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ArticleInternational journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health2021

Sexual Health and Wellbeing through the Life Course: Ensuring Sexual Health, Rights and Pleasure for All.

Tim Sladden, Anne Philpott, Doortje Braeken, Antón Castellanos-Usigli, Vithika Yadav, Emily Christie, Lianne Gonsalves, Tlaleng Mofokeng

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Article in International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Associations between sexual health and well-being: a systematic review.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2024
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  7. FULLSENSE-An Online Intervention Program for Adults Reporting Sexual Difficulties: A Two-Armed Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial Protocol.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2026
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  10. Substance Use and Risky Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents: A Cross-National Clustered Analysis of 35 European and North American Countries.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025
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  11. Digital Platforms and Educational Tools for Enhancing Menstrual Health: A Scoping Review.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025
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  14. Men's Perceptions of Female Genitals.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025
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  15. The Effect of Sexuality Education During Pregnancy on Female Sexual Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Study.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025
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  16. A Comparative Study on Personality Traits, Temperament, and Interpersonal Attitudes: Fertile vs Infertile Couples.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025
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  17. Advancing sexual health and well-being for all.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2024
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  18. Progress towards sustainable development goals related to sexual health.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Tim SladdenSenior HIV Adviser, UNFPA (The United Nations Population Fund), New York, NY, USA.
Anne PhilpottThe Pleasure Project, UK, India; World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) Sexual Pleasure Declaration Taskforce, UK.
Doortje BraekenGlobal Advisory Board for Sexual Health and Wellbeing (GAB), Netherlands.
Antón Castellanos-UsigliHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Global Advisory Board for Sexual Health and Wellbeing (GAB), New York, USA.
Vithika YadavLove Matters India, Chair of the Global Advisory Board for Sexual Health and Wellbeing (GAB), New Delhi, India.
Emily ChristieHuman Rights and Gender Division, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Geneva, Switzerland.
Lianne GonsalvesUNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland.
Tlaleng MofokengSpecial Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Geneva, Switzerland The views presented in this commentary are solely those of the authors and may not reflect the official positions of the organizations with whom the authors are affiliated.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This commentary summarizes the context and positioning of sexual health, sexual rights and sexual pleasure, as three interlinked and indivisible aspects of sexual health and wellbeing (SH&W). In turn, sexual health is a major domain within broader sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), both in its own right as a human right, and owing to the importance of good sexual health for ensuring good reproductive outcomes. Furthermore, SRHR is a necessary, core part of overall health, thus sexual health and wellbeing is a fundamental aspect of general health that is often overlooked or even denied for some. In this commentary, we utilize a life course approach to illustrate how the tripartite of sexual health, rights and pleasure manifest themselves with different interlocking linkages, and actively contribute to overall health throughout life. As other papers in this series attest, the linkages of pleasure with the right to and attainment of health has received inadequate attention to date, both within the scientific literature and in policy narratives.

Indexed as

adolescent sexualityadult sexualitylife coursesexual and reproductive health and rightssexual healthsexual health policysexual health promotionSexual health & wellbeingsexual pleasuresexual satisfactionuniversal health coveragewomen's rights

Identifiers

PMID38595782
PMCPMC10903615

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