Sexual Health

UK sources of information and / or support

 Sexual Health

Policy and information on Sexual Health from the Department of Health. Lots of links to various information, resources and organisations.

 Preventing sexually transmitted infections and reducing under 18 conceptions

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Preventing sexually transmitted infections and reducing under 18 conceptions.

 Caledonia Youth

Provides confidential support in both educational and clinical environments to enable all young people in Scotland to make informed, responsible choices about their personal and sexual relationships. Covers a wide variety of sexual health issues. It is aimed at young people under 25, particularly teenagers.

 Sexual Dysfunction Association

The Sexual Dysfunction Association is a charitable organisation which was set up to help sufferers of impotence (erectile dysfunction) and their partners. The association now also provides information on female sexual dysfuntion (including Female Sexual Problems, Inhibited Desire Disorder, Lack of ability to orgasm, Pain on intercourse (dyspareunia) and Vaginismus. The association also provides information and support for people with Peyronie's disease.

 Contraception and Sexual Health Guide - from the fpa

This section of the fpa website gives you quick and easy access to facts and advice on sexual health and contraception.

 Vaginismus Awareness Network

A non-profit site to raise awareness on vaginismus, self-treat it, break myths causing painful sex and difficult penetration and offer facts, advice and opinions to women, their partners and gynaecologists, to stop the suffering linked with this sexual problem. Written by women who went through the journey.

  DIPEx

DIPEx (Database of Individual Patient Experiences) is an Oxford based registered charity. It is a database of audio, video and transcript of interviews with patients experiencing a particular illness or health problem. Includes a module on sexual health.

 Other resources

See also the following sections on this website (Patient UK):

• Patient groups involved with sexual health and relationship problems
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• Contraception
• Women's health
• Mens's health
• Penis problems
• Embarrasing problems
• Ethical issues

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.