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...
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 ...
Data on anal intercourse practices among high risk core transmitters of HIV like Female Sex Workers (FSW) in India are sparse. Methods: Data are drawn from the first round of Integrated Biological and Behavioural Assessment aimed at evaluating "Avahan, the India AIDS initiative", a HIV ...
HPV vaccine uptake was associated with higher education, whereas smoking and a migrant background reduced the chance of being vaccinated. Conclusion In Germany, only a small proportion of women experienced first intercourse before the age of 14 years. Younger age at first intercourse was associated ...
HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) display the highest prevalence of anal infection by high-risk Human Papillomaviruses (hrHPVs) and incidence of anal carcinoma. Anal specimens were genotyped by the Linear Array. Incidence and clearance of anal
but the determinants of these hormones are not well understood.Cross-sectional analyses of breast cancer risk factors and circulating hormone concentrations in more than 6000 postmenopausal women controls in 13 prospective studies.Concentrations of all hormones were lower in older than younger women, with...
A large body of research on justice-involved youth focuses on risk and promotive factors associated with delinquent behaviors. However, few studies of youth involved with the justice system have centered on predictors of positive adjustment post-adjudication, that is, once a youth has been charged ...
Factors of production are the inputs needed for the creation of a good or service. These include labor, entrepreneurship, and capital.
Fc24-06 - Exploration of personality factors and the predictive impact on therapy utilization: The externalizing mode of functioning. Fc24-06 - Exploration of personality factors and the predictive impact on therapy utilization: The externalizing mode of functioning.Introduction: In recent years more ...
The 2017 American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) lowered the diagnostic criteria for hypertension. We aimed to explore whether clustering of multiple risk factors are associated with the risk of new-onset hypertension define