Health & Medicinearticle2026-09-17

Sexual health and healthy aging: the five ‘I’s conceptual framework

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Abstract

Sexual health remains important throughout life, including in older age. This special collection shows that older adults need respectful, inclusive, and culturally appropriate sexual health services. The five ’I’s framework – importance, individuality, inclusion, involvement, and integration – offers a practical way to improve care, research, and policy. This article belongs to the collection: Sexual health among older adults: A multi-disciplinary collection.

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Authors: Joseph D. Tucker, Dan Wu, Eneyi E. Kpokiri, Maggie L. Syme, Huachun Zou, Titilola Gbaja-Biamila, Reena Rajasuriar, Chunyan Li, Lianne Gonsalves

Institutions: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Washington University in St. Louis, Nanjing Medical University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Massachusetts General Hospital, University of London, University of Malaya, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, World Health Organization, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research