Ross Michael W
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas, PO Box 20036, Houston, TX 77225, USA.
J Sex Res. 2002 Feb;39(1):7-9. doi: 10.1080/00224490209552112.
Sexuality is associated with a number of public health imperatives to prevent disease or disability or, if prevention is not possible, to treat and reduce the burden of disease as expeditiously as possible. With the advent of modern testing technology and better sampling of populations, the burden of sexually transmissible infections, sexual assault, and sexual disability have become more apparent. Presented here are U.S. data on the public health dimensions of human sexuality and the evidence for the urgent need to address the magnitude of sexually related public health problems.
性与一系列公共卫生要务相关，这些要务旨在预防疾病或残疾，或者在无法预防时，尽快治疗并减轻疾病负担。随着现代检测技术的出现以及对人群更好的抽样调查，性传播感染、性侵犯和性残疾的负担变得更加明显。此处呈现的是关于人类性行为公共卫生层面的美国数据，以及应对与性相关的公共卫生问题严重性的迫切需求的证据。
