sexual and reproductive health Flashcards

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What is sexual health?
(WHO, 2006)

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  • a state of physical, mental, and social well-being relating to sexuality
  • not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity
  • requires a positive and repsectfull approach to sexuality and sexual relationships
  • for sexual health to be attainted and maintained the sexual rights of all persons must be respcted, protected and fulfilled.
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What is sexuality?
(WHO, 2006).

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  • sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy, and reproduction
  • experienced and expressed in thoughts, fantasies, desires, beleifs, attitudes, values, behaviours, roles, and relationships
  • influences by the interaction of biological, psychological social, economic, political, cultural, legal, historical, relegioud, and spiritual factors.
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List the 9 sexual rights.

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  1. to equality and non-discrimination
  2. to be free from torture. or to cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment
  3. to privacy
  4. to the highest attainable standard of health (including sexual health) and social security
  5. to marry and found a family and enter into mariage with the free and full consent of the intending spouses, and to equality in and at the dissolution of marriage.
  6. to decide the number and spacing of one’s children
  7. to infomration, as well as education
  8. to freedom, of opinion and expression
  9. to an effective remedy for violations of fundamental rights
    many of these link to the fundamental human rights.
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What is reproductive justice?
(Sister Song, 2024).

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The human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, ot have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communties.
Reproductive justice is not only about choice but equally about access

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What is reproductive health?
(WHO, 2006).

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  • state of complete physical and social well-being, not merely thje absence of disease or infirmity in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its fucntions and processes
  • implies people are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capacity to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when, and how often to do so.
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List some globally challanges in relation to sexual health?
(WHO, 2018)

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  • sexual education provision
    -human trafficking
  • contraception
  • antenatal, intrapartum, and post natal care
  • abortion care
  • STI prevention and care
  • HIV prevention and care
  • LGBT communities
  • violence against women, children, and partners
  • forces marriage
  • genital mutation
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List some challanged in the UK in relation to sexual health.
(Public Health England, 2019)

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  • increase in modern slavery investigations (sexual is highest)
  • increase in STI diagnoses. Statistics show that from 2017 to 2018 there was a 5% increase in STI diagnoses in England, with the number of diagnoses raising to 447,694
  • both gonorrhea and syphilis have remerged as public health concerns. Since 2009 the diagnoses have risen by 249 % and 165% respectfully overall and by 643% and 236% in men who have sex with men
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Discuss the WHO framework for operationalisng sexual health and its linkages to reproductive health.
(WHO, 2017)

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  • proivides consistent care as its international framework
  • makes explicit link between sexual and reproductive health
  • the aim is to promote physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality
  • as internation you must consider the strtcurwe of the country you are in- differeny cultural and social norms, socio-economic inequalities etc.
  • states a series of principles that help strategies and actions to ensure sexual and reproducive health is achieved: hollistic approach, linked nature between SH and RH, respect and protection of human rights, multilevel infleunces, diversity of needs
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What is the framework used to promote sexual and reproductuive health in Scotland?
(Fulford, 2012).

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  • value-based care
  • the practice needs to acknowledges the values of the person we are caring for and how these may differ from our own
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What is positive sexual attitude?
(NHS Scotland, 2024)

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  • linked to value based care
    Respect: yourself and others at all times
    Safety: protect yourself and partners from STIsm unwnated pregnancy, negative emotional effects of sexual behaviour
    Knowledge: learn learn about your body and mind, sexuality, health, reproduction and laws that affect sex. When and where to access sexual health services for free contraception and STI testing,
    Communication: become comfortable talking about sexuality with other people. Become able to have mature discussions with your family, friends, and especially your partner(s).
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When are there exceptions to patient
confidentiality?

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Very important to set boundaries in communication- patient should know conversation is confidential however if information disclosed that discusses breaking the law or the safety or thwem or someone else is compromised it is the nurses duty to disclose this information.
e.g. sexual abuse, sexual exploitation- importamt to remember this can happen at any age

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What is the ‘supporting healthy relationships and positive sexual health’ programme?

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  • covers from very young age to older teen years
  • implemented by health visitors and school nurses
  • e.g. conversation with parents to support positite relationships, establishing communination, awareness, primary care, prevention, education
  • goal is for everyone to experiance sexuality in safe and pleasurable manner
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What is the ICE technique used in sexual history taking?
(Pendelton, 1984)

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Idea- what does the person think might be going on?
Concern- what is it they are most concerned about?
Expectation- what do they expect you to do? what are their wishes?

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What is the nursing stance in sexual and reproductive health?
(Olshansky, 2018)

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raising the voice of nursing in support of evidence-based policies that
1) ensure that all people have full access to affordable, sexual and reproductive health services
2) facilitate expansion of clinical knowledge and evidence-based women’s preventive health services especially related to preventing unintended pregnancies
3) assure that all women’s health care, including reproductive health services, is grounded in scientific knowledge and evidence-based policies and standards of care

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How does cancer tie in with sexual and reproductive health?
(Cancer Research, 2019)

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  • tie in with many STIs
  • develop life threatening risks
  • impacts treatment needed
  • almost half of cancers are lung, bowel, brerat, or prostate
  • causes more than 1 in 4 deaths in UK
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What areas specific to womens health are important to consider when taking sexual history?
(Cancer Research, 2012)

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  • menstrual history
  • pregnancies
  • medications
  • sexual history
  • pains
  • urinary and bowel problems
  • contraceptive history
  • past surgical history
  • long term conditions
  • genetic disorders
  • menopause
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How can nurses maintain dignity while giving intimate exams?

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  • only exposing areas that need to be exposed
  • ensure pateint is comfortable and knows they can stop examination if they are uncomfortable
  • ensure privacy- shut doors, only people who arenecessary for examination present
  • provide opportunity for chaperone
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Disucss the effect of breast cancer.
(Cancer Research, 2012)

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  • breast cancer is one of leading types of cancers causing death worldwide.
    (Our world in data, 2017)
  • affects women and men, can present as prostate cancer
  • can prevent breast cancer by reducing risk factors e.g. stop smoking, regular physical activity, healthy diet. NCD
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Discuss the importance of self-examinations.
(Cancer Research, 2012)

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  • promote awareness
  • self examinations look for a change that may indicate cancer- look, feel, pain, size, position etc.
  • have to be done regularly to notice change
  • how cancer is found in the earliest stages allowing for most effective treatment
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Discuss the effect of cerivical cancer.
(NHS, 2021)

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  • second cancer most common in women and most common form of cancer for women under 35
  • requires a screening- speculum and brush- looks for change in the cervical cells and presence of HPV virus
  • 75% of cervical cancer screening can be prevented by cervical screening
  • HPV vaccination help prevent HPV, reducing liklihood for developing cervical cancer. Given to both women and men as HPV spread throguh sexual transmission.
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What are the risk factors associated with testicular cancer?
(Cancer Research, 2012)

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  • family history
  • fertility porblems
  • HIV/ AIDS
  • ethnicity (white men more prone)
  • previous testicular cancer
  • height
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List the signs and symptoms of prostate cancer.
(NHS, 2021)

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  • needing to pee more frequently, ofren during the night
  • needing to rush to the toilet
  • dificulty in starting to pee (hesitancy)
  • straining or taking a ling time while peeing
  • weak flow
  • feeling your bladder has not emptied fully
  • blood in urine or semen
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Discuss risk fators associated with prostate cancer.
(NHS, 2021)

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  • age- more common in men over 50
  • family history
  • genes- other genetic factor may increase risk
  • bowel cancer
  • ethnicity- more common in black men
  • diet- eating healthy diet can lower risk
  • hormones
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List some common STIs
(NHS, 2021)

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  • chlamydia
  • gonnorhoea
  • syphilis
  • HPV (Human papilloma virus)
  • HSV (herpes simplex virus)
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What groups do STIs impact the most?
(Public Health England, 2019)

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  • young heterosexuals aged 15-24
  • BME populations
  • gay, bisexual, and older men who have sex with men
  • people in the most deprived deciles
  • young people experince highest STI diagnosis rates
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How can STIs be managed?
(WHO, 2021)

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  • condoms
  • sexual history
  • physial examination- early identification of symptoms and referral to testing
  • testing/ screening
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How are STIs treated?
(NHS, 2021)

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  • creams
  • antibiotics
  • surgery
  • freezing
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Discuss the HPV vaccination.
(Public Health England, 2019)

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  • protects against 4 types of HPV
  • first dose given to girls and boys aged 12 and 13, second dost offered 6-12 months after
  • by 2058, data estimated HPV vaccination could prevent up to 64,139 HPV related cervical cancers, and 49,649 other HPV related cancers
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What health services are offered to promote reproductive health?

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  • contraception
  • emergency contraception
  • fertility clinic
  • pregnancy testing
  • referral for abortion
  • community gynaecology
  • menopause and premesntral syndrome
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What are nurses role in sexual and reproducitve health?

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  • chaperone role
  • open communication assessing and interviews
  • recognising signs of violence and sexual assault
  • providing education, information, and guidance
  • referrals to sexual clinics or GP
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