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Predictors of HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors in a Community Sample of Injection Drug-Using Men and Women
Injection risk practices and unprotected sex between injection drug users (IDUs) and their sexual partners are responsible for a high proportion of AIDS cases and new HIV infections in the United States. The p...
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Demographic Characteristics, Treatment History, Drug Risk Behaviors, and Condom Use Attitudes for U.S. and Russian Injection Drug Users: The Need for Targeted Sexual Risk Behavior Interventions
Two separate databases, one on Russian (n = 444) injection drug users (IDUs), and the other on U.S. IDUs (n = 241), were merged, and responses were compared. Results indicated that Russian IDUs perceived themselv...
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Promoting HIV Testing and Condom Use Among Filipina Commercial Sex Workers: Findings from a Quasi-Experimental Intervention Study
This study examines the effects of a multi-level social action-based theory (SABT) intervention to increase HIV testing and consistent condom use among female commercial sex workers (FCSWs). Respondents in fou...
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Open AccessExploring the relationship between premarital sex and cigarette/alcohol use among college students in Taiwan: a cohort study
Cigarette/alcohol use and premarital sex, and their subsequent consequences on the well-being of college students, are international health promotion issues. However, little is known about the temporal relatio...
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Community Effects on Pregnancy Intention Among Cohabiting Women in The Philippines: Implications for Maternal and Child Health
Unintended pregnancy impacts both maternal and child health. International studies continue to emphasize the importance of reproductive health in the context of community. Only a few researchers have explored ...
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Open AccessThe effects of mid-life socioeconomic disadvantage and perceived social support on trajectories of subsequent depressive symptoms among older Taiwanese women
Scant research has taken a life-course perspective to explore the longitudinal impact of socioeconomic disadvantage and perceived social support on the psychological well-being of older women. We sought to exp...