Sexual Health Promotion

Many countries around the world, including OECD countries such as Australia and Canada, have a variety of action frameworks and public health strategies that speak to the importance of addressing the burden of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) and the need for prevention. This chapter offers (1) an outline of the current framing of sexual health from a public health perspective; (2) a call for increased attention to upstream sexual health promotion approaches; and (3) important considerations for the future of sexual health and social justice work in Canada, Australia, and other international jurisdictions.