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Showing 1 to 20 of 159 for “"Sexually transmitted infections"”.
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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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Knowledge and perceptions of sexually transmitted infections in male graduate students
… students’ knowledge and perceptions about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and their transmission, prevention, testing, and treatment in relation to age and previous STI education. The 160 participants took an online survey containing 38 items. The only significant finding was that …
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Sexual networks of individuals infected with sexually transmitted infections: Structure and disease transmission
Increases 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 …
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Intention to screen for sexually transmitted infections: A terror management health model perspective
… assessed intention and willingness to screen for sexually transmitted infections from a Terror Management Health Model perspective. TMHM proposes that when facing a health decision, people tend to cling to what increases their self-esteem rather than behave in a way that would actually minimize …
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Algorithms for efficiently and effectively matching agents in microsimulations of sexually transmitted infections
… provision of antiretroviral treatment. Models of sexually transmitted infection epidemics attempt to account for varying levels of risk across a population based on diverse / or heterogeneous / sexual behaviour. Microsimulations are a type of model that can account for fine-grained heterogeneous …
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HIV-1, HIV-2 and other Sexually Transmitted Infections in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
… (20.4%) and Chlamydia trachomatis (12.6%). Infections with Herpes Simplex Virus type 2 and Mycoplasma genitalium were associated with HIV positivity.
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The pedagogy of the clinic: health professionals and women with viral sexually transmitted infections
… inevitably constituted viral STIs as 'moral' infections. Clinicians may best contribute to women's lives by acknowledging that medical discourse is only one part of the fragmentary and contradictory education women receive about bodies and selves.
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Factors Associated with Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Primary School Adolescent (Girls) in Kinondoni District
… does primary school involves towards higher risk infections. The study included 50 respondents, which were categorized into three (3) groups, including 30 student, 10 parents and 10 teachers. Questionnaire, observations were used to collect primary data.The objectives of this study were to examine …
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Exploring motivation to notify and barriers to partner notification of sexually transmitted infections in South Africa
… for men and women who 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 …
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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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Exploring factors causing the high incidence of sexually transmitted infections in the township of Du Noon
Introduction: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are of major public health concern in South Africa. STIs contribute largely to the burden of disease in South Africa and are recognized as major contributors to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic. Du Noon is a small township situated …
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Antibacterial activities of selected medicinal plants used to treat sexually transmitted infections in Blouberg area, Limpopo Province
… use of these medicinal plants in treatment of sexually transmitted vi infections (STIs). Phytochemicals detected may well explain the biological activity reported. Thirteen traditional healers were interviewed using a structured questionnaire on the use of medicinal plants in the treatment of …
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Cost-effectiveness of different screening and diagnostic strategies for sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis in women
Genital inflammation associated with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is considered a key driver in the HIV/AIDS epidemic. A new rapid point-of-care (POC) test that detects genital inflammation in women was recently developed by researchers at the University of …
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Invesigation effectiveness of health education given to pregnant women with sexually transmitted infections in district 29 of KZN
… health education given to pregnant women with, sexually transmitted infections. A descriptive survey was conducted in the hospitals and clinics of District 29 KwaZulu Natal where the pregnant mothers received their health services. One set of interview schedule was designed for pregnant mothers …
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Expanding presumptive male partner management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) to Western Cape, South African community retail pharmacies
… on a wide range of medical conditions, including sexually transmitted infections (STI's). Although community pharmacies are often the first port of call for undiagnosed STI, limited diagnostic skills and legally-imposed prescribing restrictions preclude pharmacists from providing the necessary …
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Risk and Rationalisation in Paradise : Cognisant Exposure to Sexually Transmitted Infections amongst Heterosexual Male Sex Tourists to Thailand.
… themselves and others to the risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. This thesis draws on data collected from 1237 online discussion board posts and 14 face-to-face interviews. It examines the ways in which Western heterosexual male sex tourists formulate their …
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The Social and Structural Contexts of Sexual Health Status: A Study of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Chicago Women
These findings support the theory that appropriate sexual health interventions must focus on the larger structural inequalities that drive risk behaviors in order to increase opportunities for empowered healthy decision-making. Implications for social work policy and practice include social welfare …
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Prevalence and quality of syndromic diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections within the Kisumu incidence cohort study in Kisumu, Kenya
… adverse birth outcomes, neonatal and infant infections, ectopic pregnancy, anogenital cancer,infertility, pelvic inflammatory disease, and death. Thus, effective treatment needs to be prompt and accurate to control the spread, and morbidity and mortality of STIs. Even though syndromic …
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Patterns and Predictors of HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Staphylococcus Aureus Co-Infection among New York State Prison Inmates
… elevated in these settings. Moreover, 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 …
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Prevalence and correlates of sexually transmitted infections among female survivors of sexual assault at the university teaching hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
Sexual assault contributes to 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 …
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