objective: the study aimed to design and evaluate the content and face validity, and reliability of knowledge, attitude, and behavior questionnaire on preventive behaviors among vulnerable women concerning sexually transmitted diseases (stds). materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out in two phases of an action research. in the first phase, to explain stds preventive dom...

Since 2000, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued eight clinical recommendation statements on screening for sexually transmitted infections. This article, written on behalf of the USPSTF, is an overview of these recommendations. The USPSTF recommends that women at increased risk of infection be screened for chlamydia, gonorrhea, human immunodeficiency virus, and syphilis. ...

OBJECTIVES We evaluated risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in women residing in low-income neighborhoods of northern California. METHODS A population-based sample of 1707 women, aged 18 to 29, were surveyed and screened for sexually transmitted infections and HCV. RESULTS Women infected with HCV (2.5%) were more likely to have a history of injection and noninjection drug use, to exc...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to determine the prevalence of common bacterial sexually transmitted infections, including Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, in women attending clinics in the Solomon Islands. METHODS We conducted a sexual health survey among women attending three nurse-led community outpatient clinics in August 2014, to establish the prevalence of bacterial sexuall...

1. Clinical foundation of the problem Each of the terms—“sexual(ly)”, “transmitted”, “disease”, and “infection”—is problematic independently, as this study will show. Moreover, co-occurring variants, used as synonyms in English medical articles worldwide, aggravate the problem. The purpose of this study is to propose a single term that can stimulate discussion about whether the co-occurring var...

abstract circumcision is the most common surgery performed worldwide and about 30% of men are circumcised, of whom 70% are muslim. the majority of male neonates are circumcised based on religious and cultural practices. neonatal circumcision has several advantages when compared to an older age group receiving the procedure. there is considerable controversy about circumcision – neonatal or othe...

Abstract Co-infection with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and mpox is common. We evaluated concurrent STI testing among Duke Health patients tested for mpox. found that most were not comprehensively STIs, despite STIs being diagnosed in 15% of when was performed.