Sexual Health

Puberty. Safe sex. STDs. Sexual orientation. Pregnancy and abortion. Young men and women in their teen years encounter the serious issues of sexual health for the first time. But research suggests that too many young women and men do not have the fundamental information needed to understand the full ramifications of their sexual lives.

Sexual Health provides teenagers with a comprehensive review of common problems related to sexual health, offering suggestions and resources for understanding and working through those issues.

Sexual Health provides teenagers with a comprehensive review of common problems related to sexual health, offering suggestions and resources for understanding and working through those issues.

What are the major types of sexually transmitted diseases and how are they contracted and treated? How effective are different types of contraception? How do you recognize the stages of puberty? The defining feelings of sexual orientation? This candid, authoritative handbook is designed to serve young people as a reliable, enlightening source of answers to questions like these as they navigate the often confusing transition from adolescence to physical maturity.

In addition to being a go-to resource on common problems related to sexual health, this welcomed volume considers a number of related issues and controversies, including sex education, the “morning after” pill, condoms in schools, and more. It also includes information on various organizations that have an interest in adolescent sexual health, as well as wide range of additional resources in print and online.

• Includes a chronology of important events in the history of sexual health in the United States and other parts of the world, such as the development of treatments for STDs, political actions on contraception and abortion, and the public discussion of and action about same-sex relationships and related topics
• Provides biographical sketches of some important figures in the history of sexual health, such as Paul Ehrlich, Luc Montagnier, Robert Gallo, Hideyo Noguchi, Margaret Sanger, John Rock, and Robert Parlin