Benefits and Models of Sexual Health Services Provided by General Practitioners

Sexual health is an important component of human health. Ignoring, misunderstanding and having misconceptions of sexual health will greatly impair people's quality of life. Owing to the concept of holistic health in general medicine, influence of biopsychosocial model of health, and family as a vital unit of care, and adherence to protecting patient privacy as a professional responsibility, general practitioners (GPs) have obvious advantages in offering sexual health services. However, more efforts are needed to strengthen the promotion of sexual healthcare knowledge popularization, sexual health screening, and sexual problem diagnosis and treatment in primary care of China. To provide support for Chinese GPs to deliver sexual health services, Department of General Medicine, the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, has pioneered in providing sexual health services and exploring new service delivery models using actions such as constructing a sexual health service team and a genital examination skills workshop, carrying out the consultation about sexual history, and developing a standard diagnostic and therapeutic procedure for sexualproblems