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defined sexual health as, “integration of somatic, emotional, intellectual and social aspect of sexual being, in ways that are positively enriching and that enhances personality, communication and love.”
WHO In 1975
“integration of somatic, emotional, intellectual and social aspect of sexual being, in ways that are positively enriching and that enhances personality, communication and love.”
Sexual Health
the deliberate use of artificial methods or other techniques to prevent pregnancy as a consequence of sexual intercourse.
Contraception
These are methods of contraception that does not involve the use of any of the man-made devices.
Natural Contraception
These methods are useful for timing and spacing of pregnancies (i.e. Withdrawal, Safe period, abstinence)
Natural Contraception
methods which prevent meeting of sperms with the ovum
Artificial Contraception (Barrier methods)
(e.g. Condom, Diaphragm, Vaginal sponge, Chemical contraceptives, Intrauterine devices, Oral pills, Injectable contraceptives, Implants, Vaginal rings
Artificial Contraception (Barrier methods)
the only method which gives permanent protection from conception
Termination Methods (Sterilization)
(i.e. vasectomy, tubectomy).
Termination Methods (Sterilization
are diseases and infections which are capable of being spread from person to person
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
is the most intimate, inner subjective part of the self. It connects to the satisfaction of having an ability to argue and discriminate, of one’s moral sensibility and conscience.
Spiritual Self
The ability to use oral sensibility and conscience may be seen through the expressions of
religion, its beliefs and practices.
are also manifestations of what people believe in. Seeking the meaning of life is a journey that the spiritual
Cultural rituals
spirituality is the aspect of the self that is associated to an individual’s process of seeking and expressing meaning and how he or she is connected to the self, to others, to the moment and to everything else that composes his/her environment, including the sacred and significant.
Puchalski (2014)
spirituality is any experience that is thought to bring the experiencer in contact with the divine; it is not just any experience that feels meaningful.
Beauregard and O’Leary (2007),
spirituality is also posited as the individual’s personal relation to the sacred or transcendent, a relation that then informs other relationships and the meaning of one’s own life.
Sinnott (2002)
spirituality is the “personal and private beliefs that transcend the material aspects of life and give a deep sense of wholeness, connectedness, and openness to the infinite.”
Myers and his colleagues (2000),
What do these definitions have in common with regard to spirituality?
o Spirituality talks about meaning and purpose that go beyond the physical realities of life
o Spirituality is focused on a person’s connections to different aspects of his/her existence: to other people, to nature, and to sacredness and divinity
o Spirituality talks about the sacred and transcendent.
Is acquired as a result of various personal, social, and environmental factors present throughout one’s lifetime.
Spirituality
is often interchangeably referred with Religiosity but they have distinct differences.
Spirituality
