■ While sex work is a universal phenomenon, it is also frequently illegal and, therefore, clandestine. This makes it difficult to determine the true extent of the sex work industry, although it is acknowledged to be substantial and has apparently been increasing in recent years. This increase has been attributed to various factors, including changes in political, civil and socioeconomic conditi...

BACKGROUND Transactional sex is believed to be a significant driver of the HIV epidemic among young women in South Africa. This sexual risk behaviour is commonly associated with age mixing, concurrency and unsafe sex. It is often described as a survival- or consumption-driven behaviour. South Africa's history of political oppression as well as the globalization-related economic policies adopted...

conclusions as vaginismus can affect the stability of marriage, it is necessary to assess sexual dysfunction from all directions, including demographic characteristics and variables that affect the incidence of vaginismus. therefore, based on the data obtained, we can diagnose and properly treat sexual dysfunction, in time, and teach couples how to deal with it. patients and methods this study ...

If global trade were fair, it is argued, then international aid would be unnecessary and inequalities inherent to the economic system would be justifiable. Here, we argue that while global trade is unfair, in part because richer countries set the rules, we believe that additional interventions must go beyond trade regulation and short-term aid to redress inequalities among countries that will p...

abstract background: sexual behaviors of adolescents and youth are categorized as one of the main health priorities of a society because of high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired  immunodeficiency syndrome (hiv/aids), sexually transmitted infections (stis), and unwanted pregnancies. family is an important environment that is associated with a range of social and emotional beha...

the main disorder are due to sex chromosomal aberration comprising 2644(82.5%), cases ranging from 1211  klinefelter followed by 1025 turner  syndrome, 345 triple x, 49 double y and 14 cases of xx male. the second group consists 116 cases of gonadal dysgenesis bearing 0.042 risk of malignant transformation for xy gonadal dysgenesis. the 3rd group is hormonal defects consisting 29 cases of conge...

background: female sexual dysfunction (fsd) is a real problem that affects 25-63% of women. there is no valid persian version of sexual function questionnaire (fsq). objectives: the aim of this study was to test the reliability and validity of persian version of sexual function questionnaire. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 547 women were questioned by persian version of s...

inequities in health need to be monitored and necessary actions should be taken to reduce them. this study aimed to determine the socioeconomic distribution of self-reported chronic diseases and self-assessed health (sah) in turkey and try to evaluate the determinants of such inequalities in terms of their contributions.cross-sectional data from the turkish health survey conducted during year 2...