BACKGROUND In the United Kingdom people under the age of 25 years are at increased risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections. Most university students belong to this age group but little is known about their sexual behaviours. The aim of the study was to explore university students' perspectives of factors and mechanisms that influence risky sexual behaviours among university students...

In many ways, cervical cancer behaves as a sexually transmitted disease. The major risk factors are multiple sexual partners and early onset of sexual activity. Although high-risk types of human papillomaviruses (HPV) play an important role in the development of nearly all cases of cervical cancer, other sexually transmitted infectious agents may be cofactors. Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) cause considerable reproductive morbidity and poor health outcomes, including pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, ectopic pregnancy, cervical cancer, neonatal disorders and death.1 They are often associated with significant social stigma and are a source of psychological stress, with adverse impacts on individuals and their relationships. Early diagn...

The structures of sexual networks are essential for understanding the dynamics of sexually transmitted infections. Standard epidemiological models largely disregard the complex patterns of intimate contacts. Social network analysis offers important insight into how to conceptualize and model social interaction and has the potential to greatly enhance the understanding of disease epidemics.

32 Kanem Journal of Medical Sciences 2010;4(2): 32 37 PERCEPTIONS OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND KNOWLEDGE ON SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS AMONG THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF A UNIVERSITY IN NORTH WESTERN NIGERIA ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Trends in adolescent sexual health, the relation between parenting and adolescent sexual outcomes, and adolescent sexuality interventions with a parent component are reviewed. American adolescents have higher rates of unprotected sex and sexually transmitted infections contraction than adults and nine times the teen pregnancy rate of their European counterparts. Parenting efforts are related to...

This is the first of three planned guidelines to address the sexual health of people with who are HIV positive. The other two under consideration are reproductive health choices for women and sexual dysfunction in men with HIV. This guideline complements existing BASHH Clinical Effectiveness Group guidelines on individual sexually transmitted infections and screening and testing available at: w...

BACKGROUND Many suburban sexual health clinics exist in Australasia. However, sexual health research has hitherto been restricted to populations from major metropolitan centres. OBJECTIVE To describe the demographic, sexual characteristics and presenting diagnoses of 6521 new patients attending a sexual health clinic in the western suburbs of Sydney (New South Wales). DISCUSSION Patients or...