Description
Sexual medicine is an immense field that deals with disorders of sexual health of individuals throughout the course of life. Due to its broad scope, a comprehensive approach to the subject is largely non-existent: research is in short supply and few medical educators are qualified to teach the subject. Different clinical, biological and psychosocial disciplines deal with the treatment of sexual disorders, but they often do this only partially due to the particular discipline. Clinical, technological and socioeconomic progress, along with societal changes, have caused general interest in sexual health to increase and change. Sexual medicine also has to pay more attention to modern-day developments. Incidents of mass sexual violence amplify the need for novel research on sexually deviant behaviour. Mass media, including social media, have an immense impact on contemporary viewpoints on sexuality by younger generations. Research on prevalence, pathophysiology, and optimal treatment of sexual dysfunction associated with chronic illness, including cancer, becomes more important. Importantly, too, the aging population compels medical and psychosocial sciences to deal increasingly with sexual health of older people.
The Action aims to exchange research results produced by different disciplines in order to find commonalities in concepts and approaches to sexual medicine. This will serve as the foundation for identifying shared concepts and definitions, and the start of joint interdisciplinary research, with a particular focus on including young researchers. It will also form the conceptual groundwork for developing interdisciplinary outlines and curricula for further university education at a European standard of qualification and recognition.
Action keywords
Model of education in sexual medicine - Science of sexual medicine and integrated sexual medicine - Sexuality in clinical and public health - Sexual wellbeing, sexual pleasure, sexual health, sexual rights - Sexual violence, sexual harassment, sexual aggression
Management Committee
Country | MC Member |
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Albania | |
Austria | |
Belgium | |
Belgium | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Bulgaria | |
Croatia | |
Croatia | |
Czech Republic | |
Czech Republic | |
Denmark | |
Denmark | |
Finland | |
France | |
France | |
Germany | |
Germany | |
Greece | |
Greece | |
Hungary | |
Israel | |
Israel | |
Italy | |
Latvia | |
Latvia | |
Lithuania | |
Malta | |
Malta | |
Moldova | |
Netherlands | |
Netherlands | |
North Macedonia | |
Norway | |
Poland | |
Poland | |
Portugal | |
Portugal | |
Serbia | |
Serbia | |
Slovenia | |
Spain | |
Spain | |
Sweden | |
Sweden | |
Switzerland | |
Switzerland | |
Türkiye | |
Türkiye | |
United Kingdom | |
United Kingdom |
Main Contacts
Action Contacts
COST Staff
Leadership
Role | Leader |
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Action Chair | |
Action Vice-Chair | |
Grant Holder Scientific Representative | |
Science Communication Coordinator | |
Grant Awarding Coordinator | |
WG1 Leader | |
WG2 Leader | |
WG3 Leader | |
WG4 Leader |
Additional roles
Role | Leader |
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Co-Leader WG1 | |
ITC CG Coordinator | |
STSM Coordinator |
Working Groups
Number | Title | Leader |
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1 | Research in specific disciplines: finding commonalities, develop joint concepts, interdisciplinary research-areas (subgroups) | |
2 | Joint interdisciplinary research on sexual medicine (subgroups) | |
3 | Towards a basic curriculum for university education on sexual medicine | |
4 | Communication, evaluation and dissemination |
Membership
Name | Working Group | Country |
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WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Belgium | |
WG 1 | Netherlands | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | ||
WG 1, WG 3 | Croatia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | ||
WG 1 | Slovenia | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 3 | ||
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | ||
WG 1 | Albania | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Portugal | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Netherlands | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Slovenia | |
WG 1, WG 3 | ||
WG 1, WG 3 | Portugal | |
WG 1 | Germany | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Portugal | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Croatia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Moldova | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Netherlands | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Spain | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Spain | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Germany | |
WG 1 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Moldova | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Belgium | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Moldova | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Spain | |
WG 1 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1 | Austria | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | ||
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Bulgaria | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Greece | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Czechia | |
WG 1 | Austria | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Spain | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Portugal | |
WG 1 | ||
WG 1 | Türkiye | |
WG 1 | Portugal | |
WG 1 | ||
WG 1, WG 2 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Netherlands | |
WG 1 | Serbia | |
WG 1 | Serbia | |
WG 1 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Netherlands | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Germany | |
WG 1 | ||
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | ||
WG 1, WG 2 | Malta | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Portugal | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Denmark | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Austria | |
WG 1 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | ||
WG 1 | ||
WG 1 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Portugal | |
WG 1 | ||
WG 1, WG 3 | Spain | |
WG 1, WG 3 | ||
WG 1, WG 4 | Portugal | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Spain | |
WG 1 | ||
WG 1 | Portugal | |
WG 1 | Belgium | |
WG 1 | Montenegro | |
WG 1 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | ||
WG 1, WG 2 | Latvia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | ||
WG 1, WG 3 | Lebanon | |
WG 1 | ||
WG 1, WG 4 | ||
WG 1 | ||
WG 1 | ||
WG 1, WG 2 | Spain | |
WG 1 | Estonia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 4 | Spain | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Netherlands | |
WG 1 | Germany | |
WG 1 | Spain | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Portugal | |
WG 1 | Lithuania | |
WG 1 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 1 | Malta | |
WG 1 | Netherlands | |
WG 1 | Denmark | |
WG 1 | Netherlands | |
WG 2, WG 4 | ||
WG 2 | Türkiye | |
WG 2 | Croatia | |
WG 2 | Sweden | |
WG 2 | Belgium | |
WG 2 | Türkiye | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2 | France | |
WG 2 | Netherlands | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Albania | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2 | Norway | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Finland | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Israel | |
WG 2 | Malta | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2, WG 4 | United Kingdom | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2 | Israel | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Netherlands | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Belgium | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Serbia | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Latvia | |
WG 2 | Germany | |
WG 2 | Portugal | |
WG 2 | Sweden | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2, WG 4 | Chile | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2 | Germany | |
WG 2 | France | |
WG 2 | Belgium | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2 | Germany | |
WG 2 | Germany | |
WG 2 | Netherlands | |
WG 2 | Sweden | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2 | Poland | |
WG 2 | Denmark | |
WG 2 | Italy | |
WG 2 | Portugal | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2, WG 3 | Czechia | |