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Lieberman, Lisa D.; Goldfarb, Eva S. – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
The overturning of "Roe v. Wade" and the increasing assaults on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) rights in legislatures across the country have put our sexual and reproductive health in peril. They are likely also bellwethers of more to come. While a full reckoning of the repercussions from these attacks will not be…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Sex Education, Public Health, Pregnancy
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Ramirez, A. Susana; Graff, Kaitlin; Nelson, David; Galica, Kasia; Leyva, Bryan; Banegas, Mateo; Huerta, Elmer – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Purpose: Spanish-dominant Latinos make up 13% of the U.S. population, and this group is poorer and faces multiple threats to health compared with the general population. Additionally, Spanish speakers face challenges accessing health information that is often not available in Spanish. This study provides a descriptive epidemiology of a unique,…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Hispanic Americans, Radio, Access to Information
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Weeks, Margaret R.; Li, Jianghong; Liao, Susu; Zhang, Qingning; Dunn, Jennifer; Wang, Yanhong; Jiang, Jingmei – Health Education & Behavior, 2013
Social and public health scientists are increasingly interested in applying system dynamics theory to improve understanding and to harness the forces of change within complex, multilevel systems that affect community intervention implementation, effects, and sustainability. Building a system dynamics model based on ethnographic case study has the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention, Health Promotion
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Sayles, Jennifer N.; Macphail, Catherine L.; Newman, Peter A.; Cunningham, William E. – Health Education & Behavior, 2010
Developing and disseminating a preventive HIV vaccine is a primary scientific and public health objective. However, little is known about HIV vaccine acceptability in the high-prevalence setting of South Africa--where young adults are likely to be targeted in early dissemination efforts. This study reports on six focus groups (n = 42) conducted in…
Descriptors: Prevention, Focus Groups, Immunization Programs, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Geary, Cynthia Waszak; Burke, Holly M.; Johnson, Laura; Liku, Jennifer; Castelnau, Laure; Neupane, Shailes; Niang, Cheikh – Health Education & Behavior, 2008
To examine young people's reactions to and understanding of HIV prevention messages developed for MTV's global HIV prevention campaign Staying Alive, videotaped campaign materials were shown to focus group discussion (FGD) participants living in urban areas of Brazil, Kenya, Nepal, and Senegal. Responses related to "personal involvement"…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Prevention, Focus Groups, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Bhattacharya, Gauri – Health Education & Behavior, 2004
This article examines sociocultural expectations of sexual behavior and the reasons why not using condoms may be logical to married heterosexual couples in India. Married women who report monogamous sexual relationships with their husbands are a high-risk group for HIV infection in India. Based on the public health model and a population-based…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Marital Status, Females, Prevention