Birds Do It, Bees Do It: Sexual Health Resources

Siobhan Champ-BlackwellHealth Information Literacy Coordinator

Creighton University Health Sciences Librarysiobhan@creighton.edu

Objectives

Attendees will– Identify resources on sexual health

• For teens, GLBT community members, adults and older adults

– Know two strategies on handling the reference interview

Agenda

Reference Interview Teens LGBT Adults Seniors Special Topics

If you had a sexual Health question…

Who would you ask?

How would you ask?

Strategies

Provide safe, confidential environment Ask clarifying questions Remember to include a statement on

providing information only Provide resources without being asked

Teens

Medlineplus teen topics

Alcohol and Youth Menstruation Smoking and Youth Teen Health Teen Mental Health Teen Pregnancy

Teen Sexual Health Teen Violence Teen Development Gay, Lesbian and

Transgender Health Birth Control or

Contraception

http://medlineplus.gov

Teenshealth

http://teenshealth.org Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's

Health Media Some Spanish language material Categories include

– Body– Mind– Sexual Health– Diseases and Conditions

Go ask alice

http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu Produced by the Alice!, Health Promotion

Program at Columbia University Health question and answer Internet resource

others

Advocates for Youth http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/

I wanna know! http://www.iwannaknow.org/ Sex, Etc. http://www.sexetc.org/ Scarleteen http://www.scarleteen.com/ YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance

System http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm

GLBT RESOURCES

Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, and Transgender

MedlinePlus Topic

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/gaylesbianandtransgenderhealth.html

HTTP://WWW.CDC.GOV/LGBTHEALTH/

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology

ACOG WEBTREATS: Lesbian & Bisexual Health http://www.acog.org/departments/dept_notice.cfm?recno=20&bulletin=2519

ACOG WEBTREATS: Transgender Health http://www.acog.org/departments/dept_notice.cfm?recno=20&bulletin=2517

Regional

Heartland Pride http://heartlandpride.org/ GLBT Near Me http://www.glbtnearme.org/

Specific Populations

Gay and Lesbian Adoptive Parents– http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/adopt_ethics/typ

es/lgbt.cfm

Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network– http://www.glsen.org/

SAGE: Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders– http://www.sageusa.org

LGBT aging project– http://www.lgbtagingproject.org/

Quality resources for women

MedlinePlus can offer you health topics for Women

Divorce Domestic Violence Family Issues Female Reproductive System Pregnancy and Reproduction Reproductive Health Folic Acid Preconception Care Prenatal Care Prenatal Testing

AIDS and Pregnancy Childbirth Postpartum Depression or

Baby Blues Pregnancy and Substance

Abuse Pregnancy Loss or

Miscarriage Breast Feeding (Lactation or

Nursing) Infant and Toddler Nutrition

WomensHealth.Gov

A service of the Office on Women's Health (OWH) in the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Mission: “provide leadership to promote health equity for women and girls through sex/gender-specific approaches.”

Health For Women:– Publications – (Handouts!)– Health Tools

http://womenshealth.gov/

GirlsHealth.Gov

Girls Health http://www.girlshealth.gov/– Teen Survival Guide

http://www.girlshealth.gov/teenguide/– Taking Care of Your Reproductive Health

http://www.girlshealth.gov/teenguide/reproductive/index.cfm

– Your Body http://www.girlshealth.gov/body/index.cfm

Quality Resources for Men

AHRQ Healthy Men

http://www.ahrq.gov/healthymen/ Men are 24 percent less likely than women to

have visited a doctor within the past year and are 22 percent more likely than woman to have neglected their cholesterol tests. Furthermore, men are 32 percent more likely than women to be hospitalized for long term complications of diabetes. http://www.adcouncil.org/default.aspx?id=501

MedlinePlus can offer you health topics for Men

Birth Control Circumcision Erectile Dysfunction Gay, Lesbian and

Transgender Health Infertility Klinefelter's Syndrome Male Breast Cancer Penis Disorders

Preconception Care Prostate Cancer Prostate Diseases Reproductive Health Sexual Health Sexually Transmitted

Diseases Testicular Cancer Testicular Disorders

CDC: Men’s Health

http://www.cdc.gov/men/

WomensHealth.gov – Mens Sexual Health page

http://www.womenshealth.gov/mens/sexual/

Aging Male Syndrome Impotence and Loss of Libido Prostate Health STIs, Including HIV/AIDS Additional Resources

Blueprint for Men’s Health http://www.menshealthnetwork.org/blueprint/index.htm

Aging and sexual health

MedlinePlus topics for Seniors related to sexual health

Diabetes Erectile Dysfunction Exercise for Seniors Heart Diseases Menopause Penis Disorders Prostate Cancer Prostate Diseases

Reproductive Health Seniors’ Health Sexual Health Sexually Transmitted

Diseases Testicular Cancer Testicular Disorders Urinary Incontinence

National Institute on Aging

http://www.nia.nih.gov Publications on Aging (English and Spanish)

– Html, pdf, or order free print copy

NIHSeniorHealth

Large text, easy to read information from the National Institutes of Health

http://nihseniorhealth.gov/

Mayo Clinic

Healthy Aging http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-aging/MY00374– Sexual health and aging: Keep the passion alive– Senior sex: Tips for older men

HIV/AIDS

WWW.AIDSINFO.NIH.GOV

NLM HIV/AIDS Information

http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hiv.html From the National Library of Medicine Starting points for the public

Other Resources

Get Yourself Tested Campaign http://www.itsyoursexlife.com/gyt/gytnow/

HIV/InSite http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite

Final Thoughts

Sex is closely tied to your health—even more so the older you get

It is very important that people talk to their doctors about their sexual and reproductive health concerns

There are lots of solutions available now for sexual health concerns, and more on the way

Practice safe sex no matter what age Exercise and Eat Well!

This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, under Contract No. NO1-LM-6-3504 with the University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library.

Question?

Did this presentation meet the objectives?Attendees will

• Identify resources on sexual health:• For teens, GLBT community

members, adults and older adults• Know two strategies on handling the

reference interview