Multipurpose Prevention Technologies: A Global Sexual and Reproductive Health Priority

Despite the complementarity of sexual and reproductive health services (SRH), providers tend to offer them separately, rather than integrating them into a comprehensive plan of care (Boonstra, Barot,& Lusti-Narasimhan, 2014; Brady& Manning, 2013; Lusti-Narasimhan, Collins,& Hopkins, 2014). Integration of sexual and reproductive health is defined as offering patients comprehensive health services that include, but are not limited to HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STI), and family planning (Maharaj& Cleland, 2005).

Source: Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - July 28, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Meghan Reading, Alex S. Bowman, David C. Perlman, Sabrina Barrett Tags: Commentary Source Type: research