Equity Interventions to Promote the Sexual Health of Young Adults

Dear Colleagues,

The stimulus for this Special Issue is to build on recent calls in a number of countries for policy changes to improve the sexual health of disadvantaged youth. Many young people around the globe live in environments shaped by constrained social conditions and restrictive norms that negatively impact their sexual autonomy and access to sexual education as well as safe and free sexual health supplies and caring health providers. Young people with disabilities, as well as those facing material hardship, poverty, insecure housing, multi-generational impacts of colonization, stigma and discrimination, are especially disadvantaged in regard to sexual rights and access to key resources. The focus of this Special Issue is on youth-focused equity research and policies that aim to change these harmful structural conditions limiting youth from realizing their full potential as sexual beings.

We invite empirical papers that report research highlighting the social factors that play a key role in predisposing young people to elevated risk for sexual health-related social disadvantages and discuss equity-centred interventions, programs, and policies that aim to change these circumstances. Papers that capture the diverse voices of young people in recommendations to improve their life chances and realize their capabilities related to sexuality are especially welcome, as are submissions from disadvantaged regions of the globe.

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Social Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Prof. Dr. Cecilia M. Benoit
Dr. Andrea Mellor
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Social Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• youth
• diversity
• sexual health
• equity
• policies