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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Shan Li, Tianyu Tan, Dongwu Xiang, Chongyang Bai, Li Zhou, Guohui Wu
Summary: This study explores the sexual needs and behaviors of elderly men living with HIV/AIDS in Chongqing, China. The findings indicate that their sexual needs and behaviors remain at a high level. Factors associated with higher sexual needs and behaviors include being married or cohabiting, aged 50-59 years, and being employed. On the other hand, individuals with awareness of AIDS-related knowledge and longer duration of antiretroviral therapy are less likely to engage in sexual behavior. Continuous dissemination of sexual health education and promotion of condom use are necessary.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Liyuan Qing, Yunna Wang, Tong Yang, Xinrui Chen, Meng Zhang, Qingqing Bu, Bo Tan, Dan Deng
Summary: This study found that young students in Chongqing, China lack knowledge about HIV/AIDS, and an increasing number of students are showing an open attitude towards premarital sex and engaging in risky sexual behaviors. Therefore, it is urgent to enhance and widely disseminate comprehensive HIV/AIDS and sexual health education.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Million Phiri, Musonda Lemba, Chrispin Chomba, Vincent Kanyamuna
Summary: Sub-Saharan Africa, especially Southern and East Africa, has the highest number of AIDS deaths and HIV-infected individuals. This study investigates the variations in HIV risk behaviors among men in the region and found that there is a high proportion of men engaging in HIV transmission risk behavior in Southern Africa. Factors such as education level and delaying sexual debut have an impact on HIV risk behavior among men.
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yi Yang, Hua Deng, Huan He, Shuang Feng Fan, Yuan Li, Xia Wu, Na Li, Jing Xi, Jing Xu, Jie Xiao, Rui Ping Liao, Wei Xiao
Summary: High-risk sexual behaviors, including commercial heterosexual behavior, are common among elderly men in rural Chengdu, with factors such as migration history, age, health education source, and attitude related to commercial sex. HIV-related health education from mass media and positive attitudes towards condom use can help prevent elderly men from engaging in commercial heterosexual behavior.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Maxime Inghels, Arsene Kra Kouassi, Serge Niangoran, Anne Bekelynck, Severine Carilon, Lazare Sika, Mariatou Kone, Christine Danel, Annabel Degrees du Lou, Joseph Larmarange
Summary: This study in Cote d'Ivoire aimed to measure access to and preferences for community-based HIV testing sites for men who have sex with men (MSM). The results showed that only half of the respondents knew about MSM-focused community-based HIV testing sites, and knowing and visiting such sites were associated with a higher number of HIV tests and disclosure of sexual orientation. Preferences for HIV testing sites varied, with some preferring undifferentiated sites and others preferring MSM-focused sites.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Omar Martinez, Ethan Levine, Miguel Munoz-Laboy, Alex Carballo-Dieguez, Jose Arturo Bauermeister, Alexi Chacon, Jeffrey Jacobson, Robert Bettiker, Madeline Sutton, Abby E. Rudolph, Elwin Wu, Scott D. Rhodes, Amanda E. Tanner, Lilli Mann, Omar Valentin, Ariel Ilarraza, Mariana Pardes, Robin Davison, Maria Isabel Fernandez
Summary: This study investigated the interest in biomedical prevention tools among racially diverse MSM and found that the majority of participants expressed interest in methods such as rectal douching and injection. Participants who reported a history of child sexual abuse showed higher interest in implant and injection methods.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Chinekwu Obidoa, Peter Onah Thompson, Makhin Thitsa, Clyde F. Martin, Harold Katner
Summary: There is a growing body of evidence indicating that individual sexual risk behaviors alone cannot fully explain the disproportionate HIV/AIDS burden among African Americans. Instead, factors at the social, economic, political, and geographic levels play a more significant role. This study examines the impact of multi-level factors, including neighborhood-level influences, on HIV/AIDS sexual risk among African American emerging adults using a socio-ecologic perspective. The findings reveal the association between individual and neighborhood-level variables with sexual risk, confirming the importance of contextual factors as predictors of sexual risk and HIV infection among at-risk youth.
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Loretta S. Jemmott, John B. Jemmott, Howard S. Stevenson, Deepti Chittamuru
Summary: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and mediation of a culturally appropriate, theory-based HIV/STI risk-reduction intervention delivered in barbershops by barbers via iPads to African-American young men in reducing sexual risk behaviors. The intervention increased behavioral beliefs and self-efficacy regarding using condoms, which raised condom use intention, resulting in increased consistent condom use.
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tuan Norbalkish Tuan Abdullah, Ruhani Mat Min, Siti Salina Abdullah, Mosharaf Hossain
Summary: This study explored the experiences of MSM living with HIV participating in counselling sessions during treatment and care at two public hospitals in Malaysia. The participants were found to experience feelings of emptiness and hopelessness due to their unreadiness to accept their HIV status, making their participation in counselling sessions challenging. Therefore, there is a need for counselling sessions to focus more on feelings related to unreadiness in order to improve the self-esteem and ability to create positive relationships with others among MSM living with HIV.
Article
Pediatrics
Raquel A. Benavides-Torres, Maria de los angeles Meneses-Tirado, Alan Josue Ramirez-Calderon, Dora Julia Onofre-Rodriguez, Jane Dimmitt Champion
Summary: The goal of this research was to determine the predictors of condom use among rural Indigenous adolescents. The predictor variables were selected from Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory and Leininger's Transcultural Theory. The study found that age at menarche/first ejaculation, attitude toward condom use, ethnic identity, and ability to negotiate condom use were significant predictors of condom use among the participants. This research provides a foundation for incorporating the cultural values of Indigenous adolescents into sexual health promotion interventions.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Muslima Ejaz, Soren Andersson, Salma Batool, Tazeen Ali, Anna Mia Ekstrom
Summary: The study in Pakistan found a high prevalence of HPV infection among MSM and transgender women, especially those living with HIV. Factors such as HIV status and lack of condom use were independently associated with anal-HPV16 infection.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Roshna Thapa, Youngran Yang
Summary: Cambodian women living with HIV have slightly negative attitudes toward menopause, with older age, higher education, and a non-drinking habit being associated with more positive attitudes. A multidisciplinary healthcare team is needed to address the special needs of this population during the menopausal transition.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Morteza Mehraeen, Mohammadreza Heydari, Kamran B. Lankarani, Hassan Joulaei, Marjan Faghih
Summary: The main causes of HIV infection were found to be drug injection for males and sexual intercourse with an infected individual for females. Patients felt responsible for contracting and transmitting the disease, and there was a high prevalence of high-risk behaviors within families, emphasizing the need for intervention.
Article
Economics
Manuela Angelucci, Daniel Bennett
Summary: Asymmetric information in the marriage market, particularly regarding sexual safety, can affect the timing of marriage and pregnancy. Frequent HIV testing can help safe individuals signal and screen for potential partners, leading to quicker marriages and pregnancies for safe and attractive respondents.
REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES
(2021)
Article
Sociology
Sanyu A. Mojola, Enid Schatz, Nicole Angotti, Brian Houle
Summary: In the context of a severe HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, this study examines why some individuals successfully adapt to change while others do not. Through analyzing qualitative life history interviews among middle-aged and older adults, the role of life course and gendered sexuality in influencing strategies of action or inaction is explored. The study highlights the unique challenges of adapting to social change resulting from dynamic interactions among aging, prevailing social structures, and a cohort's sociohistorical orientation to a new period.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY
(2021)