We have read the article by Keles et. al. (1) which was an interesting study evaluating the sexual function of partners of women with complaints of urinary incontinence (UI). In this study, they tried to assess the sexual function in men with female partners suffering stress or urge UI by International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF). They showed that erectile function in the partners of wome...

This study examines the relationship between dating violence, forced sexual intercourse (FSI), and four measures of sexual risk taking (i.e., age at first sex, number of recent (within the last three months) sex partners, alcohol/drug use at last sex, and condom use at last sex) among a sample of 1124 ethnically diverse sexually active adolescents in Illinois. Given conflicting reports regardin...

Several smartphone applications (apps) designed to help men who have sex with men (MSM) find casual sexual partners have appeared on the market recently. Apps of this nature have the potential to impact sexual health and behavior by providing constant access to a large supply of available partners. In this study, the sexual health history, behavior, and personality of MSM who use these apps was...

BACKGROUND Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) improves patients' ability to access HIV-related services and reduces needle sharing and other risky HIV-related behaviors. However, patients may continue to engage in risky sexual practices. In this study, we evaluate sexual behaviors of MMT patients in a mountainous province in Northern Vietnam. METHODS We explored the health status, MMT and ...

PURPOSE Although sexual risk behavior has negative consequences in adolescence and early adulthood, little is known about pathways of sexual risk across development and their correlates. Study goals were to examine trajectories of number of sexual partners across adolescence and into early adulthood, and to investigate hypothesized individual and family-level predictors. METHODS A subset of 8...

The epidemic of HIV/AIDS among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM) is rapidly escalating. We implemented partner notification among HIV-infected MSM, cooperating with MSM-serving community-based organizations (CBOs) in two Chinese cities from June 2014 to May 2015. CBOs participated in identifying new HIV-positive MSM utilizing rapid HIV tests and partner notification among index cases. 253...

background: intravenous drug users (ivdus) who share needles/syringes and practice sexual behaviors, are the most important group in the transmission of blood-borne infection diseases such as hepatitis c virus (hcv). therefore identification of prevalent high-risky behaviors among ivdus to detect the most route of transmission among them is essential to develop harm reduction programs among ivd...

one hundred and seventy two men at the state of thessaly, greece, inquiring semen analysis were enrolled in the study in order to investigate the incidence of chlamydia, ureaplasma and mycoplasma (c-u-m) genera in respect to total sperm number and progressive (grades a and b) and total motility (grades a, b and c). putative relation of c-u-m acquirement with sexual behavior was also investigate...