South African study gives insights into sexual health needs of people with disabilities
By Xanthe Hunt & Leslie Swartz & Mark Carew & Poul Rohleder - The Conversation
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Few people relish the prospect of using sexual and reproductive health services. Such encounters can be a bit awkward at best and – at worst – uncomfortable enough to discourage anyone from doing what's needed to maintain their health and wellbeing. Buying condoms, asking a doctor about contraceptive options, having infections checked out, discussing bleeding or not bleeding, erections or their absence, are difficult for most people.
This is why sexual and reproductive health services need to be organised with the service user's emotional comfort in mind. Doctors and nurses, the atmosphere in clinics, and even the physical layout of family planning centres should enable people to move past the cringe and do what's necessary for their health.