background: human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) epidemics are largely linked to high-risk populations such as female commercial sex workers (fsws). this study assessed sexual behaviors, attitudes and knowledge of this marginalized group. methods: we conducted a cross- sectional study on 278 selfidentified fsws by using respondent driven sampling (rds) method in shiraz, south of iran, from june 2...

background: orgasm is the height of enjoyment in sexual behaviors that disordering of this stage in women induced them privation and failure senses. anorgasmia could be source of psychological and physiological disturbance for women and may cause problems for her partner does not enjoy enough from sexual relation and may induce incompatible marital and results in vulnerable children. the aim of...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of HIV in Ghana is 1.3%, compared to 17% among men who have sex with men (MSM). There is limited empirical data on the current health care climate and its impact on HIV prevention services for Ghanaian MSM. The purposes of this study were to investigate (1) MSM's experiences using HIV prevention resources, (2) what factors, including health care climate factors, influe...

BACKGROUND An emerging model for sexuality education is the rights-based approach, which unifies discussions of sexuality, gender norms, and sexual rights to promote the healthy sexual development of adolescents. A rigorous evaluation of a rights-based intervention for a broad population of adolescents in the U.S. has not previously been published. This paper evaluates the immediate effects of ...

Objective To determine whether a theoretically based sex education programme for adolescents (SHARE) delivered by teachers reduced unsafe sexual intercourse compared with current practice. Design Cluster randomised trial with follow up two years after baseline (six months after intervention). A process evaluation investigated the delivery of sex education and broader features of each school. Se...

Sexual education is crucial for reducing sexual risk behaviors (or at least not to enable their increase). The goal of this study was to evaluate the implementation of sexual education in schools. For the quantitative study, all schools (clustered in Schools Organic Units—SOUs) in mainland Portugal were invited to participate. Study 1—A total of 428 school principals, 424 coordinating teachers ...

The challenge of remoteness is an issue for both patients and clinicians in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia with limited attention having been paid to the needs for currency maintenance and enhancement of competency of practice nurses (PNs) in providing sexual and reproductive health (S&RH) education following initial formal preparation for these roles. This paper presents researc...

OBJECTIVE To ascertain the perspectives of family-planning service providers in eight sites in China on the provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people. METHODS Data were drawn from a survey of 1927 family-planning workers and 16 focus group discussions conducted in eight sites in China in 1998-99. FINDINGS Family-planning workers recognized the need to pr...

OBJECTIVES Sexual pleasure and satisfaction are integral components of the human sexual experience, yet these crucial aspects of sexuality are rarely placed on sexual education agendas. The objective of this paper is to explore the ways in which various groups of Service Providers (SPs) participating in the Toronto Teen Survey (TTS) understand the role of pleasure in sexual education for youth,...