Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,921,026,319 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

sex hygiene

    0.01 sec.
sex hygiene
n.
The branch of hygiene that is concerned with healthy sexual practices.


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Medical browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
20) During the years leading up to the start of World War I, several other major public health issues emerged into prominence in Canada that had a strong social dimension, particularly growing medical concerns about the impact of the "hidden plague" of venereal disease and the need for programs of sex hygiene education for school children and their parents.
59) In addition to the explicitly eugenic aim of 'Education on Sex Hygiene and furtherance of Eugenics', two other aims contain implicitly eugenic objectives, the first being: To educate the people in Healthy Family Planning facilities for scientific contraception so that married people may space or limit their families and thus promote their happiness in married life and mitigate the evils of ill health.
A nationwide service From its beginnings in the 1930s as the Sex Hygiene and Birth Regulation Society, FPA has grown into a nationwide service, employing 80 nurses and 40 doctors, many part-time workers raising families.
 
 
 
Medical Dictionary
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.