Publications about Sexual Health

The following are resources on sexual health, including relevant publications, articles, reports, guidelines and conference presentations.

Reports

• 2015 STD Treatment Guidelines
• Advancing LGBT Health and Well-being: 2016 Report of the HHS LGBT Policy Coordinating Committeeexternal icon, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, December 2016
• Indian Health Surveillance Report — Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2015pdf icon. Indian Health Service and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2018.
• The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, June 19, 2019
• Women’s Preventive Services Guidelinesexternal icon, Health Resources & Services Administration, October, 2017
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2017, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Surveillance Summaries, June 15, 2018
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Data & Documentation

Articles

• Assessment of sexual health services at US colleges and universities, 2001 and 2014external icon. Coor A, Esie P, Dittus PJ, Koumans EH, Kang J, Habel MA. Sex Health 2018. Epub 2018 Nov.
• Associations Between Sexual Risk-Related Behaviors and School-Based Education on HIV and Condom Use for Adolescent Sexual Minority Males and Their Non-Sexual-Minority Peersexternal icon. Rasberry CN, Condron DS, Lesesne CA, Adkins SH, Sheremenko G, Kroupa E. LGBT Health. 2018 Jan;5(1):69-77. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2017.0111. Epub 2017 Dec 14.
• Attitudes to sexual health in the United States: results from a national survey of youth aged 15–25 yearsexternal icon. Hogben M, Harper C, Habel MA, Brookmeyer K, Friedman A. Sex Health 2017;14:540–7. Epub 2017 Nov.
• Do nonclinical community-based youth-serving professionals talk with young men about sexual and reproductive health and intend to refer them for care?external icon Marcell AV, Gibbs SE, Howard SR, Pilgrim NA, Jennings JM, Sanders R, Page KR, Loosier PS, Dittus PJ. Am J Mens Health 2017;11:1046–54. Epub ahead of print. Epub 2017 Mar 22.
• Individual-level protective factors for sexual health outcomes among sexual minority adolescents: A systematic review of the literatureexternal icon. Armstrong HL, Steiner RJ, Jayne PE, Beltran O. Sexual Health. 2016. DOI: 10.1071/SH15200. Epub 2016 Jun 9.
• Provider communication with adolescent and young females during sexual and reproductive health visits: findings from the 2011-2015 National Survey of Family Growthexternal icon. Liddon N, Steiner RJ, Martinez GM. Contraception. 2017; Sep 4. pii: S0010-7824(17)30427-4. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2017.08.012. Epub 2017 Sep 4.
• Sexual and reproductive health care receipt among young males aged 15–24external icon. Marcell AV, Gibbs SE, Pilgrim NA, Page KR, Arrington-Sanders R, Jennings JM, Loosier PS, Dittus PJ. J Adolesc Health 2017;pii:S1054–139X(17)30426–3. Epub 2017 Nov 8.
• Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9–12 — United States and Selected Sites, 2015. Kann L, Olsen EO, McManus T, et al. MMWR Surveill Summ 2016;65(No. SS-9):1-202. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss6509a1external icon. 2016 Aug 12.
• Sexual Risk Behavior Differences Among Sexual Minority High School Students — United States, 2015 and 2017. Rasberry CN, Lowry R, Johns M, et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018;67:1007–1011. http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6736a3 2018 Sep 14.
• Sexual Risk Behaviors in Adolescent Sexual Minority Males: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysisexternal icon. Valencia R, Wang L.Y, Dunville R, et al. J Primary Prevent (2018) 39: 619-645. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-018-0525-8. Epub 2018 Nov 17.
• Structural intervention with school nurses increases receipt of sexual health care among male high school studentsexternal icon. Dittus PJ, Harper CR, Becasen JS, Donatello RA, Ethier KA. J Adolesc Health 2017;pii:S1054–139X(17)30400–7. Epub 2017 Nov 2.
• Systematic Mapping of Relationship-Level Protective Factors and Sexual Health Outcomes Among Sexual Minority Youth: The Role of Peers, Parents, Partners, and Providersexternal icon. Johns MM, Liddon N, Jayne PE, Beltran O, Steiner RJ, Morris E. LGBT Health. 2018 Jan;5(1):6-32. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2017.0053. Epub 2017 Dec 22.
• The socioecology of sexual and reproductive health care use among young urban minority malesexternal icon. Marcell AV, Morgan AR, Sanders R, Lunardi N, Pilgrim NA, Jennings JM, Page KR, Loosier PS, Dittus PJ. J Adolesc Health 2017;pii:S1054–139X(16)30867–9. Epub 2017 Jan 5.
• The state of sexual health services at U.S. colleges and universitiesexternal icon. Habel MA, Caccamo A, Beltran O, Becasen J, Pearson WS, Dittus P. Epub 2018 Mar 5.
• Use of patient-delivered partner therapy in US college settings: associations with legality, perceived legality and other sexual and reproductive health servicesexternal icon. Hogben M, Caccamo A, Beltran O, Cramer R, Habel MA. Sex Transm Dis 2017. Epub 2019 Jan 28.