Sexual Health

Use this guide to find information resources about sexual health including books, reports and journal articles.

Last updated: 17/09/2024

Key Resources
Books
Journals

Key Resources

Royal College of Nursing (2023) Female genital mutilation. RCN guidance for sexual health care. London: RCN.

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Royal College of Nursing (2023) Genital examination in women. A resource for skills development and assessment. London: RCN.

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Royal College of Nursing (2022) Sexual and reproductive health: education, training and career progression in nursing and midwifery. London: RCN.

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RCN: Sexual Health education directory

This resource highlights training and qualification requirements for registered nurses, midwives, health advisers and nursing associates as well as unregistered health care support staff working in sexual health.
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RCN: Sexual health career stories and case studies

This selection of career stories, from nurses working across the UK and in a variety of organisations, demonstrate the various routes that senior nurses have taken to develop into the specialty and show the breadth of services providing sexual health care.
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Royal College of Nursing (2020) Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Cervical screening and cervical cancer. London: RCN.

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Royal College of Nursing (2024) Termination of pregnancy and abortion care. London: RCN.

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Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (2021) HIV: migrant health guide. London: OHID.

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Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (2021) Sexually transmitted infections (STIs): migrant health guide. London: OHID.

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Public Health England (2021) Promoting the sexual health and wellbeing of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. London: PHE.

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Public Health England (2021) Promoting the sexual health and wellbeing of people from a Black Caribbean background: an evidence-based resource. London: PHE.