Contribution to Book
Sexual Health in Emerging Adulthood: Meredith Joppa, Nicole Cantor, and Corey Doremus
Sexuality in Emerging Adulthood
(2021)
Abstract
Sexual health in emerging adulthood encompasses a wide spectrum of medical and mental health functioning and associated behaviors. This chapter addresses aspects of physical sexual health that are of concern to emerging adults, including prevalence rates, determinants, and consequences of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, and unintended pregnancy among emerging adults. The chapter also discusses sexual dysfunction and its treatment. Whenever possible, the chapter highlights differences in prevalence, risk, and protective factors related to aspects of human diversity, guided by an intersectional approach based on the ADDRESSING framework. Both protective and risky sexual health behaviors and decision making about sexual behavior are discussed, with a focus on the role of substance use in sexual risk taking. The chapter concludes with implications for future research, particularly in the area of prevention.
Keywords
- sexual health,
- sexual risk,
- emerging adulthood,
- sexually transmitted infections,
- HIV/AIDS,
- unintended pregnancy,
- sexual dysfunction
Disciplines
Publication Date
August 10, 2021
Editor
Manfred H. M. van Dulmen
Publisher
Oxford Scholarship Online
DOI
10.1093/OSO/9780190057008.003.0024
Citation Information
Meredith Joppa, Nicole Cantor and Corey Doremus. "Sexual Health in Emerging Adulthood: Meredith Joppa, Nicole Cantor, and Corey Doremus" Sexuality in Emerging Adulthood (2021) p. 406 - 431 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/meredith-joppa/35/