Sentences with phrase «hiv risk behaviors»

This article examined the relationship between these parenting practices and substance use and HIV risk behaviors among YMSM.

These interventions appear to be efficacious in decreasing some HIV risk behaviors in their adolescent children.

For adolescents, the principal intervention goals were to: 1) reduce HIV risk behaviors; 2) improve parent - child relationships; and 3) reduce family conflict.

She has presented her research to the U.S. Congress and at the NIH Consensus Development Conference on Interventions to Reduce HIV Risk Behaviors.

From 1989 to 1993, he chaired the NIMH National Conference on Prevention Research, and in 1997 served as chair of the NIH Consensus Development Conference on Intervention to Prevent HIV Risk Behaviors.

Visualization of computer model showing HIV risk behaviors; red dots are injection drug users that engage in needle sharing or unprotected sex; courtesy of Brandon Marshall / Brown University Condom use, earlier treatment and increased education have gone a long way to reducing HIV spread in the U.S.

By investigating the role of lived poverty at both the individual and neighborhood level in transactional sex behavior among African - American MSM, the researchers pinpointed a significant association between educational attainment and HIV risk behavior.

Transactional sex is an HIV risk behavior directly linked to the informal economic sector, sometimes termed «the street economy.»

The role of race / ethnicity and HIV risk behavior among community adolescents.

She has published her work in various international journals on the topics of HIV risk behavior, gender - based violence, sex trafficking, cross-generational sex, and partner communication about sex.

First, the few studies that have followed participants beyond the immediate intervention period (6 months or less) have noted a decay of intervention effect on behavior over time, 5,6 prompting members of the National Institutes of Health Consensus Panel: Intervention to Prevent HIV Risk Behavior to identify sustainability of program effectiveness as 1 of the most important questions that professionals who are concerned with risk prevention face.7 A challenge for behavioral change interventions in general, this issue is particularly vexing for interventions that target decreased involvement in sex and substance use with advancing age during adolescence.8, 9 Second, multiple behaviors (sex without a condom, sex with multiple partners, substance use before sex, etc) directly and indirectly place individuals at risk for acquisition of HIV.

Impact of an HIV Prevention Intervention on HIV Risk Behavior and Sexually Transmitted Infection among Female Sex Workers in Tamil Nadu, India

General patterns of difficulty with affect regulation may be linked to HIV risk behavior, including condom use at last sex.

To our knowledge, one other program besides our program has shown to have effects on behavioral domains that were not taught: the Life Skills Training program for substance abuse prevention has had effects on risky driving and HIV risk behavior (Griffin et al., 2004, 2006).

In the following sections, we review how each factor impinges on HIV risk behavior of Latino adolescents within the United States, consider implications for the design and delivery of HIV prevention interventions, and present suggestions for intervention activities to address these risk and protective factors.

Not exact matches

«This data provides potential leverage points for both community - level interventions and advocacy for this population, particularly related to transactional sex and education, and will aid HIV prevention efforts that seek to address the contextual constraints on individual risk behavior,» said Stevens.

Adolescents are significantly affected by HIV and other STIs, yet many lack access to sexual health education that could minimize their risks, said the researchers, who note that videogames offer an accessible, portable tool for promoting health and reducing risky behavior among teenagers, particularly minority youth who are disproportionately impacted.

By identifying specific sexual behaviors, such as the number of sex partners a man has and whether he uses protection, officials get a much more accurate picture of whether a donor should be considered a high risk for HIV transmission.

Similarly, those who ingest or inhale drugs such as alcohol, cocaine and methamphetamine, are at an increased risk for contracting HIV because their inhibitions are reduced, making them more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior.

These shifts in behavior create increased risks for sexually transmitted infections, which in turn can increase risks for HIV transmission.

Now, a new study provides further proof that regular Truvada use can reduce one's risk for contracting HIV — without increasing sexual risk behavior.

8/28/2007 High - risk Behaviors Could Lead to HIV Epidemic in Afghanistan In a report that is among the first to describe the prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis B and C viruses in Afghanistan, a researcher from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine voiced concerns that increasing injection drug use... More...

According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, «anal sex is the highest - risk sexual behavior for HIV infections.»

Moreover, two recent French studies have come to opposite conclusions: the «Véran Report» (referred to by the Court of Justice) recommends to improve the individual questionnaire which will allow health practitioners to evaluate whether the sexual behavior of an individual male donor who had or has sex with men exposes him to a high risk of HIV infection, while the Comité Consultatif National d'Éthique pour les Sciences de la Vie et de la Santé suggested that the ban should be maintained.

Studies have also shown that clinicians — as well as pharmacists — and users are concerned about the impact of increased access to EC on sexual risk - taking behaviors and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).8 - 10 Recent research in the field of STI and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention has shown that sexual risk - taking behaviors and unprotected intercourse in men have increased after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy.11, 12 No study has yet tested whether increased access to EC might increase STI risk by affecting sexual behavior, including frequency of intercourse and number of partners.

At all 3 follow - ups, the program had a positive impact on the majority of the psychosocial variables related to sexual risk - taking behaviors (e.g., HIV and STD knowledge, self - efficacy to get and use condoms, condom use norms, parent - child communication)(Coyle et al., 2001).

Sisters Saving Sisters is a 5 - module curriculum designed to empower young, teenage women to change their behavior in ways that will reduce their risk of becoming infected with HIV and other STDs, and significantly decrease their chances of being involved in unintended pregnancies.

The primary measures were HIV risk - associated sexual behaviors.

Group therapy topics include: social skills and opportunities to improve peer relationships, relationship problems and proper ways to give feedback and resolve conflict, anger control, education of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and birth control, self - awareness and assertiveness, taking responsibility for oneself, values clarification, AODA at - risk behaviors (tobacco use, alcohol or other drug abuse), cultural awareness and heritage issues, divorce and family relationships, and independent living skills.

Cognitive behavioral therapy group intervention for HIV transmission risk behavior in perinatally infected adolescents

Whiteley's interests include adolescent sexual risk behavior, HIV prevention, and the utilization of the Internet for behavior change.

African American adolescent and new media: Associations with HIV / STI risk behavior and psychosocial variables.

Dr. Brown's research publications have included: Self - cutting and sexual risk among adolescents in intesive psychiatric treatment; Promoting safer sex among HIV - positive youth with hemophilia: Theory, intervention, and outcome; Predictors of retention among HIV / hemophilia health care professionals; Impact of sexual abuse on the HIV - risk - related behavior of adolescents in intensive psychiatric treatment; Heroin use in adolescents and young adults admitted for drug detoxification; and Children and adolescents living with HIV and AIDS: A review

A Multi-Level HIV - Prevention Strategy for High - Risk Youth (4) This collaborative project will develop and test a media intervention, in conjunction with group sessions, in reducing sexual risk behaviors among African American youth in four citRisk Youth (4) This collaborative project will develop and test a media intervention, in conjunction with group sessions, in reducing sexual risk behaviors among African American youth in four citrisk behaviors among African American youth in four cities.

Relationship characteristics and risk of HIV infection: Rusbult's Investment Model and sexual risk behavior of gay men in steady relationships.

Her current work focuses on adolescent relationships and their influence on sexual risk behavior and HIV and STI risk.

PMP offers parents instruction and guidance in general parenting skills related to decreased sexual risk behavior among youth (e.g., relationship building, monitoring) and sexual communication skills necessary for parents to effectively convey their values and expectations about sexual behavior — as well as critical HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention messages — to their children.

, a multi-session curriculum that provides adolescents with the knowledge, motivation, and skills necessary to change their behaviors in ways that will reduce their risk of contracting HIV.

Migration, Sexual Behavior and Perceptions of Risk: Is the Place of Origin a Factor in HIV Infection?

Several interventions have been demonstrated to be effective in reducing the prevalence of behaviors that place adolescents at risk for acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).1 — 6 These programs have in common a small - group and face - to - face method of delivery, an emphasis on skills development referent to decision making, communication, negotiation and condom use, use of a wide variety of instructional formats and approaches to intervention delivery, and grounding in social learning theory.2 — 6 Despite the encouraging results that accompany these studies with reference to adolescent risk reduction, new challenges have emerged.

Although an abundance of literature supports the concept of a narrow intervention focus on specific risk behaviors, the nature of adolescent HIV / sexually transmitted disease risk reduction calls for a broader approach toward risk reduction.9 In keeping with this approach, most HIV prevention programs that address risk behaviors in addition to these that directly place an individual at risk for transmission of infection have done so by relating them to these behaviors (ie, drug use increasing the likelihood of unsafe sexual practices4).

Risk reduction therapy for adolescents (RRTA): Targeting substance use and HIV / STI - risk behaviRisk reduction therapy for adolescents (RRTA): Targeting substance use and HIV / STI - risk behavirisk behaviors.

Recent research has investigated the association of relationship factors and dynamics with sexual behaviors and HIV risk among gay male couples.

Kirby, D. «School - Based Programs to Reduce Sexual Risk - Taking Behaviors: Sexuality and HIV / AIDS Education, Health Clinics, and Condom Availability programs.»

Project STRIVE seeks to improve the stability and quality of residential life, reduce the number of runaway episodes, and minimize HIV - related sexual and substance use risk behaviors among recently homeless adolescents.

STRIVE seeks to improve the stability and quality of residential life, reduce the number of runaway episodes, and minimize HIV - related sexual and substance use risk behaviors among recently homeless adolescents.

Reducing HIV risk - associated sexual behavior among African American adolescents: Testing the generality of intervention effects.

A study to see if intervention will help foster children transitioning to middle school avoid risky behaviors including drug and tobacco use, participation in HIV - risking sexual behavior, delinquency, mental health problems, and school failure.

The researchers» aim is to provide evidence that JPOs can effectively deliver an evidence - based intervention as a means to ultimately decrease AOD use and other public health - related behaviors (i.e., criminal behaviors, HIV / STI sexual risk behaviors) among these high - risk adolescents.

H. Jonathon Rendina, Kristi E. Gamarel, John E. Pachankis, Ana Ventuneac, Christian Grov, Jeffrey T. Parsons; Extending the Minority Stress Model to Incorporate HIV - Positive Gay and Bisexual Men's Experiences: a Longitudinal Examination of Mental Health and Sexual Risk Behavior, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Volume 51, Issue 2, 1 April 2017, Pages 147 — 158, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-016-9822-8