Notes

Malalaman mo ang tungkol sa kung ano ang sex at ang mga panganib na dala nito. Kasama sa mga panganib ang pagbubuntis, mga impeksyon na nakukuha sa sekswal (STI), at pang-aabusong sekswal. Mahalagang malaman hangga't maaari tungkol sa sex. Ang mas maraming kaalaman sa iyo, mas handa ka upang gumawa ng mahusay na mga pagpipilian. Maraming paraan upang maprotektahan ang iyong kalusugan sa sekswal at alagaan ang iyong sarili

TO OUR HEALTH
Importance of Sexual Health. Sexual health is a big part of life. It can affect and is affected by other aspects of health. This includes physical, mental, emotional, and social health. Being in good sexual health means you are well informed, careful, and respectful to yourself

Sexual self-concept--defined as an individual's evaluation of his or her own sexual feelings and actions--is proposed as an important predictor of contraceptive behavior among teenagers, and a scale measuring the concept is described. In exploratory analyses among university students, sexual self-concept is found to be associated with frequency of contraceptive use and use at most recent intercourse. It is also associated with their choice of contraceptive--students who had used prescription methods at last coitus had significantly higher scores on the sexual self-concept scale than did those who had used nonprescription methods or no method. These findings, together with the finding from analysis among high school students that sexual self-concept appears to improve with age, suggest that younger teenagers may be poorer users of contraceptives because of a lower sexual self-concept. Counseling and sex education that address social and psychological issues may help improve adolescent contraceptive practice by addressing teenagers' views of their own sexuality.