BACKGROUND There are no prevalence data on Chlamydia trachomatis relating to female students attending higher education available for the Republic of Ireland. This information is required to guide on the necessity for Chlamydia screening programmes in higher education settings. This research aimed to determine the prevalence of and predictive risk factors for Chlamydia trachomatis genital infec...

BACKGROUND The estimated one in three women worldwide victimized by intimate partner violence (IPV) consistently demonstrate elevated STI/HIV prevalence, with their abusive male partners' risky sexual behaviours and subsequent infection increasingly implicated. To date, little empirical data exist to characterise the nature of men's sexual risk as it relates to both their violence perpetration,...

BACKGROUND The development of HIV and STD prevention programs needs information about sexual behaviour. The aim of this study is to analyze whether there were differences in HIV/STD risk behaviours according to type of high school (public/private), gender and age in adolescents. METHODS A representative sample of 4.456 adolescents participated. To select the participants, a stratified random ...

BACKGROUND Some studies show orphanhood to be associated with increased sexual risk-taking while others have not established this relationship, but have found factors other than orphanhood as predictors of sexual risk behaviours and outcomes among adolescents. This study examines community members' perceptions of how poverty influences adolescent sexual behaviour and outcomes in four districts ...

BACKGROUND Sexual maltreatment is one of the most common forms of child abuse. To identify risk factors for sexually abusive behaviour by adults, we prospectively assessed childhood experiences and personal characteristics of male child victims who became abusers in later life. METHODS In a longitudinal study (7-19 years duration), we included 224 former male victims of sexual abuse. Risk fac...

Accepted for publication 28 April 1993 Abstract Objective-To determine independent risks with predictive value for specific sexually transmitted diseases in women. Design-A prospective study of reported sexual behaviour in patients who presented for screening and diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases. Setting-A genitourinary medicine clinic at the West London Hospital. Subjects.-1025 conse...

There is consensus that the main risk factor for cervical cancer development is persistent infection with high-risk group human papilloma viruses (HPVs), together with smoking, and reproductive history. Since sexual behaviour determines exposure to HPVs and the adolescent period may be particularly important in this regard it is of interest to consider behavioural determinants of teenagers. In ...

BACKGROUND Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) following sexual exposure to HIV has been recommended as a method of preventing HIV infection in the UK. Men who have sex with men (MSM) are the group most affected by HIV in the UK and their sexual risk taking behaviour is reported to be increasing. One-to-one behavioural interventions, such as motivational interviewing (MI) have been recommended to r...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Men who have sex with men (MSM) remain one of the groups most at risk of HIV, particularly in countries with concentrated epidemics. Here, we review findings from behavioural research with MSM and discuss the potential of behavioural interventions. RECENT FINDINGS Increasing sexual risk behaviour and HIV transmission among MSM is apparent. Although risk reduction strategies,...

Cameroon has a high concentration of out-of-school youths. Therefore research relating to out-of-school adolescents and HIV/AIDS is imperative. The aim of the study was to investigate the perception of risk of contracting HIV/AIDS and its association with multiple sexual partners among out-of-school youths in Kumba, the Southwest region of Cameroon. A cross sectional study was adopted using a s...