexual
health of the community by identifying and minimising the impact of
sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, through education, behaviour
change, advocacy, clinical service provision, surveillance and
research. 1
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www.acshp.org.au
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