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Dialogue with patient
• Have you had any recurring symptoms or diagnosis?
• Have you ever been diagnosed with an STD?When?How were you treated?

5. Prevention of pregnancy: questions should be gender appropriate and you may

determine the patient is at risk of becoming pregnant or fathering a child.
Dialogue with patient
• Are you concerned about getting pregnant or getting your partner pregnant?
• Are you using contraception or practicing any form of birth control? Do you need any
information on birth control?
• Are you currently trying to conceive or father a child?

By the end of the interview session, the patient may have come up with information or
questions that he or she was not ready to discuss earlier you may ask about what other concerns
or questions regarding your sexual health or sexual practices would she like to discuss? Before
she left. and don’t forget to thank the patient for being open and honest and praise any protective
practices.

Religious or Ethnic Differences

• Explain the purpose and not judge their beliefs of religion.
• Remind information is private.
• For use of medication, explain medical necessity/benefit and consequences of not using.
• For unsafe “medication” or herbal explain research performed (or not) and potential
expectations from use.
o Don’t think that you are better than them. Not judging their beliefs but explain
what you have, your data with evidence-based support otherwise they will not
believe you. Sometimes you can’t convince them about that. Ask them about their
fear, their belief, and most of the time it is based on their personal thinking, their
personal belief that you have to respect and don’t judge but at the same time you
would try your very best to give them information if they need it.
o A lot of people are now using Herbal as well so a lot of time they have
contraindication with the medicines you need to give them information that is
based on research not based on your own belief or thinking. Any potential harm
let them know. They have the right to know whether they will take it or not but it
is your job.
Financial Issues

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