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Develo** Sexual Self-Efficacy Beliefs During Adolescence: Do Health Teachers Really Matter?
Teacher attitudes and instructional strategies impact success of human sexuality programs. Limited prior research has examined the relations of...
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Preventing HIV Infection in Pregnant Women in Western Uganda Through a Comprehensive Antenatal Care-Based Intervention: An Implementation Study
We implemented and assessed a comprehensive, antenatal care (ANC)-embedded strategy to prevent HIV seroconversions during pregnancy in Uganda....
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Sexual Behavior: Challenges for Prevention and Control Among Medical Students in Mexico
IntroductionIn Mexico, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are the fifth-leading reason to seek medical guidance. Among people aged 15–44 years,...
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Implementation of Community-Wide Initiatives Designed to Reduce Teen Pregnancy: Measuring Progress in a 5-Year Project in 10 Communities
IntroductionCommunity-wide initiatives (CWI) to prevent teen pregnancy were implemented in 10 communities in the USA. The CWI supported the...
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The Effect of State-Level Sex Education Policies on Youth Sexual Behaviors
Two types of sex education are generally offered in the U.S. abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education. There is no clear scientific consensus...
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The Impact of State Policy on Adverse Teen Sexual Health Outcomes in the United States: A Sco** Review
IntroductionAdolescent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended birth are critical public health issues, with a need for continued...
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Perceptions, Experiences, and Needs of Adolescents About School-Based Sexual Health Education: Qualitative Systematic Review
Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to poor sexual health outcomes such as sexually transmitted diseases, sexually transmitted infections, human...
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Technology-supported Sexual Health Education Among Adolescents Receiving Inpatient Psychiatric Care
Mental illness in adolescence is associated with high-risk sexual behaviors including multiple sex partners, infrequent or inconsistent condom use,...
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Relations Between Adolescent Sensation Seeking and Risky Sexual Behaviors Across Sex, Race, and Age: A Meta-Analysis
Sensation seeking (SS)—the seeking of novel and intense sensations or experiences and the willingness to take risks for the sake of such...
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Associations of Social Network- and Individual-Level Factors with HIV Testing, Condom Use, and Interest in PrEP Among Young Black Women
To achieve the 2030 goal of ending the HIV epidemic, we must consider social network- along with individual-level factors related to HIV prevention...
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Sex Education in Italy: An Overview of 15 Years of Projects in Primary and Secondary Schools
School-based sex education is essential to improve the knowledge and behavior of young people. Unlike most European countries, sex education in Italy...
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Individual and Partnership Factors Associated with Heterosexual Anal Intercourse Among Attendees of Public Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics in Los Angeles County
Heterosexual anal intercourse (HAI) is an understudied sexual behavior and poses unique challenges to the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases...
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Sexual Relationship Decision Making Based on Entertainment Media: A Qualitative Perspective Among Young Couples
As important as physical, mental, or social health is sexual health. Teenage pregnancy, STDs/STIs, and unsafe abortions are just a few of the...
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A Latent Class Analysis of Sexual Behavior and Associations with Sex Education, Smoking, Drinking, and Pornography Use Among Chinese Youth
The incidence of sexually transmitted diseases has alarmingly increased among Chinese youth in the past decade, and newly diagnosed cases of AIDS...
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Interpersonal- and Community-Level Risk Factors for Adolescent Obesity: An Examination of Sexual Identity, School Violence, and School Climate in a Large Sample of Urban Adolescents
Sexual minority adolescents are more likely to have obesity compared to their heterosexual peers, but little is known about potential contributors to...
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Do Adolescents and Young Adults Learn About Condoms from Healthcare Providers? Findings from a US Probability Sample
IntroductionUsing data from the 2018 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, we determined the prevalence and content of adolescents’ and...
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Emotion Efficacy Improves Prediction of HIV/AIDS Risky Behaviors: A Modified Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model
Although the information-motivation-behavioral (IMB) skills model is a functional and well-known model for HIV/AIDS prevention, there are criticisms...
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Health and Mental Health Consequences from Sexual Trauma Victimizations
Sexual assault has unique effects on survivors due to the invasive and personal nature of the crime and perpetrators’ use of power and control....