Sökning: "risky sexual behaviour"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden risky sexual behaviour.

1. 1. Sexual behaviour among Ugandan university students: A gender perspective

   Författare :Devika Mehra; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sexual behaviour; alcohol; university students; condom; contraception; sexual coercion; academic performance; Uganda;

   Sammanfattning : Feminisation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is an important public health concern. Therefore, it is crucial that we understand the various risk factors that shape unsafe sexual behaviours among young people in Uganda. LÄS MER

3. 2. What's behind sexual risk taking? : exploring the experiences of chlamydia-positive, HIV-positive, and HIV-tested young women and men in Sweden

   Författare :Monica Christianson; Eva Johansson; Ann Lalos; Göran Westman; Tanja Tydén; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; youth; sexual risk taking; qualitative methods; gender; agency; Chlamydia trachomatis; HIV and HIV test; Family medicine; Allmänmedicin;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim was to explore the experiences of sexual risk taking among Chlamydia Trachomatis positive (CT+), HIV positive (HIV+), and HIV tested young women and men. The specific aims were to explore, from a gender perspective, the course of events, the norms, considerations and emotions involved in sexual risk taking in CT+, explore the perception of sexual risk taking in HIV+ youth, and their understanding of why they caught HIV and look at how the Law of Communicable Diseases Act impacts their sexuality. LÄS MER

4. 3. HIV incidence, sexual and reproductive health among high-risk females recruited for participation in HIV prevention trials in Tanzania

   Författare :Diana Faini; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Background: Testing and evaluating new HIV prevention products such as HIV vaccines, requires identifying, enrolling and retaining cohorts of HIV high risk individuals. This thesis describes the recruitment and follow up of high-risk females for participation in HIV prevention trials in Tanzania. LÄS MER

5. 4. Adolescent pregnancy and parenthood in Swaziland : quality of care, community support and health care service needs

   Författare :Patricia Thuli Mngadi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Adolescents; adolescent pregnancy; content analysis; FGDs; gender identity; maternity care; risky sexual behaviour; social support; Swaziland.;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to study - from different perspectives - adolescent pregnancy and parenthood in Swaziland. The specific objectives were to: i) explore maternity care practices and support for adolescent mothers during their stay in the maternity unit; ii) study the postpartum support to adolescent mothers and their newborns at home by families, communities and health professionals; iii) explore adolescents' views regarding risky sexual behaviour; iv) explore adolescent boys' views on adolescent pregnancy and parenthood; v) explore health care staff provision of adolescent sexual and reproductive health care services in Swaziland. LÄS MER

7. 5. Prevention of Chlamydia trachomatis infections

   Författare :Jens Boman; Elisabet Nylander; Urban Janlert; Hans Fredlund; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Chlamydia trachomatis; cell culture; infertility; contact tracing; motivational interviewing; prevention;

   Sammanfattning : Urogenital chlamydia infection, caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection in Sweden. In 2008 it was estimated by WHO that there were 105.7 million new cases of CT worldwide, an increase by 4.2 million cases (4. LÄS MER