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 ...
This study examined the prevalence of addictive Internet use and analyzed the role of parental relationship in affecting this behavior among a random sample of adolescents in Wuhan, China. Students (n=1,101) were randomly selected from four schools, including 638 boys and 463 girls with a mean...
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 yout
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
In addition, 86 (18%) participants were aged between 22–25 years and 65 (13.6%) participants were aged between 26–30 years. Only 2 participants were above 30 years old. The majority of the respondents (N = 213, 44.6%) were sure (Yes very likely) to become an entrepreneur in ...
The difference in days between onset of symptoms and collection of specimen was calculated and factors influencing the time difference were identified using a gamma regression model. The median number of days between onset of symptoms and collection of specimen was two days with 27.1 % of cases ...
The data show that 15-year-old video game addicts had already exhibited a number of specific risk factors at the age of 10. Students from single-parent families seem to be particularly at risk, as are students with low experienced school well-being and with a weaker social integration in ...