Pretreatment bowel manipulation during ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy for posterior wall uterine masses by Meng-Hsing Wu, Yu Zhang, Dexin Chen, Ningbo Zhou, Hui Li, Lingling Peng, Min-Syuan Huang, Tsung-Cheng Kuo

“…All patients received pretreatment condom-catheter device were well tolerated during the procedure of bowel manipulation. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Related to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Among Students in Universiti Putra Malaysia by Rahnama, Rozina

“…There was a low level of condom use (29.8 %) and voluntary HIV testing (13.48 %). …”
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Low program access despite high burden of sexual, structural, and reproductive health vulnerabilities among young women who sell sex in Mombasa, Kenya by Elizabeth Roberts, Huiting Ma, Parinita Bhattacharjee, Helgar K. Musyoki, Peter Gichangi, Lisa Avery, Janet Musimbi, Jenkin Tsang, Shem Kaosa, Japheth Kioko, Marissa L. Becker, Sharmistha Mishra, on behalf of the Transitions Study Team

“…Results 47.3% reported inconsistent condom use with any partner in the previous week (no difference by age-group, p = 1.00). …”
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Strategic options for syphilis control in Papua New Guinea– impact and cost-effectiveness projections using the syphilis interventions towards elimination (SITE) model by Shepherd Machekera, Peniel Boas, Poruan Temu, Zimmbodilion Mosende, Namarola Lote, Angela Kelly-Hanku, S. Guy Mahiane, Robert Glaubius, Jane Rowley, Anup Gurung, Eline Korenromp

“…Scenarios compared different interventions (clinical treatment, contact tracing, syphilis screening, and condom promotion) for incidence and cost per infection averted over 2021–2030. …”
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Self-reported risky sexual practices among adolescents and young adults in Botswana by Unoda Chakalisa, Kathleen Wirth, Kara Bennett, Etienne Kadima, Kutlo Manyake, Tendani Gaolathe, Pam Bachanas, Tafireyi Marukutira, Refeletswe Lebelonyane, Scott Dryden-Peterson, Lisa Butler, Mompati Mmalane, Joseph Makhema, Michelle E. Roland, Molly Pretorius-Holme, Max Essex, Shahin Lockman, Kathleen M. Powis

“…Methods: Cross-sectional, self-reported age at sexual debut; number of sexual partners; condom and alcohol use during sex; intergenerational sex; and transactional sex data were collected. …”
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Safetxt: a safer sex intervention delivered by mobile phone messaging on sexually transmitted infections (STI) among young people in the UK - protocol for a randomised controlled t... by Karen Devries, Ford Colin Ian Hickson, Ian Roberts, Melissa J Palmer, George B Ploubidis, Kaye Wellings, Paula Baraitser, Susan Michie, Caroline Free, Julia V Bailey, Ona L McCarthy, Rosemary Knight, Phil Edwards, Rebecca French, Graham Hart, Tim Clayton, James R Carpenter, Katy M E Turner, Kimberley Potter

“…We developed the safetxt intervention delivered by text message to reduce sexually transmitted infection (STI) by increasing partner notification, condom use and (STI) testing among young people in the UK.Methods and analysis A single-blind randomised trial to reliably establish the effect of the safetxt intervention on chlamydia and gonorrhoea infection at 1 year. …”
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Sexual satisfaction, an indicator of sexual health and well-being? Insights from STI/HIV prevention research in European men who have sex with men by Karel Blondeel, Igor Toskin, Irena Klavs, Ulrich Marcus, Nigel Sherriff, Marleen Temmerman, Maddalena Cordioli, Lorenzo Gios, Massimo Mirandola, Cinta Folch, Ivailo Alexiev, Susanne Barbara Schink, Magdalena Rosinska, Inga Veličko, Sharon Kühlmann-Berenzon, Christiana Noestlinger, Laia Ferrer, Barbara Suligoi, Vincenza Regine, Saulius Čaplinskas, Petra De Sutter, Wim Vanden Berghe, Irma Caplinskiene, Marta Niedźwiedzka-Stadnik, Sónia Ferreira Dias, Alexandru Rafila, Daniela Pitigoi, Matei Bals, Danica Staneková, Monika Hábeková

“…Participants reporting anal intercourse with a condom were more likely to be satisfied than those declaring no anal intercourse in the last 6 months, but no significant association was found compared with anal intercourse without condom. …”
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Konsumsi Alkohol, Obat-obatan Terlarang dan Perilaku Seks Berisiko: Suatu Studi Meta-Analisis by Wahyu Rahardjo

“…Its bad consequences bring us to the fact of the increasing of HIV/AIDS cases in the world. Behaviors like condom inconsis-tency, multiple sex partners and dangerous sexual encounters could be shaped by subs-tance use. …”
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Late diagnosis and vulnerabilities of the elderly living with HIV/AIDS by Rúbia Aguiar Alencar, Suely Itsuko Ciosak

“…Issues related to sexual life of the elderly are only questioned by health professionals after the diagnosis, also the time that condom use becomes absolute. It is believed that the investigation of the vulnerability of the elderly to HIV/AIDS allows for carrying out appropriate interventions for this population.…”
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How Technology Evolution and Disruption are Defining the World’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: The Case of Barcelona’s Startup Ecosystem by Pere Condom-Vilà

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The effect of sexual experience on the social representation of sex in Portuguese young adults by Alexandra Gomes, Cristina Nunes

“…Nine hundred and sixty individuals were grouped by their sexual experience and condom use habits. A prototypical analysis was conducted to assess the structure of the social representation and statistical differences were analyzed using the qui-square independency test to search for an association between the structure and the group evoking it. …”
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On the Shoulders of Giants: Benefits of Participating in a Dialogic Professional Development Program for In-Service Teachers by Jose A. Rodriguez, Jose Luis Condom-Bosch, Laura Ruiz, Esther Oliver

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Management of a Young Patient With High-risk Multiple Myeloma Complicated by Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Emergency by Abakarim Ouadii MD, Condom Pauline MD, Voisin Sophie MD, Huart Antoine MD, Perrot Aurore PhD, Botin Teresa MD

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Contraception with the lactation amenorrhea: knowledge and practice of nurses by Giselle Lima de Freitas, Escolástica Rejane Ferreira Moura

“…The country approves various methods of contraception, such:hormonal oral and injectable, combination or exclusively of progestogen, male and female condom, diaphragm, spermicide, intra-uterine device (IUD), tubal ligation, vasectomy and emergency pill, and the natural method of contraception or the method of lactation with amenorrhea (LAM) and the behavioral methods (table or Ogino-Knaus, cervical mucus or method of Billings, basal temperature or sintotérmico and coitus interrupted). …”
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Associations between adolescents' use of sexually explicit material and risky sexual behavior: A longitudinal assessment. by Goran Koletić, Taylor Kohut, Aleksandar Štulhofer

“…The indicators of risky sexual behavior were: (1) not using a condom at most recent sexual intercourse, and (2) reporting two or more sexual partners. …”
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HIV transmission should be decriminalized: HIV prevention programs depend on it by Wainberg Mark A

“…Moreover, it is alleged that the accused perpetrator deliberately withheld from these women the fact that he was HIV-positive and that he refused to use a condom during intercourse. Notwithstanding that the suspect is possibly psychopathic and uncaring, or possibly of low intelligence and unable to assess the consequence of his actions, most people probably hope that he is convicted, sentenced, and imprisoned for his acts. …”
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Sex, HIV, and the Internet by Darcy White MPH, Catherine Finneran MPH, Kimi N. Sato MPH, Rob Stephenson PhD

“…Across the 15 selected cities, significant differences emerged in reported HIV status and stated preference for safer sex (condom use). These patterns suggest important contextual and demographic variations and point to a need for targeted, population-specific interventions and further research to identify the underlying social and psychological constructs. …”
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Preventing and Controlling Emerging and Reemerging Transmissible Diseases in the Homeless by Sékéné Badiaga, Didier Raoult, Philippe Brouqui

“…Depending on the populations targeted, these interventions may include education, free condom distribution, syringe and needle prescription programs, chest radiography screening for tuberculosis, directly observed therapy for tuberculosis treatment, improvement of personal clothing and bedding hygiene, and widespread use of ivermectin for scabies and body louse infestation. …”
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Opções contraceptivas entre mulheres vivendo com HIV/AIDS by Sandra Vasconcelos Batista de, Marli Teresinha Galvão Gimeniz

“…Of these, 17 (85%) informed use of some kind of contraception, such as: male condom (regular and irregular use), coitus interruptus, female sterilization, the rhythm method and abstinence from sex. …”
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Prison medicine, public health policy and ethics: the Geneva experience by Swiss Medical Weekly

“…However, in many countries, the pursuit of public health goals in prison is not granted. Introducing condom distribution and syringe exchange in prisons remains the exception. …”
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