Document 0848
 DOCN  M9440848
 TI    The sexuality connection in reproductive health.
 DT    9404
 AU    Dixon-Mueller R; International Women's Health Coalition, New York, NY
       10010.
 SO    Stud Fam Plann. 1993 Sep-Oct;24(5):269-82. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94126853
 AB    Sexuality and power relations based on gender are relevant to
       researchers, policymakers, and service providers in the reproductive
       health field, because they underlie virtually all of the behaviors and
       conditions that their programs address. Yet, a review of conventional
       treatments in the demographic and family planning literature reveals
       that, when they consider these topics at all, researchers typically
       adopt narrow definitions of sexual behavior and focus almost exclusively
       on risks of pregnancy and disease. This article proposes an analytic
       framework as a guide to researchers and family planning providers. It
       relates four dimensions of sexuality to reproductive health outcomes and
       concludes that family planning policies and programs should address a
       broader spectrum of sexual behaviors and meanings, consider questions of
       sexual enjoyment as well as risk, and confront ideologies of male
       entitlement that threaten women's sexual and reproductive rights and
       health.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL/  PSYCHOLOGY
       Adolescence  Adult  Attitude of Health Personnel  Child  Developing
       Countries  *Family Planning  Female  *Gender Identity  Human  Knowledge,
       Attitudes, Practice  Male  *Power (Psychology)  Pregnancy  *Sex Behavior
       Sex Counseling  Sexual Partners/PSYCHOLOGY  Sexually Transmitted
       Diseases/PREVENTION & CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
       JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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