results seven concepts emerged after exploratory factor analysis of the 48 items. the content validity ratio (cvr) of the questionnaire constructs were 0.55 to 0.76, and content validity index (cvi) structure was 0.86 to 0.95. cronbach's alpha coefficient for the entire questionnaire was 0.78, and correlation coefficient of the test-retest reliability for the constructs was from 0.73 to 0.89. c...

conclusions high-risk behaviors are not highly prevalent among municipal workers and staff, and have no relationship with the occupation type. given the higher prevalence of high-risk behaviors among more educated workers, there should be no concern about high-risk behaviors in less-educated ones. in conclusion, the ethnicity and educational level revealed as important predictors of high-risk b...

BACKGROUND Despite the significance for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) control in East Asia, few studies have examined the relationship between high-risk sexual behavior and condom use. We investigated how three sexually vulnerable groups for STDs show differences in condom use behaviors (CUBs) depending on their STD infection. METHODS The source of data came from the National Survey for...

Purpose: Risk factors of pelvic inflammatory disease can be different in different countries because of different sexual behaviors and religious restrictions. This study investigated the risk factors of this disease in Iranian women in Tehran. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional, descriptive study 1104 women with pelvic inflammatory disease were assessed from May 2010 to March 201...

INTRODUCTION As part of the young age bracket, undergraduate university students are exposed to a range of risky behaviors including HIV/AIDS. Given the paucity of data among the risk behaviors of African university students, this study was conducted to examine the sexual risk behaviors of this group in Ethiopia. METHODS A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information on soc...

BACKGROUND Risky sexual behaviors of young adults have received increasing attention during the last decades. However, few studies have focused on the sexual behavior of young adults in shantytowns of Latin America. Specifically, studies on the association between sexual behaviors and other risk factors for sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV/AIDS transmission, such as the consumption...

OBJECTIVE The present study examined the association between child sexual abuse (CSA) and sexual health outcomes in young adult women. Maladaptive coping strategies and optimism were investigated as possible mediators and moderators of this relationship. METHOD Data regarding sexual abuse, coping, optimism and various sexual health outcomes were collected using self-report and computerized qu...

conclusions results of this study could be applied to designing interventions, such as promotion of preventive beliefs or educational programs regarding premarital sexual relationships in conservative societies. these interventions could start within families and continue at schools and universities. objectives the aim of this study was to explore the viewpoints of sexually active single women ...

background: intimate partner violence (ipv) and risky sexual behaviors are serious and overlapping public health problems that disproportionately affect drug-involved women. despite the fact that drug-using women experience extensive ipv, to date, no studies have investigated the association of ipv and risky sexual behaviors among drug-using women in iran. methods : drug-using women (n =120) we...

BACKGROUND Adolescence is considered as an important phase for beginning sexual high risk behaviors that increases the possibility of negative, unpleasant and problematic consequences like unwanted pregnancy and probability of copulative disease transmission. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of sexual risk taking among students in Tehran and to develop and test a model for the relations...