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Showing 1 to 20 of 207 for “"Condom"”.
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The effects of partner type on condom choice and condom use
… sexual contexts and their attitudes toward condom choice. I tested the hypotheses that (a) implicit and explicit measures of attitudes towards condom choice would show that individuals in casual sexual contexts, compared to those in the context of exclusive sexual relationships, would …
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Associations Between Drinking, Condom Use Resistance, and Condom Use Among College Students
… for unprotected sexual intercourse. Having condomless sex is associated with increased risk of contracting an STI or becoming pregnant unintentionally. Although correct and consistent condom use protects against such consequences, many individuals may resist condom use during sexual …
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Condom Use Among College Students
… of HIV/AIDS, relationship status, perceptions of condom use, and perceptions of personal risk affect condom use during sexual intercourse. The impact of trust and love justifications along with the approval of peers were also examined. Perceptions of condom use and perceptions of personal risk …
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HIV Prevention: Effects of Masculinity and Condom Barriers on Condom Use among Black Male Substance Users
… (instrumental and expressive) and perceived condom barriers moderate the relationship between HIV treatment type (i.e., Control group vs. an HIV risk-reduction intervention known as Real Men are Safe or REMAS) and unprotected sexual occasions (USO) for 128 Black male substance users at 90- …
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Factors Affecting Condom Use Among College Students
<p>The absence of consistent and correct usage of condoms increases the risk of STI's and HIV/AIDS. However, most studies done to date across the nation indicate a low usage of condoms among college students. In fall of 2004, the National College Health Assessment was administered to a random …
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Do Marketing Strategies Impact Condom Sales in Uganda?
<p>What attracts people to buy condoms? HIV/AIDS remain one of the biggest health dangers of the world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. A lot of efforts have been pursued in the past two decades to drastically reduce prevalence of HIV and increase awareness about preventive mechanisms. In order …
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Factors influencing selected male college students' condom usage
… was to assess male college students’ use of condoms, reasons for using condoms, their attitudes toward sexuality, and their attitudes toward condoms. The sample consisted of 305 male students who completed a questionnaire consisting of informational items (assessing class standing, marital …
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From policy to practice : the anthropology of condom use
… the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards condom use amongst young people in the Northern and Western Cape in an attempt at understanding some of the cultural factors that inform sexual behaviour. It aims to explore issues of knowledge and the institutional culture of the clinic that …
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Women's views on and experiences of condom use : an exploration of how this impacts on women's sexual satisfaction and male condom use among women
Consistent condom use amongst women and men is one of the important safer sexual practices in combating the spread of HIV/AIDS. This dissertation examines factors which hinder or facilitate consistent male condom use, particularly as it relates to women's sexual satisfaction. Findings indicated …
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Factors affecting condom usage among Cape Town high school students
… on a key HIV preventive behaviour, namely condom usage, and used as its research target adolescents, a key risk group for HIV infection in South Africa. It aimed to investigate the key variables that influence condom usage among adolescents in the Cape Town metropolitan area. The study was …
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Attachment Anxiety and Condom Use: the Moderating Influence of Rejection-Salience
… and rejection-salience interacted to influence condom use intentions and beliefs. I manipulated rejection-salience specific to a sexual encounter (Study 1) and rejection-salience in general (Studies 2 and 3). I hypothesized that among women who were high in anxiety, those in the …
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Turning the light on : the negotiation and representation of condom use
… group of participants in England make sense of condom use, exploring how talk about condoms relates to the operation of and resistance to social inequalities, and examining how public health discourse is taken up and reformulated in everyday talk about sex. It takes a feminist, discursive …
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Predictors of condom use at first sex among South African adolescents
… heterosexual intercourse by not using condoms at sexual debut. Thus, there is the need to identify factors associated with condom use at first sex to inform future intervention programmes. Objective: To determine factors influencing condom use at first sex among South African …
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Condom Use Among U.S. Young Adult Black Women: An Integrated Cognitive Approach
… HIV-related stigma, perception of HIV risk and condom sexual self-efficacy influence condom use at last sex among young adult Black women. An integrated theoretical framework consisting of The Health Belief Model, Social Cognitive Theory and Intersectionality Theory were presented to explore how …
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The socioeconomic correlates of HIV/AIDS knowledge and condom use in Madagascar
… HIV/AIDS knowledge and related behavior (use of condoms)among women in Madagascar, a country where prevalence remains low but conditions are ripe for a rapid increase in infections. In both rural and urban areas, more educated and wealthier women are more likely to know about means of preventing …
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Examining the principles of social influence and condom use in casual sex
… reciprocity, scarcity, and social proof) and condom use in casual sex relationships in college populations. In Study 1, nine single-gender focus groups (N = 48) of college undergraduates were conducted to investigate the use of the principles of social influence for condom use decisions in …
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Body Mass Index Category, Exercise, and Depression: Predicting Condom Use at Last Intercourse
… Mass Index intersects with many predictors of condom use; however, few studies have viewed obesity as an independent predictor of condom use. Using a theoretical viewpoint that the obesity stigma may change an individual’s behavior, I look at BMI as an independent variable predicting condom use …
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