Sexual Health
Sexual health is a basic human right that can often be disrupted after a spinal cord injury (SCI). Many people with SCI have questions about their sexuality that are often not addressed in rehabilitation. In 2017-2018 a team of clinicians, researchers and persons with lived experience of SCI identified this as a gap in care and developed a new sexual health practice for SCI rehabilitation at Parkwood Institute.Â
Goals
To embed sexual health education and support for patients with SCI into clinical practice by increasing clinicians' knowledge and confidence.
All SCI patients will be given permission to talk about their sexual health concerns and given the opportunity to identify sexual health goals throughout their rehabilitation stay
Increase self-efficacy of SCI rehabilitation clinicians to be comfortable giving patients permission to talk about their sexual health concerns and feel confident providing limited education on the subject matter
Develop processes to embed sexual health into practice across all disciplines within the SCI program
What this means…
For Patients & Families: Improved access to Sexual Health services and resources throughout the continuum of care.
For Clinicians: Improved levels of self-efficacy in addressing sexual health concerns of patients.
For Administrators: Access to better data to make decisions about resources and priorities.
For Researchers: Support implementation of best practices in spinal cord injury.
For Our Organization: Lead the field in Sexual Health and Rehabilitation.
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