human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is a public health challenge facing both developing and developed nations. although injecting drug use is even the main route of hiv transmission in iran, sexual route is rising gradually. vulnerable women have been considered as important bridging population for driving hiv epidemics. to increase the access to vulnerable women, in 2007, 5 pilot centers were e...

background there are many risky behaviors that threat adolescents and must receive specific attention. research has shown that personality pattern behaviors have a significant relationship with risky behaviors. objectives the objective of this study was to clarify the role of personality pattern behaviors in risky behaviors of high school students in chabahar city. patients and methods three hu...

OBJECTIVE To describe empirically the risky sexual behavior of an at-risk sample of adolescent girls, to assess psychosocial correlates of risky behavior, and to examine the utility of applying a risk and protective model to predicting teens' risky sexual behavior. METHOD Participants included 158 African American girls, ages 12 to 19, who were receiving medical care in an adolescent primary ...

Research has found that non-monosexual women report worse mental health than their heterosexual and lesbian counterparts. The reasons for these mental health discrepancies are unclear. This study investigated whether higher levels of child abuse and risky sexual behavior, and lower levels of sexual orientation disclosure, may help explain elevated symptoms of depression and anxiety among non-mo...

conclusions this study indicated that health belief model contrasts could predict the risky behavior of university students due to heart disease. however, more researches are needed to verify the predictors of high risky behaviors in students. background disease preventing methods focus mostly on lifestyle factors such as physical activity, healthy diet and not smoking. previous studies verifie...

This paper uses Danish register data to examine the effect of relative age for grade on women's risky health behavior. I exploit an administrative rule that creates a discontinuous jump in children born around January 1. Being young-for-grade leads higher probability abortion and alcohol poisoning adolescence earlier births, cohabitation contraceptive use. The results show how is determinant ad...

The health decision-making dynamics of adolescents in New York and Montana are assessed. Ninth-grade students were asked to make a decision on a hypothetical dilemma scenario. From their choice they were classified as either health-promoting decision makers (HPDM) or health-risky decision makers (HRDM). They were subsequently asked a series of questions dealing with future health choices, degre...