Australian Journal of General Practice
Responding appropriately to a carer’s concerns about a child’s sexual behaviours can increase the likelihood of carer engagement with appropriate supports in cases requiring specialist intervention.
GPs do not routinely discuss sexual health with older patients, and they believe the responsibility for initiation of such discussions rests with the patients themselves.
Discusses the role of GPs in identifying patients who may be at risk of or are experiencing elder abuse.
Male sexual dysfunction (MSD) can affect males of all ages. This article provides an overview of the clinical assessment and evidence-based management strategies for MSD problems.
General practitioners play a significant part in recognising the need and appropriate timing to address sexual problems and initiate sex-related discussions with their patients.
GPs require enhanced skills and confidence to communicate confidentiality and trustworthiness, and engage migrant and refugee young people on issues of sexual and reproductive healthcare.
General practitioners can facilitate recovery-orientated, trauma-focused care, even when local services are limited.
Support for young people to access timely and appropriate sexual and reproductive health during the COVID-19 pandemic should be a priority for policymakers around the world.
Partner management is key to reducing transmission and a cornerstone of best practice chlamydia management.
Asking about possible eye exposure to genital secretions and/or eye symptoms should be considered when conducting a sexual health history.
General practitioners and practice nurses need to be provided with greater support and training to undertake the emotionally challenging role of mandated reporters of child abuse.
Online and digital aids could provide an effective means to help facilitate sexual health discussions with older patients in general practice, provided they are designed with the patient in mind.
This study investigated GPs attitudes to promoting and managing the sexual health of young men and showed a disparity of whether young men or GPs felt they were responsible in initiating the topic.
Young people experience higher rates of sexually transmissible infections and lower screening rates than the general population in Australia.
People who identify as bisexual, transgender or gender diverse report poorer mental health than their homosexual and cisgender counterparts.