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Chapter 6 - General Principles of Preventive Medicine in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

from Section 1 - Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Public Health Aspects and Prevention in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2024

By
Johannes Bitzer
Edited by
Johannes Bitzer  and
Tahir A. Mahmood
Johannes Bitzer
Affiliation:
University Women's Hospital, Basel
Tahir A. Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
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Summary

One concept is the biopsychosocial approach. This approach takes into account that SRH is influenced and impacted by medical and psychosocial factors which can be grouped into three major categories: physical health (body), mental health (mind, psyche) and social health (environment or life circumstances).

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Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health , pp. 38 - 45
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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