Social harms in female-initiated HIV prevention method research

Female Sex Worker Social Networks and STI/HIV Prevention in South China

BACKGROUND Reducing harm associated with selling and purchasing sex is an important public health priority in China, yet there are few examples of sustainable, successful programs to promote sexual health among female sex workers. The limited civil society and scope of nongovernmental organizations circumscribe the local capacity of female sex workers to collectively organize, advocate for thei...

The social context of sexual HIV prevention among female sex workers in China.

The recent article on scaling up programmes to prevent sexual human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission is timely and addresses a compelling topic. However, there are two points that should be emphasized in understanding how to organize an effective response to China’s expanding sexually transmitted HIV epidemic: (i) the heterogeneity within China’s commercial sex industry; and (ii) the u...

Cross-sectional HIV incidence estimation in HIV prevention research.

Accurate methods for estimating HIV incidence from cross-sectional samples would have great utility in prevention research. This report describes recent improvements in cross-sectional methods that significantly improve their accuracy. These improvements are based on the use of multiple biomarkers to identify recent HIV infections. These multiassay algorithms (MAAs) use assays in a hierarchical...

Using the health belief model regarding HIV/AIDS prevention among female high school students

Introduction: As previous evidences , unsafe sexual behavior is playing an increasingly important role in the currently growing incidence of in Iran. This study aimed to design and evaluate the effects of educational program on perceptions of high school female students based on health belief model. Method and Material: This interventional study was performed among students studying in female h...

Interests and harms in primate research.