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Cocaine use and risky injection and sexual behaviors

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1995
The association between cocaine use (crack and injection cocaine) and risky behaviors for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was investigated among participants in a multi-site study at drug treatment and non-drug treatment sites in Worcester, Massachusetts. Cocaine use was more prevalent among young, African-American men.
R, Hudgins, J, McCusker, A, Stoddard
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HIV Testing and Risky Sexual Behaviour [PDF]

The Economic Journal, 2014
Using a study that randomly assigns HIV testing in two sites in sub-Saharan Africa, I examine the effects of testing on sexual behaviour. Using sexually transmitted infections as markers of risky sex, I find behavioural responses to HIV tests when tests provide unexpected information.
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Acculturative Stress and Risky Sexual Behavior

Behavior Modification, 2015
Recent syndemic models of sexual health disparities affecting racial/ethnic minorities have highlighted the role of discrimination. Yet no previous work has examined how acculturative stress (distress at the transition from one’s original culture toward a new culture) associates with sexual HIV-risk behavior (SHRB).
Charles, Jardin, Lorra, Garey, Carla, Sharp, Michael J, Zvolensky   +3 more
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Compulsive Sexual Behavior and its Relationship to Risky Sexual Behavior

Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 2013
The extant literature indicates a robust association between compulsive sexual behavior (CSB) and HIV sexual risk. Our research has found that CSB influences multiple measures of HIV sexual risk and that the association between CSB and HIV sexual risk behavior is consistent across multiple populations, including men who have sex with men and African ...
Michael H. Miner, Eli Coleman
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Sex Ratios and Risky Sexual Behavior

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008
Epidemiologists have suggested that racial disparities in sexually transmitted infections are due to more concurrency in Black sexual networks. We argue that a relative shortage of Black males, caused by higher Black incarceration, increases concurrency.
Christopher Mark Cornwell, Scott Cunningham   +1 more
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Military Sexual Trauma and Risky Behaviors: A Systematic Review

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2020
Introduction: Military sexual trauma (MST) is a serious and pervasive problem among military men and women. Recent findings have linked MST with various negative outcomes including risky, self-destructive, and health-compromising behaviors. Objective:
Shannon R. Forkus, Nicole H. Weiss, Svetlana Goncharenko, Joseph Mammay, Michael Church, Ateka A. Contractor   +5 more
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On the Dynamics of Beliefs and Risky Sexual Behavior

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017
This paper analyzes the dynamic interplay between individuals beliefs over transmission risks and their decisions on whether to engage in unprotected sexual behavior. The infectious disease is (possibly) asymptomatic, which makes the inference problem non-trivial.
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South African Adolescents: Pathways to Risky Sexual Behavior

AIDS Education and Prevention, 2006
This study tested a developmental model of pathways to risky sexual behavior among South African adolescents. Participants comprised 633 adolescents, 12-17 years old, recruited from households in Durban, South Africa. Data were collected using in-person interviews.
David W, Brook, Neo K, Morojele, Chenshu, Zhang, Judith S, Brook   +3 more
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Gender differences in risky sexual behavior

2022
Mlađa odrasla dob je razvojno razdoblje kojeg karakterizira preuzimanje rizika u nekoliko sfera ljudskog života, a između ostalog i na području seksualnosti. Rizično seksualno ponašanje obuhvaća sva ponašanja koja mogu dovesti do spolno prenosivih bolesti ili neželjene trudnoće, a uključuje oralni, analni ili vaginalni seks bez zaštite, angažiranje u ...
Duranović, Jasna, Pavela Banai, Irena, Nekić, Marina   +2 more
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Early and Risky Sexual Behavior in a Sample of Rural Adolescents

Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 2011
Early and risky sexual behavior has been studied primarily in urban adolescents.The purpose of this analysis was to identify psychosocial variables associated with sexual-risk behaviors in a sample of mostly rural adolescents. Six hypotheses were tested, using a resilience framework and data from an ongoing longitudinal study of 255 adolescents.Sexual ...
Lynn, Rew, Tracy, Carver, Chia-Chun, Li
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