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Showing 1 to 20 of 157 for “"Condom use"”.
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Associations Between Drinking, Condom Use Resistance, and Condom Use Among College Students
<p>Alcohol use and sexual intercourse are common behaviors among young adults in college. Drinking is considered a risk factor for unprotected sexual intercourse. Having condomless sex is associated with increased risk of contracting an STI or becoming pregnant unintentionally. Although correct and …
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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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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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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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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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The effects of partner type on condom choice and condom use
… HIV infection. Little previous research has focused on the relationship between individuals in different 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 …
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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
… of 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 …
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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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Predicting condom use from adolescence to emergent adulthood: A comprehensive health behavior model
… a comprehensive health behavior model to predict condom use longitudinally from adolescence into emergent adulthood. The comprehensive model was created by combining and extending widely used models of health behavior. Participant data for this secondary analysis were drawn from The National …
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Predictors of Male College Students’ Condom Use Based Upon the Health Belief Model
… review were possible predictors for the use of condoms in male college students. Data were collected using structured questionnaires from September 1 to October 31, 2008. A total of 105 male college students aged from 20 to 29 living were recruited. The instruments used in this study were …
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Factors that influence adolescents condom use decision-making in the Western Cape, South Africa
This study explores factors that influence condom use decision-making of adolescents from two schools in the Western Cape, South Africa. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data generated from 16 individual semi-structured interviews. When exploring the factors that influence adolescent’s …
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Attitudes of youths from 14 to 19 years towards condom use at Botlokwa, Limpopo Province
… fluid comes into contact with mucosa! surfaces. Condoms block the discharge of semen or protect the male urethra against exposure to vaginal secretions. Thus, condoms provide a greater level of protection against STis. The main purpose of this study was to explore the attitudes of teenagers …
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