Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health

The purpose of sexual and reproductive healthcare should be the enhancement of personal relationships and a healthy sex life and not merely counselling and care related to procreation or sexually transmitted infections. Providing practical and evidence-based guidance, this textbook follows the curriculum of the joint EBCOG and ESCRH examination in Contraception and Sexual and Reproductive Health . Coverage is comprehensive, allowing readers to gain an in-depth understanding of each topic. Written by trusted experts in the field, topics covered include contraception, infertility and sexual dysfunction, sexual violence and STIs. The text provides advice and practical tips for how to practice patient-centred counselling and shared decision-making. Improving the relationship between the patient and healthcare-provider leads to increased trust, adherence of advice and more satisfactory treatment for the patient.

Provides detailed advice for how to practice patient centered counselling and shared decision-making, improving the relationship between the patient and healthcare-provider leading to increased trust and adherence of advice

Comprehensive in its coverage of SRH topics, the guidance is evidence-based and up to date, aimed at specialists in the field looking to improve their in-depth understanding

Provides up to date, holistic guidance on how to manage patients with sexual dysfunction and victims of sexual violence, which can be lacking in many traditional resources that focus on practicalities of contraception and sexually transmitted infections

Table of Contents

Section I. Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Public Health Aspects and Prevention in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare:
1. Sexual and reproductive health and rights
2. European laws on sexual and reproductive health and the different policies regarding access to sexual and reproductive healthcare
3. The main threats to sexual and reproductive health and the principal components of good sexual and reproductive healthcare
4. The principles and roles of sexuality education
5. Sexual reproductive health: public health aspects 
6. General principles of preventive medicine in sexual and reproductive healthcare
7. Screening in sexual and reproductive healthcare
8. Reproductive life plan and preconception care, including vaccination
Section II. Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare:
9. The reproductive endocrinology of contraception
10. Evidence-based clinical practice in contraceptive counselling and care
11. Combined hormonal contraception
12. Progestogen-only contraception
13. Nonhormonal contraception
14. Permanent methods of contraception in women
15. Emergency contraception
16. Management of issues associated with female contraceptives: bleeding
17. Management of issues associated with female contraceptives: mood
18. Management of issues associated with female contraceptives: sexuality
19. Management of issues associated with female contraceptives: drug–drug interactions
20. Contraception in women with cancer
21. Contraception in women with benign breast disease and benign uterine and ovarian conditions
22. Contraception in women with cardiovascular conditions
23. Contraception in women with metabolic conditions
24. Contraceptive choices for women with HIV infection
25. Contraception in women with neurological conditions
26. Contraception in Women with psychiatric conditions
27. Contraception in disabled women
28. Contraception in women with immunosuppressive diseases
29. Contraception in women with lupus autoimmune diseases
30. Contraception in women with chronic kidney disease
31. Contraception in women with diabetes
32. Contraception in women with thyroid dysfunction
33. Contraception in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
34. Contraception in women with special needs: life-course approach
35. Male contraception
36. Termination of pregnancy: overview
37. Termination of pregnancy: medical methods
38. Termination of pregnancy: surgical methods
39. Termination of pregnancy at different gestational phases
40. Post-abortion care
41. Infertility
42. Hormones and female sexuality
43. Vulvovaginitis
44. Sexually transmitted genital infections: HPV, tricho, herpes, chlamydia
45. Sexually transmitted genital infections: syphilis, gonorrhoea, hepatitis, HIV
Section III. Sexual Healthcare:
46. Sexual counselling: general principles
47. Disorders of desire, arousal and orgasm in the female
48. Sexual pain disorders in the female
49. Vulvodynia
50. Disorders of desire, arousal and orgasm in the male
51. Life-course approach to sexual health
52. Sexual violence
53. Sexual and reproductive healthcare for LGBTI*
Section IV. Sexual and Reproductive Health Indicators and Policies:
54. Indicators of sexual and reproductive health and their relevance to policy development
55. Health systems for sexual and reproductive health
56. Prevention and health promotion in sexual and reproductive health
Index

Johannes Bitzer, University Women’s Hospital, Basel
Johannes Bitzer is Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. He is also Honorary Fellow of the UK Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health, and the Director of the Diploma in Sexual Medicine at University Basel Advanced Studies Center. He is a former President of the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (ESCRH) and past Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care. He is a former President of the International Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology and Member of the Core Group of the European Collaboration on Science and Technology (COST) -European Sexual Medicine Network.

Tahir A. Mahmood, Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Tahir A. Mahmood is Consultant Gynaecologist Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, and Murrayfield Spire Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland. He is an international Consultant to the UNFPA Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. C He is a former President of the European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG) and Past Vice-President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). He chairs the Quality Assurance Committee of the EBCOG examination and the EBCOG Standing Committee on Standards of Care and Position Statements.

Contributors

Chiara Benedetto, Teresa A. Bombas, Johannes Bitzer, Evert Ketting, Tahir A. Mahmood, Rolf S. Kirschner, Harald Moi, Kai Haldre, Sven O. Skouby, Kresten Rubeck Petersen, Sarah Sultana Grixti, Olivia Anne Cassar, Charles Savona-Ventura, Gabriele S. Merki-Feld, Frans J. M. E. Roumen, Katarina Sedlecky, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Juan Acuna, Helena Kopp Kallner, Omar Thanoon, Chu Chin Lim, Sharon T. Cameron, Anne Gompel, Giovanni Grandi, Maria Chiara Del Savio, Fabio Facchinetti, Angelo Cagnacci, Claudia Massarotti, Laura Gabbi, Anjeza Xholli, Alison Fava, Judith-Marie Mifsud, Parivakkam S. Arunakumari, Charlotte Gatenby, Jean-Jacques Ries, Christina I. Messini, George Anifandis, Alexandros Daponte, Ioannis E. Messinis, Gideon A. Sartorius, Yacov Reisman, Michelle Cooper, Linda Vignozzi, Gilbert G. G. Donders, Brigitte Maria Frey Tirri, Rossella E. Nappi, Lara Tiranini, Giulia Stincardini, Francesca Tripodi, Leonardo Micheletti, Sambit Mukhopadhyay, Susan Brechin