Context: Sexual health discussions between healthcare providers and adolescent and young adult patients are an important strategy for addressing and improving sexual health. However, healthcare providers often do not engage in comprehensive sexual health discussions with young patients during routine clinical visits.
Methods: We propose the use of a conceptual model, the Unified Theory of Behavior (UTB), as a tool that can aid healthcare providers in facilitating more comprehensive sexual health conversations with young patients.
Results: We present clinical scenarios on how healthcare providers can use the UTB with existing sexual health assessments during routine, clinical visits with their patients.
Conclusions: Using the UTB may be one effective tool to aid healthcare providers in initiating sexual health discussions and facilitating more comprehensive sexual health conversations with adolescent and young adult patients during routine clinical visits and sexual and reproductive health-focused visits.
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J Rural Health
January 2025
Independent Researcher, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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December 2024
UNDP‑UNFPA‑UNICEF‑WHO‑World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
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December 2024
The George Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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Sci Rep
December 2024
Centre of Excellence in Clinical Embryology, Department of Reproductive Science, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576 104, India.
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