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Information concerning the sexual functioning of SCI females is scarce—generally and in comparison to the literature on SCI males. In an effort to uncover recent trends in the provision of sexuality counseling services, numerous agencies, representing a national sample, offering rehabilitation programs to the SCI were contacted. Sixty-eight women who had sustained SCI within the past seven years responded to an anonymous questionnaire on the availability and perceived need for sexuality counseling services. Findings reveal less than half of the participants received some type of sex education or counseling post-injury. However, 85 percent believed that individual or group counseling and workshops would be beneficial to their sexual adjustment. Only in a minority of SCI women was there a marked decrease in sexual activity.
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Zwerner, J. Yes we have troubles but nobody's listening: Sexual issues of women with spinal cord injury. Sex Disabil 5, 158–171 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01116415
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