Numerous interventions have been designed to promote safer sexual behaviour amongst young people. However, relatively few have proved effective, which is, at least partially, due to the lack of development of theoretically based programmes. An understanding of the origins and control of sexual behaviour can be derived from basic social science research. Unless this is applied to the design of b...

Information on risky sexual behaviour has significant policy implications in designing and implementing family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention programs. The main objective of this study was to explore the factors that determine risky sexual behaviour and the possible risk to HIV infection among the youth in Kenya. The study population consisted of 2132 sexually-active women ages (15-24) covere...

Objectives: Few studies have evaluated the relation between male and female sexual behaviour and STD among married African women. The objectives of this study were to identify male and female sexual behaviour associated with female STD, and to explore whether incorporating male and female sexual behaviour and male symptoms can improve algorithms for STD management in married African women. Meth...

Hypersexuality has been defined as the subjective experience of loss of control over sexuality (Catalan and Singh, 1995). It is known to be associated with mood, impulse and compulsive disorder (Coleman and Kafka, 1991) and with biological factors such as brain injury involving septal nuclei (Gorman and Cummins, 1992) and dementia (Potocnik, 1992). Sexual addiction is synonymous with hypersexua...