Showing posts with label contraception. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contraception. Show all posts

Friday, 29 March 2013

Commissioning sexual health services and interventions

"Sexual health is an important and wide-ranging area of public health. Most of the adult population of England are sexually active, and having the correct sexual health interventions and services can have a positive effect on population health and wellbeing as well as individuals at risk."

Commissioning sexual health services and interventions: best practice guidance for local authorities
Department of Health
March 2013

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Friday, 8 February 2013

Unprotected nation


"The financial implications of unintended pregnancy and STIs go far beyond short-term medical costs: they have a major impact on the medium- to long-term financial health of our country, and the physical health of its people."

Unprotected nation: the financial and economic impacts of restricted contraceptive and sexual health services
S Lucas
Development Economics
January 2013

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