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The influence of sexual coercion at first sex on subsequent risk behaviours among adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa [PDF]
, 2009 Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-92).The aim of this mini-dissertation was to assess whether sexual coercion at first sex predicts risk behaviours in a sample of school going adolescents by reviewing existing literature ...
Soomar, Jerusha Nishana
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SAHARA-J, 2017 Long distance truck drivers (LDTDs) have been identified as one of the groups at higher risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Understanding how certain social and psychological variables that have a strong theoretical basis contribute to
Abiodun Musbau Lawal +1 more
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BMC Public Health, 2022 Background Adolescents and young adults are at higher risk of acquiring Chlamydia trachomatis infection (chlamydia), so testing is promoted in these populations. Studies have shown that re-testing for chlamydia is common amongst them. We investigated how
Inga Veličko +5 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida +6 more
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Sexual offender risk assessment strategies: is there a convergence of opinion yet? [PDF]
, 2006 While there is no convergence of opinion in the academic literature, many clinicians have already adopted a convergent approach to risk assessment, whether through deliberate adoption of complementary instruments or through informal clinical modification
Boer, Douglas Pieter
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Sexual identity, risk perceptions and AIDS prevention scripts among young people in Mozambique [PDF]
This thesis contributes to the understanding of young people's sexual behaviour, the nonnative context in which it takes place, and how implicit assumptions contained in interventions inadvertently contribute to young people's sexual risk-taking ...
Karlyn, AS
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Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2018 Background: Over a million people globally acquire sexually transmitted infections (STI) every day mainly through unprotected sexual contact. While the consequences of risky sexual behaviour are well documented, the literature on young educated women's ...
Anthony Idowu Ajayi +3 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola +4 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono +7 more
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National Journal of Community Medicine, 2016 Background: In developing country like India, increased access to anti-retroviral therapy for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) has extended life span and reduced morbidity and mortality and also enabled several of them to resume their sexual activity.
Shubha B Davalgi +2 more
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