{"id":755,"date":"2018-09-19T11:24:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T11:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/?p=755"},"modified":"2019-04-22T15:06:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T15:06:46","slug":"sexual-health-and-your-patients-a-providers-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/?p=755","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Health and Your Patients: A Provider\u2019s Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Sexual Health and Your Patients: A Provider\u2019s Guide<\/em>\u00a0can help healthcare providers better integrate sexual health conversations and recommended preventive services into routine visits with adolescents and adults. By using this guide, providers can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Streamline their sexual history taking<\/li>\n<li>Increase their delivery of recommended preventive sexual health services by using \u201cat a glance\u201d tables<\/li>\n<li>Improve their care for LGBT patients<\/li>\n<li>Be better prepared to discuss sexual health topics and answer patient questions<\/li>\n<li>Become more knowledgeable about sexual health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Explore the guide&#8217;s sections by clicking on the links below, or download the entire guide by clicking in the box.<\/p>\n<p>How to Discuss Sexual Health<br \/>\nSex can be difficult to discuss, but many patients want to talk about it with you. Get tips for ensuring a productive sexual health conversation with your patients.<\/p>\n<p>Asking Essential Sexual Health Questions<br \/>\nFind the essential sexual health questions to ask adults and adolescents at least annually, plus additional questions you can ask to get more information.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering Recommended Preventive Sexual Health Services<br \/>\nPreventive services are a key element to improving and protecting sexual health. Find out which your patients should be getting, and which they shouldn&#8217;t be.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to Your Patients&#8217; Questions<br \/>\nNot always ready to answer questions about sexual health? See sample responses to common questions so you can include all the important elements in your answers.<\/p>\n<p>Information About Recommended Screening Tests<br \/>\nSee here for general information about recommended screening tests, including their sensitivity and specificity.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nationalcoalitionforsexualhealth.org\/tools\/for-healthcare-providers\/asset\/Information-about-Recommended-Screening-Tests.pdf\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where to Learn More<br \/>\nWant to learn more about a particular sexual health topic? Visit this list of clinical education and resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sexual Health and Your Patients: A Provider\u2019s Guide\u00a0can help healthcare providers better integrate sexual health conversations and recommended preventive services into routine visits with adolescents and adults. By using this guide, providers can: Streamline their sexual history taking Increase their delivery of recommended preventive sexual health services by using \u201cat a glance\u201d tables Improve their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":756,"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions\/756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}