Sexually Transmitted Infections in Older Adults: Increasing Tide and How to Stem It.
Older adults
Prevention
Sexual health
Sexually transmitted infections
Journal
Infectious disease clinics of North America
ISSN: 1557-9824
Titre abrégé: Infect Dis Clin North Am
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8804508
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2023
03 2023
Historique:
entrez:
22
2
2023
pubmed:
23
2
2023
medline:
25
2
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have been increasing in older adults. Sexual health remains an important part of overall health care at any age. There are several barriers and facilitators to addressing sexual health in this population. Changes attributable to normal physiologic aging as well as sexual dysfunction can affect sexuality in older adults. When it comes to preventing STIs, combination prevention strategies remain applicable in older adults. Addressing sexual health using a tailored approach is critical to stem the tide of increasing STIs rates in older adults.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36805014
pii: S0891-5520(22)00095-2
doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2022.11.003
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
47-63Informations de copyright
Published by Elsevier Inc.