Risks and Benefits of Multiple Sexual Partnerships: Beliefs of Rural Nigerian Adolescent Males
Drawing on interview data from rural Nigeria, the article explores male youth perceptions of the risks and benefits of multiple sexual partnerships. Participants associated having multiple sexual partners with several harmful health and nonhealth outcomes, including sexually transmitted infections, and frequently confirmed that the practice also ...
Chimaraoke Izugbara
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Love, Lust and the Emotional Context of Multiple and Concurrent Sexual Partnerships Among Young Swazi Adults [PDF]
Men and women in Swaziland who are engaged in multiple or concurrent sexual partnerships, or who have sexual partners with concurrent partners, face a very high risk of HIV infection. Ninety-four in-depth interviews were conducted with 28 Swazi men and women (14 of each sex) between the ages of 20 and 39 to explore participants' sexual partnership ...
Amy Nunn, Pamela J Surkan
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Reasons for multiple sexual partnerships: perspectives of young people in Zambia
African Journal of AIDS Research, 2008Epidemiological evidence so far suggests that multiple sexual partnerships are an important factor driving the HIV epidemic. Recently, there has been renewed emphasis on fidelity and partner-reduction in preventing HIV infections. Like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Zambia is facing a severe HIV epidemic and young people are heavily affected ...
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Multiple Sexual Partnerships Among Poor Urban Dwellers in Kampala, Uganda
JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2011This study examined 2 issues of current importance for AIDS prevention in Uganda: the frequency of multiple sexual partnerships and whether optimistic perceptions about the severity of AIDS are associated with riskier sexual behavior.Four hundred five men and women aged 20-39 from 2 poor neighborhoods of Kampala were interviewed about their sexual ...
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Predictors of Condom Use Among Young Women in Multiple Sexual Partnerships in Haiti
Sexuality & Culture, 2020Unprotected sexual intercourse places young women in multiple partnerships at great risk for sexually transmitted infections in Haiti. While the most effective means of preventing these infections is consistent condom use, little is known about the factors that influence its use.
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Covariates of Multiple Sexual Partnerships among Sexually Active Men in Lesotho
African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2017Multiple sexual partnerships (MSP) have been identified as the main reason for the high rate of HIV prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa, including Lesotho. The aim of this paper is to identify the social and economic variables associated with MSP among men in Lesotho. The study used data from 2009 Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey.
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Factors Associated With Multiple Sexual Partnerships Among Men in South Africa
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Sexual Behavior, Body Image, and Partnership in Chronic Illness
Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 2012Huntington's disease (HD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) are both chronic progressive illnesses posing a serious challenge to affected patients and families. Sexual dysfunction in HD as well as in MS is a very common problem, although it is unclear whether the dysfunction is caused by the chronic illness itself or by the sociopsychiatric burden related to
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Changes and Correlates in Multiple Sexual Partnerships Among Chinese Adult Women – Population-Based Surveys in 2000 and 2006 [PDF]
The sexual transmission of HIV and STI is becoming a major public health concern in China. However, studies on sexuality in China remain scant, particularly those that analyze female sexuality. This study is to investigate the prevalence of multiple sexual partnerships among adult women, and to examine trends and correlates for having more than one ...
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