STUDY OBJECTIVE: Genital herpes (HSV) is exceedingly common in the United States and
women are disproportionally affected. This study aims to describe young women's beliefs …

Objectives. Compared to other young Canadians, youth in the Northwest Territories (NWT)
suffer disproportionately from negative sexual health outcomes, including high rates of …

Despite its highly prevalent and stigmatizing nature, genital herpes has received little
attention from stigma researchers relative to other sexually transmitted infections. This …

Sexually transmitted infections spread through skin-to-skin contact represent unique
prevention challenges. This study examines how college students perceive safer sex …

Background Gonorrhoea notifications have been increasing in Australia's cities, in both men
and women. We investigated if this could be, at least in part, a result of a testing artefact …

Genital herpes (herpes simplex virus) is a relatively common and recurrent sexually
transmitted infection. Despite its high prevalence, knowledge about the condition can be …

Sexuality is a primal and essential facet of being human that intersects with many aspects of
our experience, especially health. Sexual functioning and sexual health are indispensable …

Aims and objectives To explore women's stories of contracting a sexually transmitted
infection from a male partner and elucidate the gendered constructs and violence …

Introduction After the diagnosis of L-SIL, 77. 3% had a persistent infection and anomalous
Pap Test results. Many of these patients had highlighted psychological consequences such …

This study explored narrative responses following abnormal Pap tests among Hispanic
migrant farmworkers (N= 18; ages 22–50 years) via in-depth interviews in Florida …