IOL - Health - August 2022

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Talking about pleasure during sex ed can

ENCOURAGE SAFE SEX New research has said that sexual health programmes that included sexual desire and sexual pleasure can improve knowledge and attitudes around sex, as well as condom use, compared to those that do not. WHILE it is important to be aware about sex, so as to prevent STDs, it is also important to be educated about it. New research has said sexual health programmes that included sexual desire and sexual pleasure can improve knowledge and attitudes around sex, as well as

BILLIONS of dollars are spent around the world each year on sexual and reproductive health and rights services and programmes. | ASIAN NEWS

condom use compared to those that do not. The research was published in the open access journal PLOS ONE. The meta-analysis of research literature from 2005-2020 found that incorporating pleasure in such programmes can have positive effects on attitudes and safer sex

behaviour and recommended revisiting sexual education and health intervention approaches that do not acknowledge that sexual experiences can be pleasurable. Billions of dollars are spent around the world each year on sexual and reproductive health and


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