<strong>Background</strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong>:</strong></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""> <...<strong>Background</strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong>:</strong></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sexual health needs are insufficiently met for persons living </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">with rheumatological diseases and it is necessary to create better ways to meet </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">these needs.</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""> </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Objective</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> To co-create a working model to improve sexual </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">health for persons living with rheumatological diseases, that can be used by rheumatological teams in regular rheumatology practice. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Design</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:;" "=""> </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">This study </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">applied a co-creation design with three key features: 1) it took a systems perspec</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">tive with emergent multiple interactive entities;2) the research process was</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"> viewed as a creative endeavour with strong links to design, while human imagination and the individual experience of patient and staff were at the core of the creative design effort;3) the process of the co-creative efforts was as important as the generated product. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Results</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A model defining the role of the patient, the professionals, and the team in optimizing sexual health for persons living with rheumatological diseases was co-created. The model can be seen as a practice guideline, which includes the support needed from and to each participant in the process of promoting sexual health, while being within the professional scope of the professionals</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">’</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> knowledge and capacity, and in line with the needs of the persons living with rheumatological diseases.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""> </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Discussion and Conclusions</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The co-creative work process identified crucial factors in promoting sexual health, resulting in a useful model for patients, professionals and teams. Co-creation was experienced to be a useful research design to improve rheumatological care, through valuing and using the competence of all research members equally.</span>展开更多
Objective To investigate the impact of childbirth on the sexual health of primiparous women in China and the prevalence of women's postpartum sexual problemsMethod In this cross-sectional study, obstetric records ...Objective To investigate the impact of childbirth on the sexual health of primiparous women in China and the prevalence of women's postpartum sexual problemsMethod In this cross-sectional study, obstetric records of 460 primiparous women delivering a live-birth at the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing University of Medical Sciences between November 1, 2000 and July 31, 2001 were analyzed together with the data collected from questionnaire survey conducted six months after delivery.Results Totally 460 women participated in the questionnaire survey. Though 94.74% of the subjects had resumed sexual activity within six months after birth, most of them had experienced postpartum sexual problems, among which dyspareunia was the most common type. There was no significant association between delivery types and women's sexual health status in six months after birth, including their satisfactory degree of sexual intercourse, sexual desire, sex active rate, the incidence of dyspareunia and pubococcygeal muscle strength (P>0.05). Only 20.80% of women had knowledge of sexual health and 8.02% of them had consulted for sexual problems. Conclusions Women's postpartum sexual health problems were very common, they deserve more attention. There was no significant association between delivery types and women's postpartum sexual problems at the 6th month after delivery.展开更多
Background: Ministry of Health, Government of India developed the Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) strategy and operationalized adolescent health services up to district and sub-district hospital level...Background: Ministry of Health, Government of India developed the Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) strategy and operationalized adolescent health services up to district and sub-district hospital level. Objectives: To operationalize adolescent health services at primary health care level in a block of Maharashtra;assess impact of need based interventions on quality of services;and understand potential for scalability in the state. Methods: Adolescent and Youth friendly centers were established at primary health care settings and interventions such as health system strengthening, sensitizing gatekeepers, involving Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHAs), developing inter and intra-sectoral linkages, improving monitoring and evaluation were tested. Results: Over a period of 2009-2014, there was a steady increase in the number of clients attending the Adolescent and Youth Friendly Health Centers (A&YFHCs). Attitude of providers to address adolescents’ needs improved significantly. Successful interventions were networking with schools, colleges and Non Government Organization (NGOs), linkages with HIV program and Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), and involvement of ASHAs. Conclusions: The study demonstrates that although health system has the primary responsibility of addressing health issues among adolescents;it has limitations in terms of its reach to adolescents and generating demand for services. There is a need to network with education sector, ICDS, NGOs working for adolescent health and development to work as a team and address the multifaceted needs of the adolescents. Such a strategy will be crucial while implementing the recently launched Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram— the new national adolescent health programme in India.展开更多
文摘<strong>Background</strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong>:</strong></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sexual health needs are insufficiently met for persons living </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">with rheumatological diseases and it is necessary to create better ways to meet </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">these needs.</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""> </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Objective</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> To co-create a working model to improve sexual </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">health for persons living with rheumatological diseases, that can be used by rheumatological teams in regular rheumatology practice. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Design</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:;" "=""> </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">This study </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">applied a co-creation design with three key features: 1) it took a systems perspec</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">tive with emergent multiple interactive entities;2) the research process was</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"> viewed as a creative endeavour with strong links to design, while human imagination and the individual experience of patient and staff were at the core of the creative design effort;3) the process of the co-creative efforts was as important as the generated product. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Results</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A model defining the role of the patient, the professionals, and the team in optimizing sexual health for persons living with rheumatological diseases was co-created. The model can be seen as a practice guideline, which includes the support needed from and to each participant in the process of promoting sexual health, while being within the professional scope of the professionals</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">’</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> knowledge and capacity, and in line with the needs of the persons living with rheumatological diseases.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""> </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Discussion and Conclusions</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The co-creative work process identified crucial factors in promoting sexual health, resulting in a useful model for patients, professionals and teams. Co-creation was experienced to be a useful research design to improve rheumatological care, through valuing and using the competence of all research members equally.</span>
文摘Objective To investigate the impact of childbirth on the sexual health of primiparous women in China and the prevalence of women's postpartum sexual problemsMethod In this cross-sectional study, obstetric records of 460 primiparous women delivering a live-birth at the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing University of Medical Sciences between November 1, 2000 and July 31, 2001 were analyzed together with the data collected from questionnaire survey conducted six months after delivery.Results Totally 460 women participated in the questionnaire survey. Though 94.74% of the subjects had resumed sexual activity within six months after birth, most of them had experienced postpartum sexual problems, among which dyspareunia was the most common type. There was no significant association between delivery types and women's sexual health status in six months after birth, including their satisfactory degree of sexual intercourse, sexual desire, sex active rate, the incidence of dyspareunia and pubococcygeal muscle strength (P>0.05). Only 20.80% of women had knowledge of sexual health and 8.02% of them had consulted for sexual problems. Conclusions Women's postpartum sexual health problems were very common, they deserve more attention. There was no significant association between delivery types and women's postpartum sexual problems at the 6th month after delivery.
文摘Background: Ministry of Health, Government of India developed the Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) strategy and operationalized adolescent health services up to district and sub-district hospital level. Objectives: To operationalize adolescent health services at primary health care level in a block of Maharashtra;assess impact of need based interventions on quality of services;and understand potential for scalability in the state. Methods: Adolescent and Youth friendly centers were established at primary health care settings and interventions such as health system strengthening, sensitizing gatekeepers, involving Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHAs), developing inter and intra-sectoral linkages, improving monitoring and evaluation were tested. Results: Over a period of 2009-2014, there was a steady increase in the number of clients attending the Adolescent and Youth Friendly Health Centers (A&YFHCs). Attitude of providers to address adolescents’ needs improved significantly. Successful interventions were networking with schools, colleges and Non Government Organization (NGOs), linkages with HIV program and Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), and involvement of ASHAs. Conclusions: The study demonstrates that although health system has the primary responsibility of addressing health issues among adolescents;it has limitations in terms of its reach to adolescents and generating demand for services. There is a need to network with education sector, ICDS, NGOs working for adolescent health and development to work as a team and address the multifaceted needs of the adolescents. Such a strategy will be crucial while implementing the recently launched Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram— the new national adolescent health programme in India.