Sexuality as an Independent Variable: The Contribution to (or Protection against) Chronic Disease,
Abstract
It is a plausible notion that sexual activity contributes to health outcome in a manner beyond merely serving as a mode for transmission of infectious agents. Professional speculation by medical practitioners supports such a notion but next to nothing is known about what sexual pattern leads to what health outcome. As a result, clinicians have little basis from which to render sound guidance on matters having to do with sexuality, and the disciplines of preventive medicine and preventive psychiatry are unable to educate accurately the public on how to adjust or expand sexual practices in order to promote health and ward off chronic disease. To achieve scientific understanding of the relationship, a long-term epidemiologic cohort study that would array the distribution of sexual activity against the distribution of health outcome is suggested. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 05, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA097611
Entities
People
- William E. Datel
Organizations
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research