Sexual Health Challenges in Emerging Nations, Populations, and Minorities: Research, Applications, and Recommendations

Dear Colleagues,

At a time when the world is focused on mega-health issues surrounding infectious disease and its control, issues of sexual health, choice, and wellness are at risk of receding into the background. Yet as people become increasingly isolated from their social networks and withdrawn into immediate family circles due to pandemic and contagion, the day-to-day impact of sexuality and relationships has become increasingly relevant. The need for intensified investigation of sexual issues within new and vulnerable populations remains as critical as ever, given that the sexual psychological and relationship well-being of individuals is often linked to racial, cultural, economic, and educational disparities.

In this Special Issue, we invite and welcome papers that bring new insights to understudied populations, whether they be related to specific geo-cultural regions, specific sexual and ethnic minority groups, specific disorders, or specific challenges (e.g., domestic abuse, infertility, STI’s, etc.). A diversity of perspectives is encouraged, ranging from physical, biomedical, psychological, sociological, and anthropological/cross-cultural to public health, legal, and historical. The goal is to generate awareness and promote cross- and inter-disciplinary understanding and conversation regarding issues impacting the sexual health and well-being of youth and adults, with an eye toward providing realistic and culturally-acceptable applications, recommendations, and solutions for the problem under study.

Prof. Dr. David L. Rowland
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sexes is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.