objective: to estimate the size of groups at high risk of hiv, network scale up (nsu), an indirect method, was used. methods: 500 kermanian male aged 18 to 45 were recruited. 8 groups at high risk of hiv were defined: users of opium, unknown drug, ecstasy, and alcohol; intra‑venous drug users (idus; males who have extra‑marital sex with females (msf); male who have sex with female sex workers (...

conclusions: these findings demonstrated that cognitive failure and alexithymia had important roles in strengthening and appearance of high-risk behaviors in students with learning disabilities. therefore, considering those problems, precautionary actions might be necessary. results: the results showed that high-risk behaviors had significant positive correlations with difficulty identifying fe...

background: this study was performed to compare the prevalence of hpv infection and high risk hpv genotypes [16, 18] between monogamous and polygamous women, in zabol, iran. methods:   this cross sectional study was conducted in zabol in 2006 - 2007. two hundred sixty five married women attend­ing the gynecology clinic for cervical disease screening entered to this study. one hundred sixty two ...

background: this study aimed at determining the drug abuse pattern and the frequency of high-risk behaviors among the clients of methadone maintenance treatment centers and drop-in centers in shahroud county of semnan province. methods: in this cross-sectional study, the data collection tool was a questionnaire including 10 general and 32 specific items about drug abuse pattern and high-risk be...

background hepatitis a was ranked first among all of the different types of viral hepatitis in china, which occurred an average of 500,000 cases annually during the 1980’s. a live attenuated hepatitis a vaccine was applied in preventing of the disease in 1992, large scale used in vaccination program in 1995, and incorporated in the expanded program of immunization in 2008 in china. objective th...