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Sexual health, male and female sexual disorders

Africa

• PLoS ONE
  • Sexual dysfunction among people with mental illness in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis study [2024]

Australia

• Australian Family Physician
  • Sex and intellectual disability – dealing with sexual health issues [2011]

• Australian Journal of General Practice
  • Sexual dysfunctions and sex therapy: The role of a general practitioner [2020]

Austria

• Archives of Women's Mental Health
  • Let us integrate sexual health—do psychiatrists integrate sexual health in patient management? [2020]

Bangladesh

• Journal of Global Health
  • Marital coitus in Bangladesh in the 2010s: trends and sociodemographic determinants [2025]

Brazil

• BMC Public Health
  • Sexual behavior and self-declaration of sexual orientation among people 18-64 years in Brazil: results from the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices survey, 2013 and the National Health Survey, 2019 [2023]

Canada

• Canada's Drug Agency
  • Treatment Strategies for Sexual Dysfunction Associated With Psychotropic Medications [2022]

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Approach to lubricant use for sexual activity [2025]

• Ontario Health
  • Interventions to Address Sexual Problems in People with Cancer [2016]

• Veterans Affairs Canada
  • Sexual Dysfunction

China

• JAMA Network Open
  • Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Patterns Relating to Sexual Dysfunction Among Urologists and Andrologists in China [2023]

Colombia

• International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
  • Spanish adaptation and validation of sexual distress scale in Colombian population [2024]

Denmark

• Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • Physical and Mental Health Problems and Their Associations With Inter-Personal Sexual Inactivity and Sexual Dysfunctions in Denmark: Baseline Assessment in a National Cohort Study [2022]

Estonia

• Scientific Reports
  • Associations of Sexual Desire with Demographic and Relationship Variables [2026]

Ethiopia

• PLoS ONE
  • Estimate the burden of sexual dysfunction due to non-communicable diseases in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]

Europe

• European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
  • The impact of curative cancer treatment on sexual health - clinical results from the EORTC QLQ-SH22 validation study [2024]
  • How to evaluate sexual health in cancer patients: development of the EORTC sexual health questionnaire for cancer patients [2015]

• WHO European Region
  • Sexual health EURO

France

• Ministère du Travail, de la Santé, des Solidarités et des Familles
  • National strategic roadmap for sexual health 2021-2024 [2021]

Germany

• Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
  • How Often Are Patients in Germany Asked About Their Sexual History? [2023]
  • Estimating the Prevalence of Sexual Dysfunction Using the New ICD-11 Guidelines [2020]

High-income countries

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Sexual Health Help-Seeking Behavior among Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia living in High Income Countries: A Systematic Review [2018]

India

• Indian Journal of Psychiatry
  • A systematic review of Indian studies on sexual dysfunction in patients with substance use disorders [2021]
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines for management of Sexual Disorders in Elderly [2018]
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sexual Dysfunction [2017]

• Journal of Psychosexual Health
  • Nosology of the Sexual Dysfunctions: Are They Appropriate to Older Adults? [2020]

International

• BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • The implications of surgery on sexual dysfunction in patients with lumbar disc herniation with cauda equina syndrome: a systematic review [2025]

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Sexual health and well-being in later life [2024]
  • Progress towards sustainable development goals related to sexual health [2024]
  • Cognitive testing in 19 countries to refine WHO’s Sexual Health Assessment of Practices and Experiences [2024]
  • Associations between sexual health and well-being: a systematic review [2024]

• Current Oncology
  • A Narrative Review of the Roles of Nursing in Addressing Sexual Dysfunction in Oncology Patients [2025]

• European Academy of Neurology
  • European Academy of Neurology (EAN)/European Federation of Autonomic Societies (EFAS)/International Neuro-Urology Society (INUS) Guidelines for Practising Neurologists on the Assessment and Treatment of Neurogenic Urinary and Sexual Symptoms (NEUROGED Guidelines) [2025]

• European Heart Journal
  • Sexual counselling for individuals with cardiovascular disease and their partners: a consensus document from the American Heart Association and the ESC Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (CCNAP) [2013]

• Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
  • Sexual health training course [2024]

• Health Expectations
  • User Input in the Development of Digital Sexual Health Tools: A Scoping Review and Guidance for Tool Developers [2025]

• Heart, Lung and Circulation
  • Determinants of Sexual Health and Sexual Quality of Life after Cardiovascular Surgeries: An Integrative Review [2024]

• Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
  • Prevalence of Sexual Dysfunction in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2025]

• PLoS ONE
  • Behaviour change techniques in brief interventions to prevent HIV, STI and unintended pregnancies: A systematic review [2018]

• Sexual Medicine Reviews
  • Sexual Health During COVID-19: A Scoping Review [2022]

• Supportive Care in Cancer
  • Experiences of sexual well-being interventions in males affected by genitourinary cancers and their partners: an integrative systematic review [2023]

Italy

• Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Validation of the Sexual Inhibition/Sexual Excitation Scales (SIS/SES) in Italy: Assessing Gender and Age Differences of Sexual Functioning [2021]

• ESMO Open
  • Sexual health in cancer care: a narrative review and position statement from the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM) [2025]

Luxembourg

• BMC Public Health
  • Sexual satisfaction and sexual behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from the International Sexual Health And REproductive (I-SHARE) health survey in Luxembourg [2022]

Nigeria

• BMC Public Health
  • Unveiling masturbatory sexual behaviours in Nigeria: insights into the prevalence and factors associated with self- and mutual masturbation among the sexually active population [2025]

Poland

• Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Increase in the Prevalence of Online Pornography Use: Objective Data Analysis from the Period Between 2004 and 2016 in Poland [2022]

• Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • Withdrawal and tolerance as related to compulsive sexual behavior disorder and problematic pornography use - Preregistered study based on a nationally representative sample in Poland [2022]

Sweden

• Cancer Medicine
  • Do young adults with cancer receive information about treatment-related impact on sex life? Results from a population-based study [2023]

United Kingdom

• BMJ Open
  • Prevalence and types of sexual inactivity in Britain: analyses of national cross-sectional probability survey data [2019]

• Care Quality Commission
  • Promoting sexual safety through empowerment [2020]

• Department of Health and Social Care
  • A Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Sexual health (Quality standard) [2019]
  • Sexual health

• Public Health England
  • Sexual health: variation in outcomes and inequalities

• Royal College of Psychiatrists
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists' statement on sexual orientation [2014]

• Scottish Government
  • Sexual orientation in Scotland 2017: summary of evidence base [2017]

• Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Sexual behaviours and sexual health among middle-aged and older adults in Britain [2023]

United States

• American Heart Association
  • Sexual Counseling for Individuals With Cardiovascular Disease and Their Partners [2013]

• American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Interventions to Address Sexual Problems in People With Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Adaptation of Cancer Care Ontario Guideline [2018]

• Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Changes in Penile-Vaginal Intercourse Frequency and Sexual Repertoire from 2009 to 2018: Findings from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior [2021]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Sexual Behavior, Sexual Attraction, and Sexual Orientation Among Adults Aged 18-44 in the United States: Data From the 2011-2013 National Survey of Family Growth [2016]
  • Guide to Taking a Sexual History

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Sexual health indicators for the United States: Measuring progress and documenting public health needs [2023]

• Health Education & Behavior
  • Sexual Health Interventions for Racial/Ethnic Minorities Using Community-Based Participatory Research: A Systematic Review [2023]

• JAMA Network Open
  • Trends in Frequency of Sexual Activity and Number of Sexual Partners Among Adults Aged 18 to 44 Years in the US, 2000-2018 [2020]

• Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Sexual health and education guidelines for the care of people with spina bifida [2020]

• Public Health Reports
  • Measurement of Sexual Health in the U.S.: An Inventory of Nationally Representative Surveys and Surveillance Systems [2013]

• Sexual and Relationship Therapy
  • Genital vibration for sexual function and enhancement: best practice recommendations for choosing and safely using a vibrator [2018]

• Sexual Medicine Reviews
  • A Medical Education Recommendation for Improving Sexual Health and Humanism and Professionalism [2021]

• Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
  • A Primary Care Provider’s Guide to Sexual Health for Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury [2020]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • WHO recommendations on self-care interventions: availability of lubricants during sexual activity [2023]
  • Sexual Health Assessment of Practices and Experiences (SHAPE): questionnaire and implementation considerations [2023]
  • Sexual health and its linkages to reproductive health: an operational approach [2017]
  • Sexual health, human rights and the law [2015]
  • Brief sexuality-related communication: recommendations for a public health approach [2015]
  • Measuring sexual health: conceptual and practical considerations and related indicators [2010]
  • Developing sexual health programmes: a framework for action [2010]
  • Alcohol use and sexual risk behaviour: a cross-cultural study in eight countries [2005]
  • Sexual health and well-being
  • Sexual health

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