© 2004 Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
REVIEW
Introduction to history taking and principles of sexual health
Department of Genito-urinary Medicine, St Stephen’s Centre, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr R Jones
Department of Genito-urinary Medicine, St Stephen’s Centre, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9TH, UK; rachaeljones30{at}hotmail.com
Sexual health has a profound influence over an individual’s physical and psychological wellbeing. There is an increasing need to develop effective strategies to reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) globally. Many STIs are asymptomatic and yet, highly infectious. The sequelae of such infections may be catastrophic and hence, an integrated multidisciplinary and preventative approach to the control of STIs is clearly necessary. Sexual history taking holds the key to the practice of sexual health medicine. It provides the basis for treatment, prevention, education, and sexual health promotion.
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