scholarly journals Nepali Migrant Labourers are Highly Exposed to Unsafe Sexual Behaviour

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-23
Author(s):  
Madhusudan Ghimire ◽  
Anand Pratap Singh ◽  
Moushami Ghimire
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Risk Behaviour ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Physical Relation ◽  
High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Risk Sexual Behaviour

INTRODUCTION: Unsafe sexual behavior between two partners may lead to incidence of STDs/HIV/ AIDS and can create serious problems in society. Both biological and behavioural variables are playing significant role to determine sexual activities of humans and result may end the probability that infection will occur after unsafe sexual contact between a susceptible and infected partner. OBJECTIVES : To study high risk sexual behaviour among the Nepali migrant labourers in India. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of 240 Nepali migrant labourers temporarily residing in India was carried out. A brief interview schedule was used tocollect information. RESULTS : Most of the Nepali migrant workers (below 30 years) were involved in high risk sexual behaviour. 74.58 percent were exposure to unsafe physical relation. CONCLUSION: Migrants labourers below 30 years with no formal education were involved in high risk behaviour and they could be exposed to STDs/HIV/AIDS.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jucms.v1i2.8405 Journal of Universal College of Medical Sciences Vol.1(2) 2013: 20-23

The collectivity of sexual behaviour

2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
D A Cohen ◽  
T A Farley ◽  
K Mason ◽  
G Ridgeway
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Sodium Intake ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Collective Phenomenon ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Risk Sexual Behaviour

Human behaviour can be viewed as a collective phenomenon, determined partly by the group to which individuals belong. Collectivities of health behaviour have been found in alcohol consumption, hypertension, obesity, mental illness, and sodium intake in that the average level of risk is associated with the percentage of individuals at extremely high risk. The goal was to investigate whether sexual behaviour may be collectively determined. A cross-sectional US survey was conducted. Across 45 states, the mean number of lifetime sex partners excluding persons with >10, >20, and >40 lifetime partners was strongly associated with the proportion with >10, > 20 and > 40 lifetime sex partners, respectively, among men and women. Sexual activity may represent collectively determined behaviour. If so, interventions to reduce high-risk sexual behaviour to prevent HIV or sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) may be more effective if they address the entire population, rather than target only those at the extremes of risk.

scholarly journals Social Media use and Sexual Behaviour of Undergraduate Students in a Nigerian University

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Endurance Uzobo ◽  
Ruth Ovieakini Enoch
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Abstract While studies have generally explored the implication of social media on education, crime, and communication, there is a paucity of studies exploring the influence of social media on sexual behaviour. Thus, this study aims to investigate the role of social media on sexual behaviour among 195 undergraduate students in the Niger Delta University, Bayelsa, Nigeria. This cross-sectional study was anchored on the uses and gratification theory (UGT). Data for this study were generated through the use of a structured questionnaire, while data analysis was done at the univariate, bivariate and multivariate levels. Findings shows that the average age of students was 22.72. Also, the study found out that the use of WhatsApp (OR = 15.349, p<0.05), Instagram (OR = 0.254, p<0.05), time spent on the social media (OR = 0.123, p<0.05) were significantly associated with high-risk sexual behaviour in model I. While relationship status (OR = 24.289, p<0.01) was associated with high-risk sexual behaviour in model II. The study, therefore, concluded that the use of social media influences the sexual behaviour of undergraduate. Hence, the study recommended sex education to help expose undergraduate students to the dangers involved in spending excessive time on social media.

Brief manual-based single-session Motivational Interviewing for reducing high-risk sexual behaviour in women – an evaluation

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 396-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Boman ◽  
Helena Lindqvist ◽  
Lars Forsberg ◽  
Urban Janlert ◽  
Gabriel Granåsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Motivational Interviewing ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Risk Behaviour ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Coding System ◽  
Single Session ◽  
High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Risk Sexual Behaviour

The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate brief Motivational Interviewing (MI) to facilitate behaviour change in women at high risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs). One hundred and seventy-three women (mean age 24.7) at high risk of contracting STIs were randomized to a brief risk-reducing MI counselling intervention (n = 74) or assigned to the control group (n = 99). MI skill was assessed using the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Coding System. Seventeen of 74 (23%) women tested for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) in the MI intervention group and 22 of 99 (22%) in the control group had a genital CT infection 0–24 months before baseline. All additional CT testing was monitored up to 24 months for all 173 women in the study. None of the 49 CT-retested women in the MI group was CT infected, as compared to 3 of 72 (4%) women in the control group. A generalized estimating equations model with sexual high-risk behaviour measured at baseline and at six-month follow-up produced an adjusted estimated odds ratio of 0.38 (95% confidence interval = 0.158, 0.909), indicating efficacy. Brief manual-based single-session MI counselling seems to be effective in reducing high-risk sexual behaviour in women at high risk of acquiring STIs.

Gay men who attend sex resorts: a typology associated with high-risk sexual behaviour

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Crosby ◽  
Laura F Salazar ◽  
Aaron Mettey
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Transmitted Infection ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Sex With Men

Our objective was to determine a sociodemographic profile (typology) of men for whom a relatively greater number of sex partners was associated with engaging in unprotected anal sex. A cross-sectional survey of 150 men who have sex with men (MSM) attending a large sex resort was conducted. The sex resort was located in the Southeastern United States. Men from 14 states attended the resort and completed an anonymous, self-administered, questionnaire. The typology that emerged showed that the co-occurring risk behaviours (greater number of partners and having unprotected sex) were reported by older men ( P=0.002), men with incomes of at least US&dollar;50,000 ( P=0.018), men growing up in rural areas ( P=0.005), men who were not knowingly HIV positive ( P=0.004), and men who had received the full series of vaccinations against hepatitis B ( P=0.029). This typology may be useful for more efficient targeting of prevention and counselling programmes designed to reduce sexually transmitted infection incidence among this high-risk (and understudied) population of MSM.

scholarly journals Analysis of herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 infection in women with high risk sexual behaviour in Mexico

1999 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 571-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Conde-Glez ◽  
L. Juarez-Figueroa ◽  
F. Uribe-Salas ◽  
P. Hernandez-Nevarez ◽  
D. S. Schmid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus 1 ◽  
High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Simplex Virus

scholarly journals Double trouble: modelling the impact of low risk perception and high-risk sexual behaviour on chlamydia transmission

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (141) ◽  
pp. 20170847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daphne A. van Wees ◽  
Chantal den Daas ◽  
Mirjam E. E. Kretzschmar ◽  
Janneke C. M. Heijne
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Pair Model ◽  
High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Testing Uptake ◽  
Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
The Impact

Risk perception plays an important role in testing behaviour for sexually transmitted infections, but is rarely included in mathematical models exploring the impact of testing. We explored the impact of incorporating sexual behaviour (SB), risk perception (RP) and differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups on prevalence, using chlamydia as an example. We developed a pair model with a susceptible–infected–susceptible structure representing heterosexuals aged 16–26 years. The effect of testing on chlamydia prevalence was compared between a model with only SB (SB model) and a model with SB and RP (SB–RP model). In the SB–RP model, a scenario without differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups was compared to scenarios with differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups. Introducing testing into the SB–RP model resulted in a slightly smaller reduction in chlamydia prevalence (−38.0%) as compared to the SB model (−40.4%). In the SB–RP model, the scenario without differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups overestimated the reduction in chlamydia prevalence (with 4.8%), especially in the group with high SB and low RP (19.8%). We conclude that mathematical models incorporating RP and differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups improve the impact assessment of testing and treatment on chlamydia prevalence.

scholarly journals High-risk sexual behaviour in young people with mental health disorders

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 867-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asiel Yair Adan Sanchez ◽  
Elizabeth McMillan ◽  
Amit Bhaduri ◽  
Nancy Pehlivan ◽  
Katherine Monson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Young People ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Mental Health Disorders ◽  
High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Health Disorders ◽  
Risk Sexual Behaviour
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