conclusions applying a simple and brief scale that incorporates the different dimensions of hiv transmission risk may provide policymakers and harm reductionists with a better understanding of hiv transmission in this key group and may be advantageous for evaluating intervention programs. results we extracted 7 items based on first factor, which were accounted for 21% of the variations. the fin...

in a study to determine the influence of sexual behaviour to hiv contamination, in 22 patients infected with aids in iran, this survey was conducted. the subjects were 21 male and one female. one of the male patients was from uganda, another was an intravenous drug addict, and one patient has been abroad for sometime. one of the patients had been abroad and received blood there, and other patie...

Background Infertility is one of the most common and important subjects in today’s obstetrics and gynecology. Immunological factors such as the presence of antisperm antibodies (ASA) are challenging etiologies for infertility. This study was performed to determine the correlation between the type of sexual practices (oral‚ anal and vaginal during menstruation) and the ASA levels in semen and in...

Relationship of neurosis and sexual behaviour has been a matter of dispute till date. In the present study sexual behaviour of 40 married neurotics and 22 matched healthy control males was studied. Sexual behaviour of neurotics was similar to control subjects before the commencement of neurotic illness. But after the onset of the neurotic illness subjects showed significant decrease in frequenc...

Background and Aims: High-risk sexual behaviors are of the most important risky behaviours in the area of sexual and reproductive health. It seems that educational programs based on health behavioural change theories are of the most basic measures in prevention of social damages. Therefore, the present study was carried out to determine the effect of a training...

R esearchers into sexually transmitted disease (STD) have been trying to measure sexual behaviour for a very long time. Following the emergence of the HIV pandemic in the 1980s and 1990s, the focus on sexual measurement intensified. Researchers attempted to measure sexual behaviour in a wide variety of contexts for various purposes, often without explicit attention to the impact of context and ...