Safe Sex
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Pregnancy as a window of opportunity for HIV prevention: effects of an HIV intervention delivered within prenatal care.

15 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine whether an HIV prevention program bundled with group prenatal care reduced sexually transmitted infection (STI) incidence, repeat pregnancy, sexual risk behavior, and psychosocial risks. METHODS: We conducted a ... Read more...

Biomarker validation of reports of recent sexual activity: results of a randomized controlled study in Zimbabwe.

7 Sep 2009 Challenges in the accurate measurement of sexual behavior in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention research are well documented and have prompted discussion about whether valid assessments are possible. Audio computer-assisted ... Read more...

Empowering sex workers in India to reduce vulnerability to HIV and sexually transmitted diseases.

26 Aug 2009 The Sonagachi Project was initiated in Kolkata, India in 1992 as a STD/HIV intervention for sex workers. The project evolved to adopt strategies common to women's empowerment programs globally (i.e., community mobilization, rights-based framing, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Safe Sex'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Male circumcision for prevention of HIV transmission. 29 Oct 2009
• Pregnancy as a window of opportunity for HIV prevention: effects of an HIV intervention delivered within prenatal care. 15 Sep 2009
• Biomarker validation of reports of recent sexual activity: results of a randomized controlled study in Zimbabwe. 7 Sep 2009
• New technologies promise safer sex for women. 30 Aug 2009
• Empowering sex workers in India to reduce vulnerability to HIV and sexually transmitted diseases. 26 Aug 2009
• Nursing students' knowledge, attitude and readiness to work for clients with sexual health concerns. 30 Jul 2009
• [Sexual and reproductive behavior of military personnel] 29 Jun 2009
• Risk of sexual HIV transmission among wives left behind and wives of nonmigrant men in rural areas of China. 29 Jun 2009
• The effect of prevention messages and self-efficacy skill building with inner-city women at risk for HIV infection. 29 Jun 2009
• Sexual health of adults working in pornographic films. 29 Jun 2009
• Gender and HIV in the Middle East and North Africa: lessons for low prevalence scenarios. 29 Jun 2009
• HIV disclosure and unsafe sex among HIV-infected women in Cameroon: results from the ANRS-EVAL study. 23 Jun 2009
• Changes in condom use behaviours among clients of female sex workers in China. Jun 2009
• Where the most private becomes public: policy making for sexual health. 24 May 2009
• Religious teachings and influences on the ABCs of HIV prevention in Malawi. 13 May 2009
• +CLICK: harnessing web-based training to reduce secondary transmission among HIV-positive youth. 29 Apr 2009
• Young women and limits to the normalisation of condom use: a qualitative study. 29 Apr 2009
• HIV medical care provider practices for reducing high-risk sexual behavior: results of a qualitative study. 29 Apr 2009
• Providing sex education to persons with learning disabilities in the era of HIV/AIDS: tensions between discourses of human rights and restriction. 29 Apr 2009
• Condom use and duration of concurrent partnerships among men in the United States. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Safe Sex'

Definition: Sexual behavior that prevents or reduces the spread of SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES or PREGNANCY.

Descriptor UI: D021841

Alternative terms: Safe Sex; Sex, Safe; Protected Sex; Sex, Protected; Responsible Sex; Sex, Responsible;

Related Mesh Headings: Sex Education;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethnology; history; psychology; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: F01.145.802.845;

History Note: 2001