This study surveyed college students in one southern state to determine their sexual knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. A group of 915 students (602 female and 313 male) attending 4 state universities completed the Sexual Knowledge instrument during class. The instrument contained 27 sex knowledge ...
In conclusion, the biggest problem with body image was the over-concern about thinness of the Japanese girls, which was based on their own misconception. Therefore, as the strategy to correct their body image, education about good health and also information about the boys' favorite body image ...
These observed sex differences may be affected by differences in genes and hormones, as well as differences in responses to and interactions with environmental factors18. Thus, fetal sex should be taken into consideration while studying adverse pregnancy outcome. Fetal sex may modify the effects of ...
Indeed, there are no risk scores developed in populations from the Middle East18. Additionally, the limited number of risk indices used as input parameters oversimplify the complex pathogenesis of CVD development19 and at best predict 30% of the risk. In the search for identifying new ...
70% of these women experienced first intercourse before the age of 18 years. However, less than 5% were younger than 14 years at sexual debut. Younger age at first intercourse was independently associated with a higher number of sexual partners, smoking, and past pregnancies. HPV vaccine uptake...
Current social, legal and institutional factors impede a safe working environment for sex workers and their clients. OBJECTIVES: To describe characteristics and sexual behaviour of female, male and transgender sex workers, and assess their risk factors for unprotected sex. METHODS:Repeat cross-sectional...
Background: In India HIV epidemic still being driven by risky behavior of men and high HIV infection rates among sex workers continue to be detected in India. Research among higher risk subpopulations in developed countries, indicates that persons at risk of HIV infection or transmission of HIV ...
A cross-sectional, anonymous telephone survey was conducted to examine sexual problem (SP) among sexually active, Chinese homosexual adults in Hong Kong. Of the homosexual respondents, 49.1% of males and 75.6% of females reported at least one SP, of whom
The complicated interplay among female sex steroids and the neuroregulatory system may link reproductive events to mental illness and suicidality20,22,23. Since female suicide completers are more likely to have a history of self-harm/suicide attempts24, even events that occurred long before, such ...
In many taxa, sex chromosomes are heteromorphic and largely non-recombining. Evolutionary models predict that spread of recombination suppression on the Y chromosome is fueled by the accumulation of sexually antagonistic alleles in close linkage to the s