Sentences with phrase «decrease condom use»
@Ken, I don't know... Vasectomies would be great if they protected against STDs, but I'd worry vasectomies might decrease condom use while keeping se.x levels the same.
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The risk of infection can be lowered by decreasing the number of sexual contacts, reducing the number of partners, and using condoms.
While we do have data from several small studies showing that advance provision of EC is not associated with increases in unprotected intercourse or decreases in condom use, these self - report data have not been correlated with outcome data, particularly biological markers.4 - 6, 13,14
A review of 115 program evaluations showed that two - thirds of the comprehensive programs had positive behavioral outcomes — including helping participants to delay sex, use condoms and contraception, decrease the number of sexual partners or decrease the frequency of sex.
Condoms, when used properly, are the only nonprescription product shown to prevent STDs by decreasing your chance of contracting one from an infected sexual partner.
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.
Results: Six months after the baseline measurement, there was a significant decrease in bullying behavior, drug use, smoking, binge drinking, excessive media use, sex without a condom, sex while using drugs or alcohol, sexual disinhibition, anger control, and anger expression for the FamTh - G compared with the CG.
Drug use, smoking, binge drinking, excessive media use, sex without a condom, sex while using drugs or alcohol, and sexual disinhibition also all decreased significantly in the BSFT group compared with the CG.