Quality of Life in Adolescent and Young Adult Women With Dyspareunia and Endometriosis.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to quantify the prevalence of dyspareunia and its impact on quality of life (QOL) in adolescent and young adult women (AYA) diagnosed with endometriosis.

Methods: Eligible participants from the Women's Health Study: From Adolescence to Adulthood, a longitudinal cohort study, were AYA 18-25 years who reported having had sexual intercourse. We included n = 151 AYA with a surgical diagnosis of endometriosis and n = 287 without known endometriosis.

Discussion of Potentially Sensitive Topics With Young People.

Objectives: To identify modifiable factors that facilitate discussion of potentially sensitive topics between health care providers and young people at preventive service visits after Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation.

Methods: We used data from a national internet survey of adolescents and young adults (13-26 years old) in the United States. Questionnaire construction was guided by formative research and Fisher's Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model.

Comprehensive Sexuality Education as a Primary Prevention Strategy for Sexual Violence Perpetration.

Sexual violence (SV) represents a serious public health problem with high rates and numerous health consequences. Current primary prevention strategies to reduce SV perpetration have been shown to be largely ineffective-not surprisingly, since as others have pointed out current prevention largely fails to draw on existing knowledge about the characteristics of effective prevention. In this article, we examine the potential of K-12 comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), guided by the National Sexuality Education Standards (NSES), to be an effective strategy.