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Age at First Sexual Intercourse and Multiple Sexual Partnership Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Health Science Reports
Background There is evidence that early sexual debut plays a key role in the sexual behaviours of individuals. This study examined the association between age at first sexual intercourse and multiple sexual partnership among adolescent girls and young ...
Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Irene Esi Donkoh, Joshua Okyere, Abdul‐Aziz Seidu, Sanni Yaya   +5 more
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Application of Core Processes for Understanding Multiple Concurrent Sexual Partnerships Among Adolescents in Uganda

Frontiers in Public Health, 2018
Introduction: Adolescents in Uganda, as in other sub-Saharan countries, engage in sex with multiple concurrent partners, thus placing them at risk for HIV and unplanned pregnancies, but it is not clear why.
Judith Nalukwago, Judith Nalukwago, Judith Nalukwago, Jane Alaii, Bart Van Den Borne, Paul Mukisa Bukuluki, Rik Crutzen   +6 more
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Migration, Multiple Sexual Partnerships, and Sexual Concurrency in the Garífuna Population of Honduras. [PDF]

AIDS Behav, 2015
The Garífuna, an ethnic minority group in Honduras, have been disproportionately affected by HIV. Previous research suggests that migration and high rates of multiple sexual partnerships are major drivers of the epidemic.
Gandhi AD, Pettifor A, Barrington C, Marshall SW, Behets F, Guardado ME, Farach N, Ardón E, Paz-Bailey G.   +8 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Female-Driven Multiple Concurrent Sexual Partnership Systems in a Rural Part of a Southern Tanzanian Province. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Multiple concurrent sexual relationships are one of the major challenges to HIV prevention in Tanzania. This study aims to explore sexual behaviour patterns including the practice of multiple concurrent sexual partnerships in a rural Tanzanian setting ...
Abela Mpobela Agnarson, Susanne Strömdahl, Francis Levira, Honorati Masanja, Anna Ekéus Thorson   +4 more
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Factors Associated with Multiple Sexual Partnerships among Young Women in Southern African Countries: A Pooled Multilevel Analysis

Advances in Public Health
Background. Multiple sexual partnerships are one of the sexual behaviors that predispose young women to different negative outcomes, including sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This study aimed to examine the factors associated with multiple sexual
Stephina Kgomotso Mbele
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Multiple sexual partnerships among Nigerian undergraduates: Students’ perspectives of the underlying factors [PDF]

, 2014
Introduction:  This study explored factors influencing multiple sexual partnerships among Nigerian undergraduates.Method:  Students aged 16-30 years took part in four focus group discussions that was followed by a cross-sectional survey involving 819 ...
Oyekanmi, FA, Olaniran, AA, Persson, L
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Pattern of HIV testing and multiple sexual partnerships among men who have sex with men in China [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2013
BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a hidden but emerging population susceptible to HIV infection against a background of rapidly increasing HIV prevalence in China.
Min, D, Yuji Feng, David P Wilson, Feng, Y, Wilson, DP, Xiaohu Zhang, Jing, J, Lei Zhang, Zhang, X, Jun Zhang, Eric P F Chow, Chow, EPF, Zhang, L, Dai Min, Jun Jing, Zhang, J   +15 more
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Gender-specific patterns of multiple concurrent sexual partnerships : a national cross sectional survey in Botswana

AIDS Care, 2010
Due to copyright restrictions, this item cannot be sharedA priority of AIDS prevention in Botswana is to reduce multiple concurrent sexual partnerships. The study shows that male choice-disability and female disposable income are associated with multiple
Cockcroft, Anne, Masisi, Mokgweetsi, Tlhoiwe, Derrick, Andersson, Neil, Laetsang, Ditiro, Anderson, Marina, Ho-Foster, Ari   +6 more
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Predictors of multiple sexual partnerships among women and men in two urban townships in Bhutan

Bhutan Health Journal, 2016
Introduction: Multiple sexual partnering is a known predictor for risk of STI and HIV transmission. This study explored the multiple sexual partnering and its predictors among people who visited public social venues (bars, restaurants, hotels, lodges ...
Gampo Dorji, Chukwuemeka Umeh, B.M. Ramesh, Shajy Isac, Robert Lorway, James Blanchard   +5 more
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Predictors of multiple concurrent and multiple sexual partnerships among male and female youth aged 18-24 in South Africa

Journal of Psychology in Africa, 2016
This study aimed to determine predictors of multiple concurrent and multiple sexual partnerships among South African male and female youth. Data were from a cross-sectional population-based household survey of 3 123 youths aged 18 to 24 years from four ...
Motlatso Gladys Mlambo, Karl Peltzer, Witness Chirinda   +2 more
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