Solutions from Ukraine: Veteran Hub presents guide on intimacy and sexual health after war injuries
The organization says the study results showed that sexuality changes differently for each person after an injury. These changes may affect sensitivity, body perception, and desire, but they do not deprive a person of the right to intimacy and a full personal life.
The Veteran Hub team released the guide "Make Love. When the Body Feels Different," a Ukrainian study on sexuality after injuries. The Resex 2.0 project was presented in Kyiv on May 28.
Its authors studied how the intimate lives of male and female veterans change after injuries and prepared a practical guide with recommendations for restoring intimacy and contact with one's own body.
The guide brings together practical advice on:
The publication also includes:
The materials are available online free of charge, while printed copies are being distributed in medical institutions.
"Sexual health is an important part of life. If this area constantly involves pain, fear, or shame, sooner or later it will affect all other areas," said veteran and ambassador of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Blood Center Oleksandr Batalov.
The guide also includes video stories of veterans with different types of injuries, in which they share their own experiences of recovery and adaptation after trauma. The video stories are available via the link.
Background
It should be noted that Ukraine has launched a free chatbot that provides service members, veterans, and their partners with information about sex life and restoring intimacy after injuries.
Also, after a year of work by an offline office in Kyiv, the sexual rehabilitation project launched online consultations for service members and male and female veterans. Free help from a sex therapist is now available remotely across Ukraine.
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