Communication and Managing Sexuality in the Tasks of Public Health

Abstract

This research article aims to illustrate ways in which the topic of sexuality in the research contexts of cervical cancer and intersex has been addressed. The objectives of addressing the same topic, but in different contexts, were different. Talking in cervical cancer care was to check that there were no sexual problems between the patient and her husband, and everyday living. The use of different questions, gaze, pause, reference to a third person, and dramatization were applied. For the other context, the purpose of discussing sexuality with an intersexed person was to check the true choice of sexual desire expressed by the patient. The ways in which two nurses talked to an intersexed person were to use indirect questions, pause and lexical choice. The analysis and report in this research article may help some other relevant staff working in the area of sexuality. Also, it may help facilitate people to regard sexuality with less discrimination, or less bias.