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Evolving Strategies, Opportunistic Implementation: HIV Risk Reduction in Tanzania in the Context of an Incentive-Based HIV Prevention Intervention. [PDF]

, 2012
\ud Behavior change communication (BCC) interventions, while still a necessary component of HIV prevention, have not on their own been shown to be sufficient to stem the tide of the epidemic.
Laura Packel, Nathan Rose, Dow, William H, de Walque, Damien, Nathan, Rose, William H Dow, Damien de Walque, Packel Laura, Mtenga, Sally, Ann Keller, Mtenga Sally, Packel, Laura, Keller, Ann, Dow William H., Sally Mtenga, Rose Nathan, Keller Ann, de Walque Damien   +17 more
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Intersecting motivations for leaving abusive relationships, substance abuse, and transactional sex among HIV high-risk women

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2016
Background: Women bear a significant burden of the HIV epidemic in the United States. Women classified as ‘HIV high-risk’ often bring co-existing histories of intimate partner violence (IPV), drug use, and transactional sex.
Naomi David, Sophia Hussen, Dawn Comeau, Ameeta Kalokhe   +3 more
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Methamphetamine use and HIV risk among severely mentally ill inpatients [PDF]

, 2013
Includes bibliographical references.Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 69% of the global HIV burden. Due to a variety of social, economic and behavioural factors, mentally ill patients are more likely to engage in high risk sexual behaviours.
Moodley, Aneshree
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Factors mediating HIV risk among female sex workers in Europe: a systematic review and ecological analysis. [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVES: We reviewed the epidemiology of HIV and selected sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among female sex workers (FSWs) in WHO-defined Europe.
Platt, Lucy, Jolley, E, Rhodes, T, Hope, V, Reynolds, Lucy, Rhodes, Tim, Wilson, David, Reynolds, L, Latypov, Alisher, Platt, L, Wilson, D, Jolley, Emma, Latypov, A, Hope, Vivian   +13 more
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Ebola viral disease: a review literature

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2015
Ebola virus is transmitted to people as a result of direct contact with body fluids containing virus of an infected patient. The incubation period usually lasts 5 to 7 d and approximately 95% of the patients appear signs within 21 d after exposure ...
Saeed Reza Jamali Moghadam, Negar Omidi, Samaneh Bayrami, Sepideh Jamali Moghadam, SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi   +4 more
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Increase in HIV sexual risk behaviour in homosexual men in Scotland, 1996–2002: prevention failure? [PDF]

, 2005
<b>Objective</b>: To investigate trends in homosexual men’s sexual risk behaviour for HIV infection in Scotland. <b>Methods</b>: Cross sectional surveys in 1996, 1999, and 2002 were carried out in "gay" bars in Glasgow and ...
Hart, Graham, Williamson, L., Hart, G., Hart, G J, G J Hart, Hart, G.J., Williamson, L.M., L M Williamson   +7 more
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Determinants of sexual risk behaviour among HIV-infected individuals across different health service settings in Cape Town [PDF]

, 2009
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-66).Sexual risk behaviour is the underlying driving force of HIV transmission. The discovery and introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has led to significant changes in the treatment and management of
Stinson, Kathryn Lee
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Regional differences in HIV prevalence among drug users in China: potential for future spread of HIV? [PDF]

, 2008
Kretzschmar M, Zhang W, Mikolajczyk RT, et al. Regional differences in HIV prevalence among drug users in China: potential for future spread of HIV? BMC Infectious Diseases. 2008;8(1):108.Background: Drug use and in particular injecting drug use has been
Weidong Zhang, Wang, Lan, Lv Fan, Lv, Fan, Xinhua Sun, Zhang Weidong, Sun, Xinhua, Alexander Kraemer, Fan Lv, Kretzschmar, Mirjam, Wang Lan, Sun Xinhua, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Kretzschmar Mirjam, Kraemer Alexander, Zhang, Weidong, Krämer, Alexander ; https://orcid.org/, Mikolajczyk Rafael T, Mikolajczyk, Rafael T., Lan Wang, Rafael T Mikolajczyk   +20 more
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Commercial sex and the spread of HIV in four cities in sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

, 2001
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether commercial sex transactions were more common and/or transmission between sex workers and clients more efficient in two African cities with high HIV prevalence (Kisumu, Kenya and Ndola, Zambia) compared with two with ...
Morison, L., Caraël, M, Weiss, HA, Kanhonou, L., Hayes, R. J., Chege, J., Buvé, A, Buvé, A., Abega, S. C., Weiss, H. A., Study Group on Heterogeneity of HIV Epidemics in African Cities, Caraël, M., Chege, J, Kanhonou, L, Abega, SC, Kaona, F., Morison, L, Kaona, F, Hayes, RJ   +18 more
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Retracted: Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and associated risk behaviors in prisoners: A systematic review

Health Science Reports, 2022
Background and Aims Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are one of the major health concerns globally. Generally, prisoners are at higher risks for STIs due to risk factors including; drug‐use, high‐risk sexual behaviors, densely populated prisons ...
SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Zahra Pashaei, Ensiyeh Rahimi, Solmaz Saeidi, Pegah Mirzapour, Tayebeh Noori, Afsaneh Ghasemzadeh, Arian Afzalian, Mohsen Dashti, Pedram Habibi, Behnam Farhoudi, Narjes Aghaie, Ahmadreza Shamsabadi, Omid Dadras, Esmaeil Mehraeen   +14 more
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