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Perceptions of Sexual Partner Safety [PDF]

Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2008
Many individuals select sexual partners based on assumed partner STI/HIV safety, yet few studies have investigated how these assumptions are formed. The objective of this research was to determine the extent to which partner safety beliefs were used to evaluate partner safety, and whether these beliefs influenced perceptions of personal STI/HIV risk ...
C L, Masaro, V S, Dahinten, J, Johnson, G, Ogilvie, D M, Patrick   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Social concerns related to HIV status disclosure and participation in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV care among pregnant women in Kenya

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Social concerns about unintentional HIV status disclosure and HIV-related stigma are barriers to pregnant women’s access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) care.
Björn Nordberg, Erin E. Gabriel, Edwin Were, Eunice Kaguiri, Anna Mia Ekström, Anna Kågesten, Susanne Rautiainen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

What is the empirical basis for converting banded ordinal data on numbers of sex partners among MSM into a continuous scale level variable? A secondary analysis of 13 surveys across 17 countries

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022
Background To provide empirically based guidance for substituting partner number categories in large MSM surveys with mean numbers of sexual and condomless anal intercourse (CAI) partners in a secondary analysis of survey data.
Ana Mendez-Lopez, Ford Hickson, Klaus Jansen, Nathan Lachowsky, Fiona Burns, Cinta Folch, Annie Velter, Peter Weatherburn, Ulrich Marcus, Ursula von Rüden, Massimo Mirandola, Lorenzo Gios, Jamie Frankis, David J. Brennan, Axel J. Schmidt   +14 more
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Causal effect of age first had sexual intercourse and lifetime number of sexual partners on cervical cancer [PDF]

Heliyon
Zhou YY, Chang M, Li CP, Han XL, Fang P, Xia XP.   +5 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Motivations, dating app relationships, unintended consequences and change in sexual behaviour in dating app users at an Australian music festival

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Despite the popularity of dating apps, there remain scarce data on the motivations, consequences and their influence on sexual behaviour change in the Australian population.
Shirali Garga, Meryl T. Thomas, Ashneet Bhatia, Aidan Sullivan, Franklin John-Leader, Sabrina W. Pit   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Individual and community-level factors associated with lifetime number of sexual partners among women aged 15-49 in Eswatini.

PLoS ONE, 2021
IntroductionUnderstanding the risk factors for behavioral patterns in sexual relationships play a significant role in the reduction of the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.ObjectiveTo investigate individual and community
Maswati S Simelane, Kerry Vermaak, Eugene Zwane, Sdumo Masango   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Missed opportunities in treating pregnant women’s sexual partners with syphilis: a systematic review

Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2021
Objectives: to compile studies in the literature that deal with missed opportunities related in treating pregnant women’s partners with syphilis Methods: this is a systematic review from SciELO, PUBMED, Lilacs and BVS databases, using articles published
Lilian Pinto Mota Rodrigues Fernandes, Cláudio Lima Souza, Márcio Vasconcelos Oliveira   +2 more
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The support systems offered by the sexual partners of people living with HIV/AIDS: A qualitative study

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2023
Introduction: People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) face several stressors. It is important that they get both physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychosocial support. Sexual partners are highly encouraged to offer the needed support, since, disclosure of
Modikwe Jack Ramphisa, Melitah Molatelo Rasweswe, Ramadimetja Shirley Mooa, Raikane James Seretlo   +3 more
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Attitudes and perceptions towards postpartum contraceptive use among seroconcordant partners with HIV in rural Mozambique: a qualitative study

Global Health Research and Policy, 2023
Background Postpartum contraceptive uptake reduces short interpregnancy intervals, unintended pregnancies, and their negative sequalae: poor maternal and fetal outcomes.
Daniel E. Sack, Almiro Emílio, Erin Graves, Ariano Matino, Paula Paulo, Arifo U. Aboobacar, Caroline De Schacht, Carolyn M. Audet   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Men who have sex with men in China have relatively low numbers of sexual partners

Infectious Disease Reports, 2011
HIV prevalence is increasing rapidly among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China and potentially associated with the number of male sexual partners that each man has on average.
Lei Zhang, Eric Pui Fung Chow, David P. Wilson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source