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Showing 1 to 20 of 104 for “"Sexually transmitted diseases"”.
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Network modelling for sexually transmitted diseases
… suitable mathematical models for the analysis of sexually transmitted disease epidemics. We are interested in a closed population, where infections are only transmitted through heterosexual contacts. The population is hence divided into two groups: male and female. Individuals are classified …
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Socio-cultural beliefs concerning sexual relations, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV
Bibliography: leaves 66-69.
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College students' knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases in relation to sexual self-efficacy
Resources associated with learning about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) were investigated in relation to college students' sexual knowledge and sexual self-efficacy. Participants included 50 male and 67 female students ages 18, 19, and 20 at West Virginia University. Self-report surveys …
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases: dilemma facing the youth in Kwa-Mbonambi District, in KwaZulu-Natal
This study is about the dilemma of sexually transmitted diseases in the youth of kwaMbonambi District in KwaZulu-Natal. In this community most of the youth are dying as a result of sexually transmitted disease. Even though prevention measures have been implemented on a nation wide basis, but it …
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Rapid point of care testing for sexually transmitted diseases and bacterial vaginosis: cost estimation and budget impact analysis
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain a global public health concern. Together with bacterial vaginosis (BV), the association with HIV acquisition through genital inflammation in women poses a challenge towards the control of HIV/AIDS, more so in asymptomatic cases. Diagnosis of …
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Skills training with heterosexual females for the prevention of HIV infection, other sexually transmitted diseases, and sexual assault
… Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). A cognitive-behavioral skills training program for heterosexual college females focused on sexual assertiveness skills and the reduction of risk-related behaviors was designed and evaluated and compared to an …
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An assessment of the management of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in a rural district health ward of Northern Kwazulu
This study is an assessment of the quality of sexually transmitted disease (STD) management and control in a rural district of South Africa. A semi-structured questionnaire was administered to 5 nurses from public sector primary health care clinics, 5 doctors from the public district hospital, 5 …
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An analysis of the challenges with respect to attaining equivalence in translation of literature pertaining to Sexually Transmitted Diseases from English into Xitsonga
Translation has been a practice that has assisted many languages the world over to develop to become languages of power. The purpose of this project was to elicit some translation challenges that translators face when translating from English into Xitsonga. It is not easy to translate a document in …
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Evaluating Social Capital Effects On Adolescent Sexual Health Behaviors
… Adolescents continue to bear the burden of sexually transmitted diseases suggesting that innovative solutions to safe sexual health behaviors must be discovered to help reduce the rates of sexually transmitted diseases in this population. Research has suggested that adolescents are …
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Exploring linear and circular relationships between academic performance and risky sexual behaviors of college students
… academic performance, risky sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases. While these relationships have been vastly studied in high school students, there is limited information on how these relationships play out in college students. The National College Health Assessment-II was analyzed …
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Perceived Health Risks of Vaginal Douching Among Women of Color
… detail in order to determine how it pertains to sexually transmitted diseases. The study consisted of 187 women who were surveyed during a period of eight months. The study population included college students between the ages of 18 and 26 who identified themselves as African American, Latina, …
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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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A Comparative Analysis of Diseases Associated with Mining and Non-Mining Communities: A Case Study of Obusai and Asankrangwa, Ghana
… frameworks are used to explain the prevalence of diseases. Mining alters the environment and allows disease causing pathogens and vectors to survive more freely than in other similar environments. Certain diseases such as upper respiratory tract infections, ear infections, sexually transmitted …
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Sex Education Programs in Schools: Influence on Knowledge and Behaviors of Teenagers
… the teenage pregnancy rates and the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that exist in today's society, it is very important for teenagers to be informed of the facts related to pregnancy and STDs and how to prevent them from occurring. With this knowledge, they are able to make …
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The Social Ecology Of Men's Sexual Self-Efficacy In The Mississippi Delta
… of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and infections in the country. To combat this, the state uses abstinence-based sexual education in an attempt to discourage young people from having sex. I conducted 27 interviews and one focus group to talk with young …
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Advocating for Women's Health: The Importance of Family Planning Clinics
… STI testing all prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, which improve health outcomes for infants, women and their families. Research has indicated that unintended pregnancy has negative health and economic consequences that can be prevented through health education and …
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Adolescent Sexuality and Gender Discourses in Seventeen, Cosmo Girl, and Teen: A Frame Analysis of Online Teen Magazines
… prevention and protection against pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases as a sexually active adolescent. In addition, males were perceived as aggressors in romantic relationships, reinforcing a subordinate position for females.
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Why People Fail to use Condoms for STD and HIV Prevention
… still put themselves at risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Why? This thesis catalogues the various reasons why people fail to use condoms during sexual intercourse. The qualitative information represents specific selections from anonymous personal interviews with over 1500 …
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Xhosa Single Mothers: Reasons for Remaining Single
… Additionally, in recent years AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases have risen drastically. These factors, combined with the poverty of their partners which limits their ability to pay lobula, distrust of men, apartheid, and urbanization, are all explored in this study as reasons for …
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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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