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This has the potential to leave women unprepared to manage transient or normative sexual health changes after childbirth. For meaningful discussions, clarity and understanding of postpartum sexual health is required.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>A principle\u2010based method of concept analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Data sources<\/jats:title><jats:p>The databases of PubMed, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CINAHL<\/jats:styled-content>, Maternity and Infant Care, PsychInfo, Web of Science, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EMBASE<\/jats:styled-content>,<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"> SCOPUS<\/jats:styled-content> and Social Science Index were systematically searched, from their earliest dates, using a combination of key terms, including; \u2018sexual health\u2019, \u2018sexual function\u2019, \u2018dyspareunia\u2019, \u2018sexuality\u2019, \u2018sexual desire\u2019, \u2018sexual dysfunction\u2019, \u2018postnatal\u2019 and \u2018postpartum\u2019, resulting in a final included dataset of 91 studies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Using the principle\u2010based approach, postpartum sexual health was analysed under the four philosophical principles of epistemological, pragmatic, linguistic and logical.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Philosophically, postpartum sexual health is underdeveloped as a concept. A precise theoretical definition remains elusive and, presently, postpartum sexual health cannot be separated theoretically from sexuality and sexual function. Identified antecedents include an instrument free birth, an intact perineum and avoidance of episiotomy. Attributes include sexual arousal, desire, orgasm, sexual satisfaction and resumption of sexual intercourse. Outcomes are sexual satisfaction and a satisfying intimate relationship with one's partner.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Postpartum sexual health is conceptually immature with limited applicability in current midwifery practice.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jan.12692","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,5,21]],"date-time":"2015-05-21T08:07:56Z","timestamp":1432195676000},"page":"2247-2257","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":48,"title":["Postpartum sexual health: a principle\u2010based concept analysis"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"71","author":[{"given":"Deirdre","family":"O'Malley","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing &amp; Midwifery Trinity College Dublin Ireland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Agnes","family":"Higgins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing &amp; Midwifery Trinity College Dublin Ireland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Valerie","family":"Smith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing &amp; Midwifery Trinity College Dublin Ireland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,5,21]]},"reference":[{"issue":"7","key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","first-page":"929","article-title":"Sexual problems in women during the first postpartum year and related conditions","volume":"21","author":"Acele E.O.","year":"2011","journal-title":"Journal of Clinical Nursing"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1471-6712.2001.00035.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/01674820500463389"},{"issue":"4","key":"e_1_2_11_5_1","first-page":"127","article-title":"First time parents sexual relationship","volume":"3","author":"Ahlborg T.","year":"2000","journal-title":"Scandinavian Journal of Sexology"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00224490509552270"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00224490802204423"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00192-006-0156-0"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.0730-7659.2005.00388.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11689.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00192-011-1431-2"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/19317610903408130"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/1472-6874-11-12"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_14_1","volume-title":"Postnatal Care. 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