582 Index (Yellow Pages)
Reproductive system
changes during puberty, 54
defined, 47
health exams, 159
health problems for women, 3
illustrated, 44–46
inside parts (women), 45
man’s, 46
outside parts (women), 44
overview, 43
pelvic exam, 159, 535–537
shame about, 184
woman’s, 44–45
(Also see STIs)
Rescue breathing, for baby at
birth, 94
Respiration (breathing rate), 531
Rest
HIV and, 291
need for, 158
Rhythm method of family
planning, (See Counting days
method)
Rifampicin, 514
Ringing in ears, 130, 479
Risk for HIV, 189-191, 285-287
Rocket stove, 396–397
Rotation of crops, 176
Rubbish, disposing safely, 151
Rural Women’s Sanitation, 127
S
Sadness, extreme (See
Depression)
Safer sex, 189–193
bargaining for, 192-193
in the community, 280–281
condoms, 61, 128, 190
defined, 189
HIV and, 189-190, 285, 291
information for girls, 60
making changes for, 189–195
methods, 190
overview, 160, 189
partner unwilling, 193
for sex workers, 346, 348
working for change, 194–195,
280–281
Safety
abortion, unsafe, 3, 241, 246–247,
259
avoiding rape, 330–331
bending, 399
carrying heavy loads, 399
dangers that can hurt fertility, 232
fire safety, 394
food safety, 156–157
health care providers’ responsibilities,
35
Safety (continued)
lifting heavy loads, 398
medicines, 470, 471–473
plan for violence against women,
322–323
for refugees and displaced women,
450–451
resisting sexual assault, 333
self defense for women, 332
for sex workers, 349–350
unsafe work conditions, 406–407
for women with disabilities, 146
(Also see Danger signs; Health risks;
Safer sex)
Salt
iodized, 68, 169
PMS and, 51
rehydration drink, 540
solution for burns, 538
Salves, 474 (Also see Medicines)
Same sex relationships
(homosexuality), 183, 184
Sanitation, 151–152
Scabies, 265
Schistosomiasis, 369
Scraping abortion, 38, 244, 248
Screening tests, 376, 378–379
Scrotum, 46
Seeing problems (See Eyes)
Seizures
birth control pills and, 209, 212
drug and alcohol withdrawal, 441
during labor, 74, 87
Self defense for women, 332
Self-esteem, 414–415
building, 145
development of, 414
in women with disabilities, 140–141
Self image, changes during
puberty, 56–58
Selling sex (See Sex workers)
Semen, overview, 46
Sepsis (blood infection), after
female genital cutting, 461
Sewing, health risks from, 406
Sex
abortion, 238–259
after rape, 337
anal, 185, 187, 189-190
avoiding pregnancy, 60, 61, 128
bladder infection and, 366
bleeding during, 274
bleeding from vagina after, 363
control over sex life, 181, 184-185
decisions for teenagers, 59–61
desire for, 185, 186-188
“dry,” 190
Sex (continued)
female genital cutting and, 463–464
gender roles, 180–185, 194-195
homosexuality, 183, 184
incest, 63, 329
infertility, 228–237
information for girls, 60
kidney infection and, 366
kinds of, 187
kissing, 187
masturbation, 188
with older men, 63, 64
older women and, 128
oral, 187, 190, 279, 524
pain during, 189, 274, 355, 380
physical sex, 182, 46
pleasure from, 186-188
practices and safety, 187, 190
pressured or forced, 62–64
protecting against disease, 60, 61,
128, 160, 189-190
relationships without sex, 60, 184
safer sex, 60, 61, 128, 160, 189–193
sexual abuse, 317, 331
sex workers, 340–151
survival sex, 341
talking about, 61, 192-195
touching, 187, 524
trading girls for money, 64
urinating after, 154, 279
vaginal, 187
withdrawing or pulling out, 190, 222
women with disabilities and, 144
(Also see Family planning; Gender
roles; Safer sex; STIs; Violence
against women)
Sexual assault (See Rape;Violence
against women)
Sexual harassment, 329, 331, 407
(Also see Rape; Violence against
women)
Sexual health, 184–195
after rape, 337
feeling pleasure from sex, 186-188
female genital cutting and, 463–464
gender roles, 182–185, 194–195
harmful beliefs, 184–185
infertility, 228–237
requirements for, 181
safer sex, 60, 61, 128, 160, 189–193
(Also see Gender roles; Sex; STIs)
Sexuality
as part of sexual health,181
harmful beliefs about, 184-185
learning about, 186-188, 194-195
Sexually transmitted infections
(See STIs)
Sexual parts of the body (See
Reproductive system)
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