OBJECTIVE To survey inner-city prostitutes' perceived health needs. METHODS One hundred forty street prostitutes in Washington DC, were surveyed to determine their perceived health needs, in addition to levels of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). RESULTS The final sample comprised 100 individuals, representing 3 subgroups of prostitutes, female, male, and transgender male. Major health...

INTRODUCTION The challenges for prostate cancer survivors include the surveillance of prostate cancer recurrence and management of physical, cognitive, sexual, and socioeconomic quality of life issues. Sexual function remains an important issue in men, who often continue to be interested in sex after prostate cancer treatment. The various post-prostate cancer treatment-related sexual dysfunctio...

INTRODUCTION We have previously documented the relationships between stress and depression symptoms and adolescent women's nonuse and misuse of condoms and other contraceptive methods and on their unintended pregnancy rates. AIM Here, we examine relationships between mental health symptoms and another understudied adolescent reproductive health behavior-frequency of sexual intercourse. MAIN...

BACKGROUND Levels of gender-based violence in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are high; health services for survivors are limited. Evidence from the few existing health services for survivors can inform improvements in care in this and similar settings. METHODS Médecins Sans Frontières supported health services for survivors in Lae, PNG from 2008-2013. Routine monitoring data from August 2010-April 20...

OBJECTIVE: Previous surveys on hypothesized sexual activity changes after human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination may be subject to selfresponse biases. To date, no studies measured clinical markers of sexual activity after HPV vaccination. This study evaluated sexual activity–related clinical outcomes after adolescent vaccination. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study utilizing lon...

OBJECTIVE: Previous surveys on hypothesized sexual activity changes after human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination may be subject to selfresponse biases. To date, no studies measured clinical markers of sexual activity after HPV vaccination. This study evaluated sexual activity–related clinical outcomes after adolescent vaccination. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study utilizing lon...

BACKGROUND The use of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2012, but delivery to at-risk persons has lagged. This critical review analyzes the current state of PrEP implementation in the United States, by reviewing barriers and innovative solutions to enhance PrEP access and uptake. SETTING Clinical care settings, public health ...

Premarital sexual behavior by adolescents is a bad practice because it has consequences for adolescent health. One of the efforts aimed at preventing premarital in to provide intervention through counseling. This study aims analyze counseling interventions prevention adolescents. The used literature review approach and was based on guideline assessment instrument. Search data electronic databas...

Sexual health is considered a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being (World Health Organization, 2006). Persons with disabilities are likely to be presumed as sexually inactive, asexual (Rico Alonso et al., 2021; Sant Angelo, 2000), or deviant (Earle, 2001), often leading their lack sexual education, an increased risk exploitation, unwanted pregnancy, transmitted infections...

OBJECTIVE To explore factors that facilitate the receipt of mental health treatment among juvenile crime victims. METHOD Telephone interviews were conducted with a national sample of 157 caretakers whose children had suffered a serious sexual or physical assault in the previous year. RESULTS Twenty-two percent of caretakers had thought about getting professional counseling for their child v...