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Newly arrived Asian-born gay men in Australia: exploring men’s HIV knowledge, attitudes, prevention strategies and facilitators toward safer sexual practices

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Asian-born gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) newly arrived in Australia are more than four times as likely than their Australian-born counterparts to be diagnosed with incident HIV. Our aim was to explore experiences of
Tiffany R. Phillips, Nicholas Medland, Eric P. F. Chow, Kate Maddaford, Rebecca Wigan, Christopher K. Fairley, Jade E. Bilardi, Jason J. Ong   +7 more
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A cross-sectional survey on attitudes of men who have sex with men towards anal self-examination for detection of anal syphilis

Scientific Reports, 2022
Studies suggest men who have sex with men (MSM) practising receptive anal sex are more likely to present with secondary syphilis, implying primary anorectal lesions are likely to be missed.
Ei T. Aung, Christopher K. Fairley, Jason J. Ong, Tiffany R. Phillips, Marcus Y. Chen, Julien Tran, Kate Maddaford, Elena R. Rodriguez, Eric P. F. Chow   +8 more
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Sexual Health [PDF]

BMC Women's Health, 2004
HEALTH ISSUE: Much attention is devoted to women's reproductive health, but the formative and mature stages of women's sexual lives are often overlooked. We have analyzed cross-sectional data from the Sexual Behaviour module of the 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), and reviewed the literature and available indicators of the sexual ...
McMahon Sharon, Mann Janice, Hansen Lisa, Wong Thomas   +3 more
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Exploring the attitudes of men who have sex with men on anal self-examination for early detection of primary anorectal syphilis: a qualitative study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Studies show men who have sex with men (MSM) practising receptive anal sex are more likely to present with secondary syphilis, suggesting anorectal primary lesions are being missed.
Ei T. Aung, Christopher K. Fairley, Jason J. Ong, Jade E. Bilardi, Marcus Y. Chen, Eric P. F. Chow, Tiffany R. Phillips   +6 more
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Clinical presentation of asymptomatic and symptomatic heterosexual men who tested positive for urethral gonorrhoea at a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Asymptomatic screening for gonorrhoea in heterosexual men is currently not recommended in many countries including Australia, given the prevalence is relatively low in the heterosexual population.
Mario Martín-Sánchez, Jason J. Ong, Christopher K. Fairley, Marcus Y. Chen, Deborah A. Williamson, Kate Maddaford, Ei T. Aung, Georgia Carter, Catriona S. Bradshaw, Eric P. F. Chow   +9 more
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Disparities in characteristics in accessing public Australian sexual health services between Medicare‐eligible and Medicare‐ineligible men who have sex with men

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2020
Objectives: Accessible health services are a key element of effective human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infection (STI) control.
Anysha M. Walia, Christopher K. Fairley, Catriona S. Bradshaw, Marcus Y. Chen, Eric P.F. Chow   +4 more
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HPV-based cervical cancer screening in Nicaragua: from testing to treatment

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background In Nicaragua, cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women. Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing, primarily using self-sampling, was introduced between 2014 and 2018 in three provinces. We analyzed data from the HPV screening
Francesca Holme, Francisco Maldonado, Orlando B. Martinez-Granera, Jose Maria Rodriguez, Juan Almendarez, Rose Slavkovsky, Pooja Bansil, Kerry A. Thomson, Jose Jeronimo, Silvia de Sanjose   +9 more
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Incident HIV infection has fallen rapidly in men who have sex with men in Melbourne, Australia (2013–2017) but not in the newly-arrived Asian-born

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background We examined differences in incident HIV infection between newly-arrived Asian-born and other men who have sex with men (MSM) after the introduction of universal HIV treatment guidelines in 2015 and pre-exposure prophylaxis in 2016.
Nicholas A. Medland, Eric P. F. Chow, Timothy H. R. Read, Jason J. Ong, Marcus Chen, Ian Denham, Praveena Gunaratnum, Christopher K. Fairley   +7 more
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Prevalence of STIs, sexual practices and substance use among 2083 sexually active unmarried women in Lebanon

Scientific Reports, 2021
Access to sexual and reproductive health in conservative communities and in the MENA region are particularly limited and, as such, increase women’s vulnerability to unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Sara Abu Zaki, Jihane Naous, Antoine Ghanem, Diana Abou Abbas, Roland Tomb, Jade Ghosn, Ayman Assi   +6 more
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Health, Sexual Activity, and Sexual Satisfaction

Deutsches Ärzteblatt international, 2020
Physical and mental health disorders can markedly affect sexual activity and sexual satisfaction. Until now, there has been a lack of representative data from the German population that could serve as a basis for demonstrating specific links between sexuality and health.In the German Health and Sexuality Survey (GeSiD), 4955 men and women in a two-step
Arne, Dekker, Silja, Matthiesen, Susanne, Cerwenka, Mirja, Otten, Peer, Briken   +4 more
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