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Gendered Construction of Sexual Risks : Implications for Safer Sex Among Young People in Kenya and Sweden

Ahlberg, Beth Maina; Jylkas, Ella; Krantz, Ingela - 2007

This study compared perceptions of sexual risk and sexual practices among youth in Kenya and Sweden. Self …-generated questions on the body, perceptions of sexual risk and sexual practices were collected in Kenya while focus group discussions and … the level of knowledge on matters of sexuality and the ability to talk with ease on these matters. The refusal in Kenya to …

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Sex Ratios and Risky Sexual Behavior

Cornwell, Christopher; Cunningham, Scott - 2009

Epidemiologists have suggested that racial disparities in sexually transmitted infections are due to more concurrency in Black sexual networks. We argue that a relative shortage of Black males, caused by higher Black incarceration, increases concurrency. We test this hypothesis using data from...

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'My Daughter Is not like That' : A Qualitative Study of Parental Perception on Child Sexual Abuse Risk

Eelmaa, Simone - 2022

revealed that parents tend to judge child sexual abuse as a low risk to their children, which in turn impacts CSA prevention … activities. The aim of this study was to explore parental beliefs on the risk of CSA, specifically victim- and perpetrator …-specific risk of child sexual abuse to their children, as well as parents’ approaches to protecting their children. Data were …

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Effects of Overweight on Risky Sexual Behavior of Adolescent Girls

Averett, Susan - 2010

We use data from The National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health to estimate effects of adolescent girls' overweight on their propensity to engage in risky sexual behavior. We estimate single equation, two-stage, and sibling fixed-effects models and find that overweight or obese teenage...

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Returns to Education in Russia : Where There Is Risky Sexual Behaviour There Is Also an Instrument

Arabsheibani, G. Reza - 2012

Finding an instrument that is orthogonal to the disturbance term in the wage equation has been a topic of great deal of debate. Recently, Chesson et al. (2006) proposed that higher discount rates are significantly associated with a range of sexual behaviours, including having sex before age of...

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Stimulating Demand for Aids Prevention : Lessons from the Respect Trial

De Walque, Damien - 2012

HIV-prevention strategies have yielded only limited success so far in slowing down the AIDS epidemic. This paper examines novel intervention strategies that use incentives to discourage risky sexual behaviors. Widely-adopted conditional cash transfer programs that offer payments conditioning on...

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Is Sex Like Driving? Risk Compensation Associated with Male Circumcision in Kisumu, Kenya

Wilson, Nicholas L. - 2012

, concern remains about risk compensation associated with the reduction in the probability of HIV transmission per risky act …. This paper examines the behavioral response to male circumcision in Kisumu, Kenya. Contrary to the presumption of risk … reduction in the risk of acquiring HIV …

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Binge drinking and risky sex among college students

DeSimone, Jeff - 2010

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Effects of overweight on risky sexual behavior of adolescent girls

Averett, Susan; Corman, Hope; Reichman, Nancy E. - 2010

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Perceptions of HIV/AIDS risk and sexual risk-taking of young people in Ghana

Tenkorang, Eric Yeboah; Adjei, Jones K.; Gyimah, … - In: Canadian journal of development studies 31 (2010) 3/4, pp. 439-457

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