Project Type(s):
Clinical Research

This project aims to understand how concerns about pregnancy, whether planning for a child or trying to avoid an unintended one, affect women’s sexual well-being. Despite public health goals to reduce unintended pregnancies and STDs (Higgins et al., 2009), and the importance of sexual health to overall quality of life (Flynn et al., 2016), little research has explored the specific impact of pregnancy-related worries on sexual satisfaction and experience in women who are not currently pregnant (Bond et al., 2023a; Higgins et al., 2009). We know that sexual function issues are prevalent even among women planning pregnancy. We propose to explore pregnancy concerns and sexual quality of life among women (Bond et al., 2023b). We will then provide targeted education (depending on the responses in the survey and can differ for each individual) addressing their specific concerns and measure their sexual quality of life again to see if this information helps improve their sexual experience. The findings will highlight the sexual health needs related to pregnancy concerns and inform future educational programs.

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