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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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Treponema pallidum PCR screening at mucosal sites of asymptomatic men who have sex with men taking HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Early detection and treatment of syphilis will reduce the infectious period and transmission. We aimed to determine whether screening men who have sex with men (MSM) taking HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for syphilis using Treponema pallidum ...
Ei T. Aung, Christopher K. Fairley, Deborah A. Williamson, Francesca Azzato, Rebecca Wigan, Julien Tran, Andrew Buchanan, Tina Schmidt, Eric P. F. Chow, Marcus Y. Chen   +9 more
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Concordance of gonorrhoea of the rectum, pharynx and urethra in same-sex male partnerships attending a sexual health service in Melbourne, Australia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background We aimed to describe anatomic site-specific concordance of gonococcal infections in partnerships of men who have sex with men (MSM). Methods We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of data from MSM partnerships attending Melbourne Sexual ...
Vincent J. Cornelisse, Lei Zhang, Matthew Law, Marcus Y. Chen, Catriona S. Bradshaw, Clare Bellhouse, Christopher K. Fairley, Eric P. F. Chow   +7 more
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Can sexual health interventions make community-based health systems more responsive to adolescents? A realist informed study in rural Zambia

Reproductive Health, 2020
IntroductionCommunity-based sexual reproductive interventions are key in attaining universal health coverage for all by 2030, yet adolescents in many countries still lack health services that are responsive to their sexual reproductive health and rights’
Chama Mulubwa, A. Hurtig, J. Zulu, C. Michelo, I. Sandøy, I. Goicolea   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Barriers to Utilisation of Sexual Health Services by Female Sex Workers in Nepal [PDF]

, 2009
Sexual health services are relatively rare in Nepal. Female sex workers (FSWs) do not use health services as much as would be desirable. A study was conducted to identify barriers to access of sexual health services by FSWs in Nepal.
Ghimire, Laxmi, van Teijlingen, Edwin
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Sex work community participation in criminalized environments: a community-based cohort study of occupational health impacts in Vancouver, Canada: 2010–2019

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background Sex work criminalization and occupational stigma pose barriers to sex workers’ access to support services, including community participation — engagement with sex work specific community organizing at both formalized and grassroots capacities.
Jennie Pearson, Kate Shannon, Bronwyn McBride, Andrea Krüsi, Sylvia Machat, Melissa Braschel, Shira Goldenberg   +6 more
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New digital media interventions for sexual health promotion among young people: a systematic review.

Sexual Health, 2019
New digital media platforms (e.g. social networking sites, web pages and text messaging) have dramatically changed interpersonal communication and present novel opportunities for health interventions. Due to the high uptake and use of digital media among
E. Wadham, C. Green, J. Debattista, Shawn Somerset, Adem Sav   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sexual health, sexual rights and sexual pleasure: meaningfully engaging the perfect triangle

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2019
To improve sexual health, even in this charged political moment, necessitates going beyond biomedical approaches, and requires meaningfully addressing sexual rights and sexual pleasure.
S. Gruskin, Vithika Yadav, Antón Castellanos-Usigli, Gvantsa Khizanishvili, Eszter Kismödi   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Predicting sexual problems in women: The relevance of sexual excitation and sexual inhibition [PDF]

, 2007
This is the post-print version of the article. The official published version can be obtained from the link below.Data from a non-clinical sample of 540 heterosexual women were used to examine the relationships between scores on the Sexual Excitation ...
A. C. Kinsey, A. E. Adams, A. Elliott, C. A Graham, C. A. Graham, C. H. Mercer, C. H. Mercer, C. M. Meston, Cynthia A. Graham, D. F. Bjorklund, D. H. Barlow, D. P. J. Przybla, E. Janssen, E. Koukanas, E. O. Laumann, J. A. Karafa, J. Bancroft, J. Bancroft, J. Bancroft, J. Bancroft, J. Bancroft, J. G. Beck, L. Gruszecki, M. A. Cranston-Cuebas, M. Meana, N. Kadri, N. L. Dove, R. C. Rosen, R. Rosen, Robin R. Milhausen, S. L. West, Stephanie A. Sanders   +31 more
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How client criminalisation under end-demand sex work laws shapes the occupational health and safety of sex workers in Metro Vancouver, Canada: a qualitative study

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives In 2014, Canada implemented end-demand sex work legislation that criminalises clients and third parties (eg, managers, security personnel, etc) involved in sex work.
Kate Shannon, Bronwyn McBride, Shira M Goldenberg, Andrea Krüsi, Jennifer McDermid, Alka Murphy, Sherry Wu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source