1. Sexual Wellbeing: An Overview

2. Sex is an important part of life
It’s a way for people to:
Feel pleasure
Express love for their partners
Become pregnant with children

3. Sometimes, sex leads to serious problems
Unwanted pregnancy
Diseases and infections, such as STIs
Emotional problems

4. Men and Women have the right to be happy sexually and to protect their sexual health!

5. Deciding if and when to have children
Sexual Health Means:
Deciding if and when to have children

6. Sexual Health Means:
Preventing diseases, including HIV/AIDs

7. Sexual Health Means:
Having a healthy body

8. Choosing with whom and when to have sex and being free from violence
Sexual Health Means:
Choosing with whom and when to have sex and being free from violence

9. Family Planning Means:
Having the number of children you want, when you want them.
Both men and women must take part in family planning

10. Family Planning Is Important!
Pregnancy is risky! Mothers and babies will be healthier because fewer pregnancies means less risks
Fewer children means more food for each child

11. Family Planning Is Important!
Fewer children can mean more time for parents to spend with their children
Waiting to have children can give women and men time to finish their education

12. It’s A Right!
A person has the right to decide how many children they want to have
A woman has the right to protect her health from the risks of pregnancy

13. There are several methods of family planning
Barrier Methods
Hormonal Methods
IUDs (Intrauterine Devices)
Natural Methods
Permanent Methods
All of these methods (EXCEPT FOR PERMANENT METHODS) can be stopped at ANY time if a woman decides to get pregnant or if she decides to try a different method of family planning
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14. Barrier methods work by physically preventing the man’s sperm from joining with the woman’s egg
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15. Condoms An example of a barrier method
Can be bought at the store or at a clinic or an gotten at an agency for free
The ONLY method of family planning that also protects against diseases
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16. Hormones and Hormonal Methods
Hormones are chemicals in the body.
Men and women have different hormones.
It is hormones that make men grow mustaches and women grow breasts.
Hormones also determine when a woman can get pregnant (when she is “fertile”) by getting her body ready for pregnancy.
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17. Hormonal Methods
When a woman uses a hormonal method of family planning, she puts hormones in her body that prevent her from getting pregnant by:
Preventing her body from releasing an egg
Making it harder for the sperm to reach the egg
Keeping the egg from sticking inside the womb
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18. A woman needs to see a doctor to get a hormonal method!
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19. Hormonal Methods The Pill
Woman takes one pill every day at the same time
The Patch
Woman wears on her skin and changes once a week
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20. Inserted into the woman’s arm by a doctor
Hormonal Methods
Implants
Inserted into the woman’s arm by a doctor
Work for up to 3 years
The Shot
Woman gets a shot every 3 months
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21. Intrauterine Device: IUD
Put into the womb by a doctor
Can last for 5 or 10 years
Can be removed when the woman decides she wants to get pregnant or at any other time
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22. Natural Methods
Natural methods help a woman know when she is fertile, so that she can avoid having sex at that time.
A woman is usually fertile during the middle days of her monthly bleeding cycle
A woman is usually NOT fertile when she is breastfeeding for the first 6 months after her baby is born
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23. Permanent Methods
A doctor makes it impossible for men and women to have any more children
The operation for a man is called a VASECTOMY
The operation for a woman is called a TUBAL LIGATION
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24. Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

25. What is an STI? An STI is a sexually transmitted infection
STIs are caused by germs that are passed through sexual contact
The only way to protect against STIs is by using condoms
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26. Many people have STIs and don’t know it!!
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27. If They Are Not Treated, STIs Can Cause Serious Problems
Pain and discomfort
Men and women might not be able to have children (infertility)
Babies can be born too early, sick, or dead
A person can even die
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28. How STIs Are Spread
The germs that cause some STIs are on the SKIN and are passed by touching during sex
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29. How STIs are Spread
The germs that cause other STIs live in the LIQUIDS of the body and are passed during sex
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30. How STIs are Spread
The germs that cause STIs can be passed from a pregnant woman to her baby
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31. Condoms are the only way to protect against STIs!
It is very important to use condoms
every time someone has sex.
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32. A person may have an STI if he or she has one or more of these signs:
• an unusual or bad-smelling vaginal discharge
itching or painful genitals
sores or blisters on the genitals
pain in the stomach
pain during sex
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33. Sometimes STIs do not have any signs at all!
A person can feel healthy, but actually may have an STI
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34. The ONLY way to know whether a person has an STI is to get tested by a doctor
A doctor will test the person’s blood or urine to see if they are infected.

35. If a person has an STI it is very important to take all the medicine the doctor says
Even if he or she does not feel sick anymore, a person will not be cured until all of the medicine has time to work
For some STIs, a person has to take medicine for the rest of his or her life
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36. Men and women should talk about STIs and family planning
Women have the right to protect their health from the risks of unplanned pregnancy
A man is responsible for protecting the health of his family from the risks of unplanned pregnancy
Both men and women have the right to protect themselves against STIs by using safer sex methods and getting tested at the doctor!

37. Healthy Bodies: Women’s Health
Women’s bodies are different need special care to be healthy.
Sometimes a woman might feel healthy, but actually have problems.
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38. It’s very important for a woman to get a check up at the doctor once every year. This way the doctor will be able to find problems early, when they are easier to fix.
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39. Cervical Cancer
A very serious cancer of the women’s reproductive system
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40. There is a vaccine that can help prevent cervical cancer
“Gardasil”
There is a vaccine that can help prevent cervical cancer
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41. A woman has to get the vaccine shot 3 times
She has to go back to the doctor 2 months after her first shot and 4 months after the second shot
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42. It’s very important that all women and girls age 11-26 get this vaccine!
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43. Menopause is a health concern of older women
Menopause happens when the woman’s monthly bleeding ends

44. Menopause is a natural part of aging
Menopause is a natural part of aging. However, because their bodies are changing, some women don’t feel well during menopause. Some signs are:
Feeling very hot, gaining weight feeling sad or angry, having trouble sleeping, and having sexual problems.

45. There are medicines that can help manage the symptoms of menopause
Most signs can be managed with exercise and eating healthy. However, if you feel very bad, talk to your doctor.
There are medicines that can help manage the symptoms of menopause
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46. Calcium
As women get older their bones lose calcium and get weaker and more breakable
Its especially important for women to eat lots of calcium-rich food like milk, yogurt, broccoli, oranges and leafy greens
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47. Staying Active
Regular exercise is very important for good health and sexual wellbeing
Exercise can strengthen muscles, prevent weight gain and make you feel happier
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48. Eating Healthy Food
Eating a balanced diet of whole grains, lots of fruit and vegetables, and lean protein will you feel healthier.
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49. It’s important to speak clearly to your partner about your sexual health concerns.
You have a right to be healthy and happy!

50. Remember, you are responsible for your health!

51. It’s very important to share this information with your friends, family, and community members so that everyone can be healthier!
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