An exploratory transmission mode of HIV/AIDS among older people based on data from multiple sources in China by Xiwei Sun, Caibi Feng, Liao Feng, Ticheng Xiao, Xinran Zhao, Hong Liu, Zhiqiu Wang, Chen Chen, Shoulin Zhou, Dinglun Zhou

“…The survey data showed that 84.7% of older male cases reported commercial sexual behavior, among whom 87.7% reported never using condom and 37.6% reported more than 10 times of commercial sexual behaviors in 1 year. …”
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Factors in the HIV risk environment associated with bacterial vaginosis among HIV-negative female sex workers who inject drugs in the Mexico-United States border region by Jennifer P. Jain, Claire C. Bristow, Heather A. Pines, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Gudelia Rangel, Hugo Staines, Thomas L. Patterson, Steffanie A. Strathdee

“…In Ciudad Juarez, BV was associated with past experiences or threats of physical violence in response to proposed condom use (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 3.66, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.74–7.69, p = 0.001) and lifetime residence in Ciudad Juarez (aOR = 1.74, 95% CI: 1.05–2.87, p = 0.031). …”
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Heterogeneity of the HIV epidemic in the general population of Karnataka state, south India by Banandur Pradeep, Rajaram Subramanian, Mahagaonkar Sangameshwar B, Bradley Janet, Ramesh Banadakoppa M, Washington Reynold G, Blanchard James F, Moses Stephen, Lowndes Catherine M, Alary Michel

“…Higher HIV prevalence among women was associated with age (AOR_25-29years=11.22,95%CI:1.42-88.74, AOR_30-34years=13.13,95%CI:1.67-103.19 and AOR_35-39years=11.33,95%CI:1.32-96.83), having more than one lifetime sexual partner (AOR=4.61,95%CI:1.26-16.91) and having ever used a condom (AOR=3.32,95%CI:1.38-7.99). Having a dissolved marriage (being widowed/divorced/separated) was the strongest predictor (AOR=10.98,95%CI: 5.35-22.57) of HIV among women. …”
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Intervención educativa sobre infección vaginal y factores de riesgo en gestantes, CMF # 72, Barranca, 2015-2016 by Mauricio Alejandro Aguilar Joa, Magdalena Sánchez Fernández

“…It was known that to know about adequate technique of cleanliness with boiled water, the use of condom, influence positively to avoid vaginal infections. …”
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Seroprevalence and risk factors of herpes simplex virus type-2 infection among pregnant women in Northeast India by Biswas Dipankar, Borkakoty Biswajyoti, Mahanta Jagadish, Walia Kamini, Saikia Lahari, Akoijam Brogen S, Jampa Lobsang, Kharkongar Alia, Zomawia Eric

“…The risk factors associated with HSV-2 seropositives were multiple sex partners (AOR 2.5, <it>p </it>= 0.04), condom non-user's (AOR 4.7, p <it><</it>0.001), early coitarchal age (age of first intercourse) 'less than 18 years' (AOR 9.6, <it>p = </it>0.04), middle income group (AOR 2.1, <it>p = </it>0.001) compared to low income group and low level of education (AOR 3.7, <it>p = </it>0.02) compared to higher education. …”
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Adolescência e sexualidade: scripts sexuais a partir das representações sociais Adolescencia y sexualidad: scripts sexuales a partir de las representaciones sociales Adolescence an... by Senei da Rocha Henrique Macedo, Francisco Arnoldo Nunes de Miranda, João Mário Pessoa Júnior, Vannucia Karla de Medeiros Nóbrega

“…It was observed the coexistence of questions regarding sexuality and its relation to the sexual act itself; absence of dialogue between parents and children about this theme; and incipient school approach, with limitations of the contents about condom use. In this study, the social representations are anchored in sexuality as sexual act, objectified through social and sexual scripts, which gives teens a practical knowledge about themselves.…”
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Group Sex Events Among Cisgender Men Who Have Sex With Men: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Survey Study to Explore Participation and Risk-Taking Behaviors by Violette, Lauren R, Niemann, Lisa A, McMahan, Vanessa M, Katz, David A, Chavez, Pollyanna R, Clark, Hollie A, Cornelius-Hudson, Andy, Ethridge, Steven F, McDougal, Sarah J, Ure II, George, Stekler, Joanne D, Delaney, Kevin P

“…Aggregate and partner-specific questions asked about participation in all GSEs, threesomes, and four-or-more-somes including questions about number and HIV status of sex partners and condom use during the events. To evaluate question performance, we assessed the discrepancies in reporting between the aggregate and partner-specific questions, quantified question refusal rates, and calculated the additional time required to answer the GSE questions. …”
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Análise da Fragilidade e Vulnerabilidade Natural dos Terrenos aos Processos Erosivos como Base para o Ordenamento Territorial: o Caso das Bacias do Córrego Carioca, Córrego do Baçã... by Clibson Alves dos Santos, Frederico Garcia Sobreira

“…Sendo evidenciados diversos conflitos de uso dos terrenos e recursos h&iacute;dricos, devido ao desenvolvimento da atividade miner&aacute;ria, das atividades industriais, das pr&aacute;ticas agropastoris, da crescente ocupa&ccedil;&atilde;o urbana e da expans&atilde;o imobili&aacute;ria por condom&iacute;nios residenciais de classe alta. Nesse trabalho, analisou-se a susceptibilidade natural dos terrenos aos processos erosivos, tendo como base as unidades geomorfol&oacute;gicas definidas por Santos</p></span></span></span></span><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">et al. …”
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HPV vaccination and sexual behaviour in healthcare seeking young women in Luxembourg by Camille Soudeyns, Niko Speybroeck, Marc Brisson, Joël Mossong, Ardashel Latsuzbaia

“…HPV vaccination was not associated with unsafe sexual behaviour such as shorter relationship duration with current or last sexual partner (odds ratio (OR) = 1.05, 95% CI [0.94–1.16]), younger age of sexual debut (OR = 1.00, 95% CI [0.88–1.14]), increased number of lifetime sexual partners (OR = 0.95, 95% CI [0.87–1.03), higher age difference with sexual partner (OR = 1.01, 95% CI [0.95–1.08]), condom use (OR = 0.97, 95% CI [0.60–1.56]), nor with other factors like smoking (OR = 0.73, 95% CI [0.47–1.15]) and nationality. …”
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La anticoncepción en adolescentes de Plaza de la Revolución: 1996-2011. The contraception in adolescents of Revolution Square: 1996-2011 by Aida Gisela González Aguiar, Livia Quintana Llanio

“…It was identified in the first sexual relations, 50.5% of women used some method of contraception, the most frequent was the condom. However his subsequent employment was irregular. …”
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An Evidence-Based HIV Risk–Reduction Intervention for Young African American Women in the US South Using mHealth: Adaptation and Development Study by Rebecca L Watkins, Felicia A Browne, Paul N Kizakevich, Brittni N Howard, Leslie B Turner, Randall Eckhoff, Wendee M Wechsberg

“…Other aspects of the intervention did not lend themselves to such straightforward adaptation, such as hands-on condom proficiency practice and one-on-one goal-setting activities. …”
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Etiological approach to chronic urticaria by Krupa Shankar D, Ramnane Mukesh, Rajouria Eliz

“…Contact urticaria to condom (latex) was seen in one patient. Cholinergic (4.7&#x0025;) and dermographic (4.7&#x0025;) urticaria were the predominant physical urticarias. …”
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Male migration and risky sexual behavior in rural India: is the place of origin critical for HIV prevention programs? by Saggurti Niranjan, Mahapatra Bidhubhusan, Swain Suvakanta N, Jain Anrudh K

“…District-stratified regression models were used to understand the associations between migration and risky sexual behaviors (number of partners, condom use at last sex) and descriptive analyses of migrants' place of sexual initiation and continuation along migration routes.…”
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Web-Based Risk Prediction Tool for an Individual's Risk of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections Using Machine Learning Algorithms: Development and External Validation Study by Xianglong Xu, Zhen Yu, Zongyuan Ge, Eric P F Chow, Yining Bao, Jason J Ong, Wei Li, Jinrong Wu, Christopher K Fairley, Lei Zhang

“…ResultsThe important predictors for HIV and STI risk were gender, age, men who reported having sex with men, number of casual sexual partners, and condom use. Our machine learning–based risk prediction tool, named MySTIRisk, performed at an acceptable or excellent level on testing data sets (area under the curve [AUC] for HIV=0.78; AUC for syphilis=0.84; AUC for gonorrhea=0.78; AUC for chlamydia=0.70) and had stable performance on both external validation data from 2019 (AUC for HIV=0.79; AUC for syphilis=0.85; AUC for gonorrhea=0.81; AUC for chlamydia=0.69) and data from 2020-2021 (AUC for HIV=0.71; AUC for syphilis=0.84; AUC for gonorrhea=0.79; AUC for chlamydia=0.69). …”
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Prevalence and predictors of premarital sexual intercourse among young women in sub-Saharan Africa by Eugene Budu, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Ebenezer Kwesi Armah-Ansah, James Boadu Frimpong, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Stephen Kofi Anin, John Elvis Hagan, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

“…Concerted efforts are required to empower young women financially, including education on sexual and reproductive health behaviors such as the detrimental effects of sexual experimentation and encouraging abstinence and/or condom use through regular youth-risk communication advocacy.…”
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Sexual and reproductive health services during outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics in sub-Saharan Africa: a literature scoping review by Mwila Ng’andu, Aldina Mesic, Jake Pry, Chanda Mwamba, Florence Roff, Jenala Chipungu, Yael Azgad, Anjali Sharma

“…One study (4.8%) highlighted adolescent-specific outcomes and condom use. Most studies found declined access to and utilization of facility delivery, antenatal care, family planning, and HIV care. …”
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Association between bacterial vaginosis and 25-Hydroxy vitamin D: a case-control study by Seyede Faezeh Mojtahedi, Alireza Mohammadzadeh, Fatemeh Mohammadzadeh, Jelveh Jalili Shahri, Narjes Bahri

“…The odds of BV was 0.80 and 0.78 times lower in participants who had coitus interruptus (AOR: 0.20, 95% CI: 0.06, 0.63; p = 0.006; FDR q-value = 0.048) and condom use (AOR: 0.28, 95% CI: 0.10, 0.79; p = 0.016; FDR q-value = 0.051), respectively, compared to participants who did not use contraceptives. …”
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Determinants of the Community Knowledge and Attitude Towards HIV Prevention Methods in Majang Zone, Southwest Ethiopia by Wondimu W, Asefa A, Qanche Q, Nigussie T, Yosef T

“…Not sharing contaminated sharp materials (63.4%), consistent condom use (61.2%), and abstinence (57.9%) were the prevention methods mentioned by majority of the respondents. …”
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The Efficacy of a Smartphone Game to Prevent HIV Among Young Africans: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial in the Context of COVID-19 by Victor Mudhune, Gaëlle Sabben, Ken Ondenge, Calvin Mbeda, Marissa Morales, Robert H Lyles, Judith Arego, Richard Ndivo, Robert A Bednarczyk, Kelli Komro, Kate Winskell

“…ObjectiveThe objective of our protocol is to determine (1) if Tumaini delays sexual debut and increases condom use at first sex and (2) whether it influences behavioral mediators of early and unprotected sex. …”
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Is Internalised Homonegativity associated with HIV testing and HIV risk behaviours of men who have sex with men: a multilevel cross-sectional study of sub-Saharan African countries by Sylvia Adebajo, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Neil Spicer, Melissa Neuman, Sean Howell, Michael W Ross, Erik Lamontagne, Ngozi Kalu, Rotimi Owolabi

“…In this secondary analysis, we included data from 3191 MSM in 44 SSA countries as there were no eligible MSM responses in the 2 countries excluded.Outcome measures Our response variables were self-reported binary indicators of ever tested for HIV, recently tested in the past 6 months (from those who reported ever testing), transactional sex (paying for and being paid for sex in the past 12 months), and unprotected anal sex (that is without a condom or pre-exposure prohylaxis (PrEP)) with a non-steady partner (in the past 3 months).Results Our findings showed high levels of IH (range 1–7) in MSM across SSA (mean (SD)=5.3 (1.36)). …”
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