Sex Sense provides sexual health solutions:
- Demystifies sexuality and contraception in easy-to-understand
terms.
- Discusses all contraceptive methods available in Canada.
- Offers a comprehensive look at recent advances in sexual and
reproductive health such as the contraceptive ring, transdermal contraceptive
patch, new oral contraceptive pills and the intrauterine system.
- Provides straightforward answers to the questions women and men
most often ask their doctors.
- Lists helpful websites and phone numbers for support across
Canada.
- Presents trustworthy information collected and reviewed by
Canadian health experts.
The book has great visual appeal in addition to being very
user-friendly:
- An attractive 5-colour book designed with the latest knowledge
in information design.
- Created by a great team of students from Concordia University,
Montréal.
- Colour-coding, icons, boxes, QÀ format make reading fun
and finding info easy.
- Fact-based information collected and reviewed by a panel of
Canadian health experts.
Sex Sense is based on the latest international research
and the clinical guidelines used by Canadian health professionals to counsel
patients. Each contraceptive method is presented in a comprehensive,
easy-to-read question and answer format. In each case, the pros and cons are
explained as well as the failure rates and possible side effects.
“The SOGC does not encourage young people to have
sex,” cautions Dr. Sheila Dunn, a family practitioner at Sunnybrook and
Women’s College Health Sciences Centre and medical director of the Bay
Centre for Birth Control. “However, if someone is considering sexual
activity, they must learn the basics of safe sex to protect their health and
that of their partner. Published findings by the World Health Organization show
that young people will tend to postpone sexual activity, and use contraception
appropriately, when they receive comprehensive information in their formative
years.” Written and published by the Society of
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, 2005. |
