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Sexuality, depression and body image after breast reconstruction

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact of breast reconstruction after mastectomy on sexual function, body image, and depression. METHODS: This cross-sectional, comparative, controlled study was conducted with 90 women between 18 and 65 years of age who had undergone either mastectomy alone (mastectomy group...

Risky sexual behaviors and their association with overweight and obesity among adolescent students: a cross-sectional study

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (3), 2019
Abstract Objective To determine the prevalence of risky sexual behavior and its association with overweight and obesity among adolescent students. Methods This is a cross-sectional study, conducted in public schools with adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. We used the questionnaire Youth Risk Behavior S...

Atención de salud de personas transgéneros para médicos no especialistas en Chile

Rev. méd. Chile; 147 (1), 2019
The health care demand for transgenders has increased in Chile and worldwide. However, in Chile health care professionals are not trained to understand and face this problem. We herein review issues that should be considered in the training of non-specialist physicians to provide health care to transgend...

Sexualidad en el adulto mayor, conductas y retos – revisión de la literatura

Introducción Pese a que se ha descrito la presencia de actividad sexual en el adulto mayor, ella tiende a menospreciarse. Al no contar con personas con quienes puedan hablar de sus dificultades o les facilite información, los adultos mayores pueden tener problemas para tener una vida sexual activa, a...

Significado de la sexualidad y el orgasmo en un grupo de mujeres profesionales

Introducción La salud sexual se considera uno de los elementos de bienestar y salud general en el ser humano. Múltiples estudios asocian calidad de vida y salud corporal con la actividad sexual. Objetivo Comprender el significado de la sexualidad y el orgasmo en un grupo de mujeres profesionales. ...

Health of the LGBTI+ Population in Primary Health Care and the Insertion of Nursing

Abstract Objective: To reflect on the approaches to the health of the LGBTI+ population, Primary Health Care and Nursing in the care of this population. Method: The reflection is based on a brief characterization of the LGBTI+ population and their health, an analysis of the nurses' work in Primary Heal...

Individual and contextual factors associated with sexual initiation among adolescents

Psicol. reflex. crit; 32 (), 2019
Abstract Adolescent sexual practices have been widely investigated as experiences that pose potential risks for health. The present study, therefore, aimed to investigate individual and contextual factors associated with sexual initiation, sexual activity before the age of 15 years, and inconsistent cond...

Development and validity evidence of the multidimensional scale of sexual selfconcept in a Spanish-speaking context

Psicol. reflex. crit; 32 (), 2019
Abstract Background/objective: STIs and HIV/AIDS are an important public health problem, transmitted by risky sex behaviours. In this context, it is necessary to identify protective factors, of those behaviours, as sexual self-concept. Sexual self-concept is a multidimensional trait (i.e. sexual self-es...

Elevated prevalence of high-risk HPV in healthy oral mucosa of users and nonusers of drugs in Northeastern Brazil

Abstract: Variable rates of HPV infection have been reported in healthy oral mucosa worldwide. The main objective of this study was to detect and genotype HPV infection in users and nonusers of drugs with clinically healthy mucosa from the Northeast Brazil. Samples from 105 patients were amplified using ...