Health-care providers need to speak to patients about sexual health, no matter their age.
“I have one word for you: boomers!” wrote Diane from Arizona. “We are the ones who came of age during the sexual revolution. People had casual sex before settling down, and they are back at it after divorce, separation and death of partners. My single friends are on dating apps and having hookups as much their grandchildren are, except they aren’t using condoms.”, an associate professor of political science at Loyola Marymount University, has data to support Diane’s observations.
Often, these conversations evolve to other sexual health topics, including incontinence, decreased libido, vaginal atrophy, erectile dysfunction and other potentially treatable conditions that could impede a fulfilling sex life. “I learn all kinds of things that patients are too embarrassed to bring up on their own,” Steve explained.I think Steve has a terrific approach. In medical training, health-care professionals are taught that assumptions can be dangerous.
I think Maryanne is right. When I served as Baltimore’s health commissioner, our team delivered a series of talks on healthy living at the city’s senior centers. The seminars on heart disease, nutrition and exercise were popular, but nothing compared to the one on sexual health, which drew an unprecedented number of attendees. There is a hunger for information.
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