Condom use consistency associated with beliefs regarding HIV disease transmission among women receiving HIV antiretroviral therapy

Article Abstract:

Some HIV-infected women may believe they will not transmit the virus to a sexual partner because they are taking AIDS drugs. For this reason, these women may be less likely to use a condom during sexual intercourse.

Analysis, Usage, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, HIV patients, Condoms, Health attitudes

---

The relationship between pregnancy and sexual risk taking

Article Abstract:

Pregnant women may not limit high risk sexual behaviors during pregnancy and may be at risk of acquiring sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Researchers analyzed cervical and vaginal cultures for the presence of Trichomonas vaginalis and Chlamydia trachomatis in 332 pregnant women and 1069 nonpregnant women in a community with a high incidence of STDs and HIV. Chlamydia was found in cultures of 17.2% of pregnant women and in 10.9% of nonpregnant women. T. vaginalis was found in 23.4% of pregnant women and in 17.7% of nonpregnant women. Both married and unmarried pregnant women reported inconsistent usage of condoms, which may have increased their rates of STD infection. Obstetricians should include advice on prevention of STDs to their pregnant patients.

Sexual behavior, Pregnant women, AIDS (Disease)

---

The relationship of cocaine use and human immunodeficiency virus serostatus to incident sexually transmitted diseases among women

Article Abstract:

Women who use crack cocaine or who are infected with HIV are at risk for infection with other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) as well as for transmitting HIV. The situation of being HIV-positive was not related to the presence of STDs. In studying 677 women, each increase in the frequency of crack cocaine use was related to a rise in the rate of STDs. Crack cocaine users also tended to have more sexual partners with less use of condoms than others.

Health aspects, Crack (Drug)

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Increasing cerebrospinal fluid chemokine concentrations despite undetectable cerebrospinal fluid HIV RNA in HIV-1-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy
• Abstracts: High prevalence of genotypic and phenotypic HIV-1 drug-resistant strains among patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
• Abstracts: Is early-pregnancy proteinuria associated with an increased rate of preeclampsia in women with pregestational diabetes mellitus?
• Abstracts: Cost-effectiveness and contraceptive effectiveness of the transdermal contraceptive patch. Current perspectives on oral contraceptive use
• Abstracts: Traumatic wounds: The management of superficial and partial thickness burns. Traumatic wounds: nursing assessment and management

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.