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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Safer Sex"”.
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An Examination of the Relationships between Safer Sex Education and Intentions to Practice Safer Sex in Undergraduate Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
Canadian rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are increasing, with young adults being at higher risk. Safer sex practices, including barrier use, can decrease the risk of acquiring STIs. This exploratory study utilized a cross-sectional, quantitative design to investigate if any …
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Acculturation, Sexual Roles, Immigration and Religion: Perceptions of HIV+ Mexican Women on Safer Sex.
Acculturation, Sexual Roles, Immigration and Religion: Perceptions of HIV+ Mexican Women on Safer Sex.
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Predictors of Abstinence, Safer Sex & Higher Risk Sexual Behaviors At A Historically Black College & University
… purposive sampling was used to examine the sexual behaviors and practices of African American college age students (n=681) attending a Mid-Atlantic HBCU. The majority of participants were women (72%) and sexually attracted to men (69%); the mean age was 20 (SD=1.3). The primary purpose of …
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of teenagers regarding safer sex in Onandjokwe health distric: Oshikoto region, Namibia
… impacts of teenage pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections among the youth such as dropout from school, long term effects and death is felt by most people worldwide. As a result of this, teenagers are in need of information regarding sexuality and safer sex to enable them to …
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Self-concept related to identities and safer-sex cognitions in young adults who have lost a parent to AIDS
… surrounding protected and unprotected sex with both new and ongoing partners. Chi-square analysis showed significant differences in elaboration levels regarding how the AIDS-bereaved viewed unprotected versus protected sex when evaluated against the comparison sample. The AIDS-bereaved …
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Factors Facilitating and Hindering Safer Sex Negotiations Among Female Sex Workers in Pune, India: Conversations With Women in Sex Work
… forth the ecological factors influencing FSW safer sex negotiations in this geographical context. Understanding these issues is necessary to make HIV/AIDS prevention programs successful.
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Masculinity, power, sexual negotiation and AIDS : a discourse analysis
… on the relationship between masculinity, power, sexuality and AIDS. It examines how discursive positioning within discourses of sexuality and masculinity affects the way heterosexual men negotiate safer sex. Four groups of sexually active men aged 17-28 were constituted to discuss masculinity, …
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The Safer Sexual Communication Practices of Transgender Adults: Implications for HIV Prevention
… their protective benefits; however, research on sexual communication has lagged behind interventions and campaigns that emphasize communication. Communication-centered HIV prevention interventions are limited by our nascent understanding of sexual communication practices and norms of silence …
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African American relationship schema scale: Development and validation
… this population that seem to be associated with safer sex behaviors; however, limited quantitative research has been conducted to confirm and validate these findings. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop a psychometrically sound self-report measure of relationship schemas in …
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Facilitated family interventions in the HIV/AIDS life skills programme in Mthatha schools
… though all participants preferred abstinence or safer sex than the use of condom. Learners seemed resistant to change sexual practices though all participants preferred abstinence or safer sex above condom usage.
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Exploring Self-Efficacy and Locus of Control as Risk Factors for Sexual Decision-Making for African American Women
Sexually transmitted diseases have reached epidemic proportions, especially among African Americans. However, African American women have emerged as being one of the hardest hit groups by the most fatal of sexually transmitted diseases - the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the Acquired …
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Furious Acts: AIDS and the Arts of Activism, 1981-1996
… practice influenced collective identity, safer sex education, and the role of mourning in AIDS activism. I also examine how different artistic media (video, photography, performance, craft) were used for unique purposes and audiences. Ultimately, I aim to show that the artistic practices …
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Queering LGB+ Women's Sexual Scripts
The invisibility of lesbian, plurisexual, and gay (LGB+) women in sexual health research is of particular concern when it comes to understanding and supporting their safer sex practices. Results of a qualitative secondary analysis of sexual decision-making interviews among 22 LGB+ cisgender women …
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Non-Monogamous Individuals compared to Monogamous Individuals: The Differences in Their Relationships, Specifically Sexual Risk Behaviors and Level of Trust
… was to investigate the relationship between sexual-risk behaviors and relationship style (i.e., non-monogamous versus monogamous individuals). Data were collected from an adult sample (ages 18 to 76) of 108 monogamous and 128 non-monogamous individuals via an internet survey. Individuals …
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Defining the Relationship: Intentional Decision-Making and Sexual Risk in Adolescent and Young Adult Romantic Relationships
… were associated with relationship commitment and sexual behaviors. Paper 2 describes more in-depth analyses testing associations between having a DTR talk before having sex and sexual safety and functioning among a subset of the adolescent sample (<em>N</em> = 163). Results from Paper 2 …
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The Relation of Depressive Symptoms and Body Image to Sexual Risk Taking In College Women
… 90% of college students report having engaged in sexual intercourse, studies suggest that many undergraduates inconsistently use condoms, have multiple casual partners, and use drugs or alcohol prior to having sex. Risky sexual behavior can have detrimental consequences on health, including …
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An Analysis of a Public Health Media Campaign in Switzerland
… for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) prevention in Switzerland. Health communication researchers measure the effects of media campaigns on populations to improve prevention. However, such effects may evade measurement due to complex interactions …
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