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At the Program in Human Sexuality, our mission is to advance the sexual health of Minnesota, the nation, and the world through preeminence in research, education, clinical service, and advocacy.
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Both medical students and practicing physicians report being underprepared to adequately address their patients' sexual health needs. Recent studies have demonstrated little dedicated time and variable content in medical school or residency program instruction on sexual health. To meet this need, the University of Minnesota's Department of Family Medicine and Community Health developed a required sexual medicine workshop for family medicine residents. A sexual medicine elective was created in 2009 to further advance residents' exposure and skills in the area of sexual health. A 2-4 week sexual medicine elective was created in 2009 to further advance residents' exposure and skills in the area of sexual health. This session will briefly review the development, context and evolution of the sexual medication elective since its inception. The current evaluation instrument, which includes demographic information, history of various sexual health patient encounters, and pre and post elective confidence in diagnosing and treating common sexual health concerns, will be discussed. Finally, the present will cover preliminary results from 2009, in which eighty residents have completed the elective, with preliminary results showing significant improvement in confidence across all measures.
According to the World Health Organization, sexual health is a state of physical, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality. The purpose of integrative sexual health care is therefore to examine the various factors that negatively impact a person's life, and focus on ways to treat the whole person. Along with conventional treatments, integrating mind-body approaches decrease sexual-emotional distress and improve a person's general well-being. The goal for this presentation is to disseminate practical applications on the mind-body approaches in sex therapy. It will provide health care professionals a general introduction on complementary and integrative therapies as well as lifestyle skills for treating sexual health related problems. Treatments such as mindfulness, massage therapy, acupuncture, nutritional support, yoga, and meditation will be discussed. Participants will learn how to translate the findings into their clinical practice.
This presentation will focus on family relationships for transgender adolescents and young adults. Research findings will focus on the ambiguous nature of family acceptance and rejection, the harm to well-being after a break in physical or psychological relationships with parents, and the development of family ties for transgender youth within the queer community. The findings are based on a study of 90 transgender young people aged 15-26 in nine cites of the U.S., Canada and Ireland. Participants were recruited through community centers, and come from a broad range of socioeconomic, ethnic and religious backgrounds.
Jenifer K. McGuire, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor with the Department of Family Social Sciences at the University of Minnesota.
Probation departments within the U.S. criminal justice system use a variety of means to monitor and treat sex offenders --- with many probation departments coordinating probation supervision with the work of therapists specializing in treating sexual offenders. This paper is a qualitative description of the probation and treatment systems supervising and treating sex offenders in two major U.S. metropolitan areas. Analyses revealed several general themes related to collaboration between the two professional groups as well as frustrations related to current actuarial tools, attitudes about sex offenders and frustrations that interfere with collaboration. Nick Newstrom is a research associate working on the project Sex Offender Treatment and Intervention Process Scale Implementation Evaluation project funded by the National Institutes of Justice of the Department of Justice (Michael Miner, PhD, principal investigator).
A native Minnesotan, Nicholas earned his undergraduate degree from the University of St. Thomas and his Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy from Saint Mary's University. He is currently a PhD student in the Couple and Family Therapy program at the University of Minnesota. Newstrom received his first experience treating sexual offenders at the Minnesota Sex Offender Program. This experience has served to guide his research interests in how family systems deal with atypical sexuality issues.
Dr. Eisenberg will provide an overview of Project RESPEQT, a three-part mixed-methods study of protective factors in the lives of LGBTQ adolescents in North America. The first phase of this study included qualitative interviews using a uniquely suited "go-along" interview method with 66 participants ages 14-19 in Minnesota, Massachusetts and British Columbia. The novel method and preliminary findings regarding LGBTQ adolescents' views of resources and supports in their communities will be discussed. The second phase, currently in development, involves creating an instrument and collecting spatial and environmental data to assess LGBTQ-climate scores for 120 different communities within the three study locations.
Dr. Eisenberg will share updates (and welcome input) on this "work in progress." The third phase of the study is planned for 2016/2017, and will involve pairing extensive student survey data from LGBQ youth with community-level data in the 120 communities, to test hypotheses regarding living in a more supportive setting; and substance use, mental health and high risk sexual behaviors in this population. Plans for this upcoming analysis will be described.
Marla Eisenberg, Sc.D., M.P.H. is an Associate Professor in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health in the Department of Pediatrics. Her research examines social influences on the health behaviors of adolescents and young adults, with a particular focus on LGBQ youth.
There has been increasing recognition and examination of the socialcultural variables that impact sexual and relationship health. This remains an understudied area, however, with regard to the sexual health and well-being of sexual minority populations and "non traditional" couples/families. I will present research on how self-objectification impacts the sexual health of diverse women, as well as how minority stress may uniquely impact the relational health of mixed orientation couples/families. An overarching goal of my research is to understand the variables that contribute to diverse, sexually healthy individuals and relationships, and, ultimately, to utilize this knowledge to help advance clinical care. As such, I will also also highlight and discuss the clinical implications and applications of this work.
The focus of this research presentation is to provide information regarding the evolution of my research program from the study of vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (now provoked vestibuldynia) in predominantly white American and European couples to the study of sexual pain in Somali female refugees living in the United States. In addition, I will touch briefly on a current project with UMN and University of California investigators in regards to reproductive medicine. Finally, I will present future directions in NIH funding, potential for interdisciplinary collaboration, and clinical application of the sexual pain research.
Jennifer Connor, PhD, Associate Professor, Marriage and Family Therapy Program Coordinator, (Department of Community Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy, St. Cloud State University). Dr. Connor has been a practicing clinician since 1994, and is licensed in marriage and family therapy. Her current practice is at Family Prospective Resources, and she provides supervision consultation to MedWay inc., a Somali based mental health service agency. Dr. Connor’s research interests lie within the area of women’s reproductive and sexual health. Specifically, she has conducted research in female sexual pain, infertility, and adjustment outcomes of children conceived via medical assistance. She has served as a co-investigator on the Somali Women’s Initiative for Sexual Health Study and the Family Communication Project.
While there is increasing recognition of sexuality as a key aspect of wellbeing, the interactions of sex and reproduction, mental health, and physical health remain poorly understood. In this talk, I will explore how psychologists can help women use sex in ways that promote mental and physical health. I will present research on how sexual activity may direct variations in immune function across the menstrual cycle, as well as how exercise may reduce sexual side effects of antidepressants in women.
Dr. Tierney Lorenz is a Research Scientist at the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University. Her research investigates the interaction of sex and reproduction with women's mental and physical health, with an emphasis on women's sexual function and the effect of sexual activity on immune response Dr. Lorenz completed her undergraduate work at Duke University, and doctoral work at the University of Texas at Austin. She completed her psychology internship at the University of Washington School of Medicine specializing in Behavioral Medicine/Neuropsychology. She joined Indiana University with an appointment to the Common Themes of Reproductive Development group in 2013. Dr. Lorenz's clinical specialities include sexual and mental health concerns in survivors of sexual abuse, and sexual wellbeing in women with medical conditions.
This presentation will discuss the many questions raised by the technological advances of the last two decades. It will explore what the research tells us about use of the internet and other digital technology, how societal advances influence the consequences of limiting internet access, and criminalization of certain digital behaviors, such as sexting. The exploration of these issues will be guided by the assumption that there is a new generation gap, that of the digit native, people who have never known a world without almost universal access to the world wide web and personal computers, and the immigrant, those of us who have had to learn to live with and use the “new technology.”
In this interactive media presentation, we will explore emerging themes of current trans* websites, blogs, Tumblr sites, YouTube videos, and message boards. Generational differences in the use of internet based social media will be discussed as an entry point to exploring how these formats serve to assist trans and gender exploring youth and adults in connecting with trans community and naming aspects of trans experience. We will discuss the nuances of difference between subcultural dialogues and dominant discourses on trans identity and how this is important to better serving trans communities in healthcare settings.
Every cell is sexed, every person is gendered, and every organism is stressed. Whereas sex refers to a multi-dimensional construct that includes genes, anatomy, gonads, and hormones that collectively define us as male or female, gender refers to an array of socio-culturally constructed roles, orientations, and identities that further influence within-sex variations in stress and coping. This presentation will focus on a research program aimed at delineating how sex, gender-roles, and sexual orientation in turn relate to stress hormones, physiological dysregulations, and mental health.
Robert-Paul is nearing completion of his Doctorate in the Integrated Program in Neuroscience at McGill University and is affiliated with Centre for Studies on Human Stress directed by Dr. Sonia J. Lupien from University of Montreal. Robert Paul has published more than 30 articles on stress physiology using transdisciplinary methods that have helped significantly expand the existing knowledge base on biopsychosocial risk factors as well a identifying potential pathways towards resilience. Over the last decade, he has developed an expertise with allostatic load that quantifies the “wear and tear” of chronic stress. His forthcoming post-doctoral work with Dr. Teresa Seeman at the University of California in Los Angeles endeavors to further intersect the structural stigma and chronic stress of sexual minorities.
In this presentation, Drs. Sara Mize and Alex Iantaffi will provide an overview of quantitative and qualitative findings from their Twin Cities-based formative study on sexuality, aging and mindfulness. Between December 2013 and March 2014, they surveyed and interviewed 61 people aged 50-88 (mean age: 61) across nine focus groups. The wealth of information collected also informed a play, developed by Pangea, to disseminate findings more broadly to community. In addition to presenting descriptive statistics and themes from the focus groups, they will discuss how the findings are being used and disseminated through the play and the development of accompanying educational materials.
Marla Eisenberg, Sc.D., M.P.H. is an Associate Professor in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health in the Department of Pediatrics. Her research examines social influences on the health behaviors of adolescents and young adults, with a particular focus on LGBQ youth. Dr. Eisenberg’s presentation will describe findings from her team’s recent analysis of data from the Minnesota Student Survey, examining school environments, bullying involvement, emotional well-being and vulnerable youth. Findings suggest greater than expected involvement of LGBQ youth in bullying perpetration, prejudice-based bullying victimization, and characteristics of the school setting that are associated with bullying experience and emotional well-being. Reasons for unexpected findings and implications for prevention will be discussed.
This presentation reviewed the history of research of sexual orientation and gender identity from Kinsey onward. We sometimes forget the history as we forge new territory. This presentation also illustrated how political and social events including activism has influenced research direction. Finally, we explored where we are now, where we are going and the opportunities that lie ahead.
The impact of intense stigma on health care and on mental health in sexual minority populations is described, along with the deficits in sexual health education for professionals which lead to denial of service and failure to screen and treat sexual minorities. The development of the SPEND model for screening, treatment and sexual health education in hostile health climates is presented.
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