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Showing 1 to 20 of 133 for “"STIs"”.
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African American Parent-Teen Communication regarding dating, sex, and risk of STIs
… were from neighborhoods slated as high risk for STIs/HIV infections in Central New York. Data was collected through audio-recorded qualitative face-to-face interviews.</p> <p>The study revealed that African American parents see the need for sexuality discussions and they are interested in being …
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Male sexuality and masculinity: Implications for STIs/HIV and sexual health interventions in Bangladesh
My thesis concerns male sexuality as revealed by men living in contemporary urban and rural Bangladesh. I pursue what men think it means to be a man. dimensions of manliness and manhood, and male influences in the construction of male/female relationships. Significant meanings men attribute to …
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Expanding presumptive male partner management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) to Western Cape, South African community retail pharmacies
The effect of industrialisation has thrust the pharmaceutical profession into a clinical paradigm where the approcah to pharmaceutical decisions is more disease and patient orientated. Consequently, South African community pharmacies are inundated with requests from the public for advice and …
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A comparison between traditional and modern circumcision practices in the prevention of HIV and other STIs transmission in Chavuma and Kapiri Mposhi districts.
… practices in the prevention of HIV and other STIs transmission in Chavuma and Kapiri Mposhi districts. Zambia is a multi-cultural society, characterized by different racial, ethnic, religious, and traditional groupings. These have significant potential for promoting good health. The report by …
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A comparison between traditional and modern circumcision practices in the prevention of HIV and other STIs transmission in Chavuma and Kapiri Mposhi districts.
… practices in the prevention of HIV and other STIs transmission in Chavuma and Kapiri Mposhi districts. Zambia is a multi-cultural society, characterized by different racial, ethnic, religious, and traditional groupings. These have significant potential for promoting good health. The report by …
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Knowledge, attitudes and risk behaviours regarding sexually transmitted infections among learners at a selected high school in Collins Chabane Municipality
… prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among High Schools has reached an epidemic level, calling for public health intervention. The study purpose was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and risk behaviours related to STIs among learners at a selected high school in Collins …
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The interaction between HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in South Africa: a model-based evaluation
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have been shown to increase the probability of HIV transmission, but there remains much uncertainty regarding the role of STI treatment in HIV prevention. This thesis aims to develop a mathematical model to estimate the prevalence of STIs in South Africa, the …
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Prevalence of asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections: a retrospective review of screening data from Desmond Tutu HIV Centre clinical trial cohorts from 2012 to 2017, Cape Town
… The burden of Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is high globally. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends syndromic management of these STIs, based on presentation with signs and symptoms, in resource-limited countries. Due to this syndromic approach, there is little current data on …
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Prevalence and correlates of sexually transmitted infections among female survivors of sexual assault at the university teaching hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
… the burden of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in women and children of all ages. In children, the isolation of a sexually transmitted organism may be the first indication that sexual assault has occurred whilst in adults, the risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted infection as a result …
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Exploring motivation to notify and barriers to partner notification of sexually transmitted infections in South Africa
… have contracted sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in a township community in South Africa. It will further assess the intervention's impact on participants' motivation and skills to notify their partners about their STI status. Methods: Relying on recorded counselling sessions from an …
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Sexual networks of individuals infected with sexually transmitted infections: Structure and disease transmission
… in the rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) suggest that control programs may not be targeting the population responsible for the spread of STIs - core groups. The objective was to examine STI transmission within these groups using both traditional epidemiology and social network …
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The pedagogy of the clinic: health professionals and women with viral sexually transmitted infections
… clinicians, women and the two most common viral STIs, the human papilloma virus (HPV) and the herpes simplex virus (HSV). To consider the effects of the myriad beliefs that inform clinical teaching I draw from poststructuralist feminist discourse theory. For data collection I used in-depth email …
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Three Essays on The Economics of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have important consequences for individuals and society. Extensive literature has shown that various individual factors impact STIs. However, much less is known about their structural causes and how they affect sexual behavior and sexual network formation. In …
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Characterisation of mucosal tissue in the foreskin after voluntary medical male circumcision
… of other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) like Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) -2 and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) by 25% and 35% respectively. Asymptomatic STIs may elevate the risk of HIV-1 acquisition by recruiting HIV-1 target cells to the foreskin. The higher permeability of the inner …
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Self-Theories of Intelligence and Rural Middle School Students: Examining a Model of Achievement Motivation
… interventions: self-theories of intelligence (STIs). Within this study, STIs are explored within a previously tested model of motivational variables (goal orientations, effort beliefs, interest, causal attributions, and failure response). The addition of metacognition to this model of …
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Patterns and Predictors of HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Staphylococcus Aureus Co-Infection among New York State Prison Inmates
… HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are also prevalent. The purpose of this cross-sectional, correlational secondary analysis was to describe patterns of S. aureus co-infection with HIV and STIs in two New York State prisons and to identify risk factors for co-infection. …
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How We Communicate Behavior Matters: Adolescent Sexual Behavior in the Era of Streaming Television
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States continue to be a threat to the country’s public health and prove to be an enduring public health challenge. Although most STIs are treatable, if left untreated they can result in a range of mild to severe physical symptoms. Adolescents are …
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Sexually transmitted infections, bacterial vaginosis and genital inflammation as risk factors of HIV acquisition in adolescent girls and young women in South Africa
… play an important role at increasing risk. BV, STIs and genital yeast infections are known to influence HIV risk, although few studies have been conducted in African adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). Understanding the role of behavioural and biological risk factors in this key population …
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Relationship between sexual partnerships, intimate partner violence and sexually transmitted infections in pregnant women living with HIV and not living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa
… risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) prior to and during pregnancy. There is limited research on the link between quality of sexual relationships, intimate partner violence (IPV) and STIs in pregnancy. This study aims to evaluate the association between relationship type and …
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Prevalence and quality of syndromic diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections within the Kisumu incidence cohort study in Kisumu, Kenya
Background: STIs are of major public health concern in developing countries, not least because they facilitate transmission of HIV, but also because they are important causes of mortality and morbidity among African populations, resulting in, among other things, adverse birth outcomes, neonatal and …
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