2020 STD Prevention Conference

IFPRI 2020 International Conference

STD patients’ preferences for HIV prevention strategies

The objective of this pilot study was to explore the knowledge of and preferences regarding effective biomedical interventions among high risk individuals attending a sexually transmitted diseases clinic, and to examine the effect of a brief information intervention on preference. Participants completed a baseline assessment, attended a presentation on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevent...

IFPRI 2020 Conference: Paper and Internet Survey Results

Concerned that millions of the world's poorest and hungry people remain in poverty and hunger, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) facilitated a consultation process, which includes the conference "Taking Action for the World's Poor and Hungry People" on October 1719 in Beijing, to examine what new and different action is required to improve their welfare." Of the 400 parti...

[From condom use to prevention of STD/AIDS].

Men s attitudes were investigated regarding the condom use in heterosexual intercourse. The study was characterized as secondary analysis of part of wider research aiming to understand power in heterosexual intercourse from the man s perspective. The secondary analysis proposed to analyze research data obtained and analyzed in a previous study to answer questions other than those contained in t...

[Knowledge of contraceptive methods and STD prevention among immigrant women].

Sexual and reproductive health is a major public health concern, since it involves individual health and wellbeing and affects the socioeconomic level of societies. Socially underprivileged groups like immigrants may be more exposed to sexual and reproductive health problems. The current study examines key aspects of sexual and reproductive health among Brazilian and African immigrant women in ...