Gender and Sexuality Across the Lifespan and Access to Healthcare and Public Health Service

Gender and Sexuality Across the Lifespan and Access to Healthcare and Public Health Service

Work type:   Discussion Essay

Format:         APA

Pages:            1 pages ( 275 words, Double spaced

Academic level:       Master’s

Subject or discipline:         Health Care

Title:   Discussion | Gender and Sexuality Across the Lifespan and Access to Healthcare and Public Health Service

Number of sources:           2

Paper instructions:

Review

To prepare for this discussion, review the assigned reading for the week as well as:

What Young Women Believe About Their Own Sexual Pleasure (00:17:00) (opens in new window)

Understanding Normal Development of Adolescent Sexuality: A Bumpy Ride (opens in new window)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4477452/

Human Sexuality and Adolescence (opens in new window)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859969/

Gender Differences in the Utilization of Health Care Services (opens in new window)

https://www.mdedge.com/familymedicine/article/60747/womens-health/gender-differences-utilization-health-care-services

Respond

Men and women frequently think and behave differently. It is widely known that there are differences between men and women in the incidence and prevalence of most health conditions, such as mental health disorders and chronic disease. Recent studies have suggested that childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and its negative impact on sexuality and sexual health may increase the risk factors of developing chronic disease later in life. CSA is a significant public health problem that affects the lives of millions of people every year, and increasing evidence suggests that CSA may be linked to greater mortality from heart disease, obesity, and other chronic conditions. But is there a gender component to these chronic disease states?

Sexual health is unique in that patterns of male and female health status are directly linked. It is, however, difficult to make judgments about the use of services as data released publicly are not always broken down by gender.

  1. How might prior childhood sexual abuse impact risks of other health conditions?

2.Do men and women use health services with different degrees of effectiveness?

3.Do men and women receive different kinds of service from healthcare organizations?

Initial Posts: 250-300 words

Reference at least 2 scholarly resources

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