Access to and use of health and social services among people who inject drugs in two urban areas of Mozambique, 2014: qualitative results from a formative assessment by Liliana Dengo-Baloi, Makini Boothe, Cynthia Semá Baltazar, Isabel Sathane, Denise Chitsondzo Langa, Manuel Condula, Helena Ricardo, Celso Inguane, Eugénia Teodoro, Lídia Gouveia, Henry F. Raymond, Roberta Horth

“…Respondents reported that PWID engage in high-risk behaviors such as needle and syringe sharing, exchange of sex for drugs or money, and low condom use. According to participants, PWID would rather rent, share or borrow injection equipment at shooting galleries than purchase them due to stigma, fear of criminalization, transportation and purchase costs, restricted pharmacy hours, personal preference for needle sharing, and immediacy of drug need. …”
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Examining changes in sexual lifestyles in Britain between 1990–2010: a latent class analysis approach by Luke Muschialli, Pantelis Samartsidis, Anne M. Presanis, Catherine H. Mercer

“…An LCA model was built from four variables: number of sexual partners (past year), number of partners without a condom (past year), age at first sex and self-perceived HIV risk. …”
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Catheter-induced urethral injury and tubularized urethral plate urethroplasty in such iatrogenic hypospadias by Ami Lal Bhat, M. Bhat, N. Khandelwal, A. Bhat, T. Singh

“…These injuries cause a lot of psychological, social and sexual trauma to the patient. Though the use of condom drainage system can render this spinal cord injury patient effectively dry, but can lead to penile or urethral complications. …”
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Serological Profile of HSV-2 in STD Patients: Evaluation of Diagnostic Utility of HSV-2 IgM and IgG Detection by V.P.Amudha, Rashetha, G.Sucilathangam, B.Cinthujah, C.Revathy

“…More number of HSV-2 positive cases were seen among males, older age, rural residence, low socioeconomic status, single marital status, irregular condom usage during the sexual intercourses with new partners and with higher number of sexual partners during lifetime. …”
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Methods for Authenticating Participants in Fully Web-Based Mobile App Trials from the iReach Project: Cross-sectional Study by Jodie L Guest, Elizabeth Adam, Iaah L Lucas, Cristian J Chandler, Rebecca Filipowicz, Nicole Luisi, Laura Gravens, Kingsley Leung, Tanaka Chavanduka, Erin E Bonar, Jose A Bauermeister, Rob Stephenson, Patrick S Sullivan

“… BackgroundMobile health apps are important interventions that increase the scale and reach of prevention services, including HIV testing and prevention counseling, pre-exposure prophylaxis, condom distribution, and education, of which all are required to decrease HIV incidence rates. …”
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Depressive symptoms and HIV risk behaviours among adolescents enrolled in the HPTN071 (PopART) trial in Zambia and South Africa. by Kwame Shanaube, Thomas Gachie, Graeme Hoddinott, Albertus Schaap, Sian Floyd, Tila Mainga, Virginia Bond, Richard Hayes, Sarah Fidler, Helen Ayles, HPTN071 (PopART) Study Team

“…Among 850 (40.1%) adolescents who self-reported to ever having had sex; those who used alcohol/drugs during their last sexual encounter were more likely to experience depressive symptoms (AOR = 2.18 (95% CI: 1.37, 3.47); p-value = 0.001), whereas those who reported using a condom were less likely to experience depressive symptoms (AOR = 0.74 (95% CI: 0.55, 1.00); p-value = 0.053).…”
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Sexualidade e prevenção de DST/AIDS: representações sociais de homens rurais de um município da zona da mata pernambucana, Brasil Sexuality and STD/AIDS prevention: social represen... by Maria de Fátima Paz Alves

“…Seven men report homoerotic experiences during adolescence, which they ascribe to immaturity, not affecting their heterosexual identity. Condom use, perceived in a negative light, is inconstant and irregular, inversely proportional to knowing the female partner. …”
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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, Syphilis and Associated Factors Among Female Sex Workers in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia by Wondmagegn M, Wondimeneh Y, Getaneh A, Ayalew G

“…All three infections were statistically associated with inconsistent condom use (AOR = 1.72, 95% CI: 1.95– 5.07, p = 0.03); (AOR = 10.51, 95% CI: 1.62– 68.26, p = 0.014); and (AOR = 17.3, 95% CI: 4.55– 65.6, p = 0.001). …”
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HIV-Response Intergenerational Participation Intervention Among Black Men in Ontario, Canada: Protocol for a Pilot Intervention Study by Egbe B Etowa, Priscilla N Boakye, Roger Antabe, Josephine Pui-Hing Wong

“…The data will include HIV knowledge, perceived stigma toward people living with HIV, acceptance and uptake of HIV testing, preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), and condom use. We will also collect data related to perceptions about system-level factors such as discrimination, socially misconstrued masculine identity, etc. …”
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Factors associated with active syphilis among men and women aged 15 years and older in the Zimbabwe Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (2015–2016) by Leala Ruangtragool, Rachel Silver, Anna Machiha, Lovemore Gwanzura, Avi Hakim, Katie Lupoli, Godfrey Musuka, Hetal Patel, Owen Mugurungi, Beth A. Tippett Barr, John H. Rogers

“…Urban residence, province, education (highest attended), marital status, number of sex partners, consistency of condom use, pregnancy status (females), and circumcision status (males) were not significant in the adjusted model for either females or males. …”
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Prevalence and patterns of gender-based violence across adolescent girls and young women in Mombasa, Kenya by Parinita Bhattacharjee, Huiting Ma, Helgar Musyoki, Eve Cheuk, Shajy Isac, Margaret Njiraini, Peter Gichangi, Sharmistha Mishra, Marissa Becker, Michael Pickles

“…In the most recent episode of violence when sex took place levels of condom use remained low at 53–61%. The main perpetrators of violence were intimate partners for YCS, and both intimate partners and regular non-client partners for YTS. …”
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Evaluating youth-friendly health services: young people's perspectives from a simulated client study in urban South Africa by Rebecca S. Geary, Emily L. Webb, Lynda Clarke, Shane A. Norris

“…Simulated clients conducted 58 visits; young men requested information on condom reliability and young women on contraceptive methods. …”
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Effects of injectable contraception with depot medroxyprogesterone acetate or norethisterone enanthate on estradiol levels and menstrual, psychological and behavioral measures rele... by Mandisa Singata-Madliki, Jenni Smit, Mags Beksinska, Yusentha Balakrishna, Chanel Avenant, Ivana Beesham, Ishen Seocharan, Joanne Batting, Janet P Hapgood, G Justus Hofmeyr

“…Compared with DMPA-IM, NET-EN users reported significantly less amenorrhoea, fewer sexual acts, fewer users reporting at least one act of unprotected sex, more condom use with steady partner, more days with urge for sexual intercourse, more days feeling partner does not love her, and more days feeling sad for no reason. …”
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Self-reported genital warts among sexually-active university students: a cross-sectional study by Silvia Cocchio, Chiara Bertoncello, Tatjana Baldovin, Alessandra Buja, Silvia Majori, Vincenzo Baldo

“…A protective role emerged for routine condom use. Additional risk factors associated with genital warts in males concerned men who have sex with men, bisexuality vis-à-vis heterosexuality, and smoking. …”
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Vaginal and urinary evaluation of lactobacilli quantification by qPCR: Identifying factors that influence urinary detection and the quantity of Lactobacillus. by Youngwu Kim, Agnes Bergerat-Thompson, Caroline Mitchell

“…Models were adjusted for variables selected a priori: age, BMI, condom use, and recent sexual activity. Ninety-three paired vaginal fluid, and urine samples were included in the final analysis. 44 (47%) had no detectable Lactobacillus species in their urine samples, and 49 (53%) had at least one of the three Lactobacillus species (L. jensenii, L. iners and L. crispatus) detected in urine. …”
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Status of the HIV epidemic in Manicaland, east Zimbabwe prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. by Adya Rao, Louisa Moorhouse, Rufu Maswera, Tawanda Dadirai, Phyllis Mandizvidza, Constance Nyamukapa, Shevanthi Nayagam, Simon Gregson

“…Behavioural determinants associated with increased odds of HIV were a higher number of regular sexual partners (lifetime), non-regular sexual partners (lifetime) and condom use in both sexes, and early sexual debut and concomitant STIs in females; medical circumcision was protective in males. …”
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Individual and population level impacts of illicit drug use, sexual risk behaviours on sexually transmitted infections among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: res... by Handan Wand, James Ward, Joanne Bryant, Dea Delaney-Thiele, Heather Worth, Marian Pitts, John M. Kaldor

“…Compared with people who did not report using illicit drugs, risky alcohol use and sexual behaviours including inconsistent condom use, multiple sexual partners in the past year and sex with casual partners were all significantly higher among illicit drug users. …”
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Deep learning applied to glacier evolution modelling by J. Bolibar, J. Bolibar, A. Rabatel, I. Gouttevin, C. Galiez, T. Condom, E. Sauquet

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Community perspectives on barriers and challenges to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis access by men who have sex with men and female sex workers access in Nigeria by G. Emmanuel, M. Folayan, G. Undelikwe, B. Ochonye, T. Jayeoba, A. Yusuf, B. Aiwonodagbon, C. Bilali, P. Umoh, K. Ojemeiri, A. Kalaiwo

“…Concerns included possible condom migration, increased risk for sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy for FSW, and poor adherence to medication and hospital schedules. …”
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The role of religious leaders on the use of HIV/AIDS prevention strategies among young people (15-24) in Lira district, Uganda. by Tom Murungi, Irene Kunihira, Pamela Oyella, Moses Mugerwa, Peruth Gift, Mercy Jane Aceng, Lydia Abolo, Sean Steven Puleh

“…Qualitative data indicated that a section of religious leaders recommended abstinence/faithfulness. Condom use was the most discouraged HIV prevention strategy. …”
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