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性健康评估对整体健康护理模式至关重要
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性健康评估对整体健康护理模式至关重要
Sexual Health Assessment Is Vital to Whole Health Models of Care
——原载《超级期刊-医学》2022年第3卷第3期——
<JMIRx-Med> 2022, 3 (3)
【关键词】性健康；性健康评估；老手；健康公平；健康评估；整体健康模型；沟通; 沟通障碍；技术壁垒；卫生保健; 性;性取向；性别认同; 性别; 性别; 模型; 关心; 障碍; 福祉；舒适; 评估; 电子病历；电子病历；质量; 公平
[Abstract] Sexual health is the state of well-being regarding sexuality. Sexual health is highly valued and associated with overall health. Overall health and well-being are more than the absence of disease or dysfunction. Health care systems adopting whole health models of care need to incorporate a holistic assessment of sexual health. This includes assessing patients’ sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). If health systems, including but not limited to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), incorporate sexual health into whole health they could enhance preventive care, promote healthy sexual functioning, and optimize overall health and well-being. Assessing sexual health can give providers important information about a patient’s health, well-being, and health goals. Sexual concerns or dysfunction may also signal undiagnosed health conditions. Additionally, collecting SOGI information as part of a sexual health assessment would allow providers to address problems that drive disparities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and similar minority (LGBTQ+) populations. Health care providers do not routinely assess sexual health in clinical practice. One barrier is a gap in communication between patients and providers. Providers cite beliefs that patients will bring up sexual concerns themselves or might be offended by discussing sexual health. Patients often report an expectation that providers will bring up sexual health and being comfortable discussing sexual health with their providers. Within the VHA, the lack of a sexual health template within the electronic health record (EHR) adds an additional barrier. The VHA’s transition toward whole health and updates to its EHR provide unique opportunities to integrate sexual health assessment into routine care. We highlight system modifications to address this within the VHA. These examples may be helpful for other health care systems interested in moving toward whole health. It will be vital for health care systems integrating a whole health approach to develop both practical and educational interventions to address the communication gap. These interventions will need to target both providers and patients in health care systems that transition to a whole health model of care, not just the VHA. Both the communication gap between providers and patients, and the lack of support within some EHR systems for sexual health assessment are barriers to assessing sexual health in primary care clinics. Routine sexual health assessment would benefit patient well-being and present an opportunity to address health disparities for LGBTQ+ populations. Health care systems (ie, both the VHA and other systems) can overcome these barriers by implementing educational interventions and updating their EHRs and back-end data structures. VHA’s expertise in developing and implementing health education interventions and EHR-based quality improvements may help inform interventions beyond VHA.
[Key words] sexual health; sexual health assessment; veteran ; health equity; health assessment; whole health model; communication; communication barrier; technological barrier; health care; sexuality ; sexual orientation; gender identity; sex; gender; model; care; barrier ; well-being ; comfort; assessment ; EHR; electronic health record ; quality; equity
论文原文：Alex Uzdavines, Drew A Helmer, Juliette F Spelman, Kristin M Mattocks, Amanda M Johnson, John F Chardos, Kristine E Lynch, Michael R Kauth (2022). Sexual Health Assessment Is Vital to Whole Health Models of Care. JMIRx-Med, Vol 3, No 3 (2022): Jul-Sep.
https://doi.org/10.2196/36266
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