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Showing 1 to 20 of 107 for “"sexual partners"”.
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Transgender Congruence and Sexual Satisfaction in Trans Masculine Adults: The Role of Affirmative Sexual Partners
<p>Literature that addresses sexual issues pertaining to sexual satisfaction is often not inclusive and neglects transgender, specifically trans masculine, identities. The media frequently highlights physical transitions but ignores the distressing psychological effects of dysphoria on sexual …
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The Effect Of Birth Order On Age At First Sex And Total Number Of Lifetime Sexual Partners
… to explain many social processes, including the sexual behavior of young adults. However, results regarding the influence of birth order on risky sexual behavior are somewhat limited, sometimes contradictory, and often lack generalizability to larger populations. In this thesis, using</p> <p>data …
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Difficulties of Disclosure of HIV Status to Sexual Partners among Expectant Women in Selected Clinics in Lusaka Urban
… impact on HIV positive clients and their sexual partners, family, and friends but very little was known in Zambia on the types of disclosure and its determinants. This study sought to answer two research questions; what risks or rewards do expectant mothers anticipate when considering …
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Difficulties of Disclosure of HIV Status to Sexual Partners among Expectant Women in Selected Clinics in Lusaka Urban
… impact on HIV positive clients and their sexual partners, family, and friends but very little was known in Zambia on the types of disclosure and its determinants. This study sought to answer two research questions; what risks or rewards do expectant mothers anticipate when considering …
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices: A study on multiple concurrent sexual partners among members of 262 Battalion, Mpacha base, Katima Mulilo, Namibia
… Survey (MoHSS, 2012). This study explored the sexual behaviour, knowledge, attitude and practices of the members stationed at the 262 Battalion, Mpacha Base, which is about 20 km from Katima Mulilo. The Jaipur Paradigm was used as the study‟s theoretical framework and was used to explore the …
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Risky sexual behaviour among men : HIV surveillance and risk reduction among men who have multiple, female sexual partners in Cape Town, South Africa
Second generation HIV surveillance surveys that collect biological and behavioural data from populations of interest is urgently needed to demonstrate accountability to domestic and international HIV funders, monitor trends in HIV and risk behaviours over time, and provide evidence of the …
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The Influence of Parental and Parent-Adolescent Relationship Characteristics on Sexual Trajectories from Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Using the perspective of sexual script theory (Gagnon & Simon, 1973) and growth curve modeling, this study examined whether characteristics of parents and parent-adolescent connectedness influence change in lifetime number of sexual partners from adolescence through young adulthood. Living in a …
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Between love and fear - determinants of sexual behavior among Ugandan university students
… people between the ages of 15 and 24, the most sexually active period of their lives. Understanding the contextual determinants of sexual behavior in this group is crucial in combating the pandemic. Aim: The overall aim of this study was to assess the impact of demographic, religious, social …
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'A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Pregnancy Intentions among Black Women Living with HIV in South Carolina'
… the virus to an infant and/or uninfected sexual partner combined with concerns about the possibility of leaving a living child behind after a mother's death, one might expect HIV-positive women to either delay or completely avoid childbearing. Despite such unique challenges, research …
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Factors Associated with High Sexual Risk Behavior in Single Women
… was to identify factors associated with High Sexual Risk Behavior (HSRB) in single Afro American women seen in an Epidemiology/Sexual transmitted disease (EPID/STD) Clinic in Richmond, Virginia from January 2006 through April 2006.Method: Participants were 154 single women (no history of …
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HIV/AIDS related knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of FET College students: implications for sexual health promotion
… knowledge, self-concept and self-efficacy. Risky sexual behaviour was measured in terms of condom use and the number of sexual partners in the 12 months prior to the study with males reporting significantly more risky sexual behaviour. More males (70% vs. 43 % females) reported no condom use when …
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THE SILENT SPREAD: A LOOK AT CORRELATES OF HIV PERCEPTIONS & SELF-REPORTED BEHAVIORS
… significant positive correlations with number of sexual partners: substance use, r = .217, p < .01; frequency of protection use, r = .305, p < .01; perception of self-risk, r=.146, p < .05; and perception of partner-risk r = .184, p < .05. There was also a significant correlation between frequency …
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Feasibility, effectiveness, budget impact and surveillance of partner services for HIV in Kenya
… and 3) linkages to HIV care for their partners. The trial determined the number needed to interview to identify one new case of HIV and explored, geographical differences in case finding rates. Additionally we assess the budget impact of scaling up aPS in Kisumu County, the region with …
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"SOCIOCULTURAL PREDICTORS OF RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS: 1 THE ROLE OF NATIVITY STATUS, RACE, ETHNIC IDENTITY AND SELF-CONSTRUAL"
… shown that despite a considerable increase in sexual health knowledge, risky sexual behaviors’ rates among the youth are on the rise. Minorities are disproportionately affected, which translates into strong racial disparities in health outcomes such as STI/STDs, and HIV prevalence. The …
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Factors associated with risky sexual behaviour amongst students at Venda Technical Vocational Education and Training College in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Multiple sexual partners, unprotected sex and transactional sex are considered risky sexual behaviour worldwide and continue to pose risks of sexual transmitted infections, unwanted pregnancy as well as increased termination of pregnancy amongst young people. The reported study was aimed at …
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Guy Time: The Effects Of Men's Male Friends On Their Heavy Drinking, Consensual Sexual Behaviors, And Sexual Assault Perpetration
… and college students' heavy drinking, consensual sexual experiences, and sexual assaults. The construct of peer influence has been measured in many different ways, and little research has simultaneously considered peer influence on even two of the three outcomes in the current study. Further, much …
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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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Antiretroviral therapy(ART) and sexual behaviour among people living with HIV: A case study of Lusaka
… that people on ART may be engaging in high risk sexual behaviours thereby nullifying the impact of current HIV prevention efforts.Objectives: This study therefore investigated sexual behaviours among people on ART in Lusaka District. It was specifically aimed to assess the knowledge and attitudes …
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Antiretroviral therapy(ART) and sexual behaviour among people living with HIV: A case study of Lusaka
… that people on ART may be engaging in high risk sexual behaviours thereby nullifying the impact of current HIV prevention efforts.Objectives: This study therefore investigated sexual behaviours among people on ART in Lusaka District. It was specifically aimed to assess the knowledge and attitudes …
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What college women know, think, and do about Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine
… of cervical cancer nearly always begins with a sexuallytransmitted Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Approximately 20 million Americans between the ages of 15 and 49 are currently infected with HPV and another 6 million people become newly infected each year. Among these HPV infections, 74% …
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