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Open AccessIndividual and population level impacts of illicit drug use, sexual risk behaviours on sexually transmitted infections among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: results from the GOANNA survey
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have been increasing among Australian Indigenous young people for over two decades. Little is known about the association between alcohol and other drug use and sexual ri...
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Essential components in develo** public policy to control viral hepatitis: lessons from Taiwan
Over 500 million people are estimated to be infected with chronic viral hepatitis with an increasing burden resulting from the infections. In 2010, the World Health Organization recommended national government...
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Versatility and HIV Vulnerability: Patterns of Insertive and Receptive Anal Sex in a National Sample of Older Australian Gay Men
According to mathematical modeling, HIV is more likely to spread through a population of men who have sex with men when high numbers practice versatile anal sex roles, that is, engage in both insertive (IAI) a...
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Exploring the Psychological Impact of HIV: Health Comparisons of Older Australian HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Gay Men
Little is known about the impact of HIV on the mental health of older gay men. In a nationwide online survey, 1,135 Australian gay men aged 40 years and older reported on their physical and mental health. Comp...
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Sexual Behavior and HIV Testing Among Bisexual Men: A Nationwide Comparison of Australian Bisexual-Identifying and Gay-Identifying Men
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are typically studied as though they were a homogeneous population. This has resulted in a lack of knowledge about the sexual health and behavior of bisexual men as distinct fro...
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HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Sexuality in Later Life
In this article, we review recent evidence indicating that people over the age of 50 years are increasingly at risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections, and that—thanks to the success of highly active a...
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Open AccessDeterminants of male reproductive health disorders: the Men in Australia Telephone Survey (MATeS)
The relationship between reproductive health disorders and lifestyle factors in middle-aged and older men is not clear. The aim of this study is to describe lifestyle and biomedical associations as possible ca...
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Open AccessAssessing knowledge of human papillomavirus and collecting data on sexual behavior: computer assisted telephone versus face to face interviews
Education campaigns seeking to raise awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV) and promoting HPV vaccination depend on accurate surveys of public awareness and knowledge of HPV and related sexual behavior. Howev...
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Open AccessConversant or clueless? Chlamydia-related knowledge and practice of general practitioners in Western Australia
A survey of Western Australia's general practitioners' (GPs') knowledge and practices relating to genital chlamydia infection was conducted in mid-2005, prior to a multi-media campaign which encouraged 15–24 y...