Condom use resistance (CUR) refers to practices used to obtain unprotected sex with a
partner who wishes to use a condom. Coercive CUR is a manipulative and aggressive form …

Significant progress has been made in the development of novel antimicrobials for the
treatment of antimicrobial-resistant sexually acquired pathogens. However, due to the rapid …

Rates of reported gonorrhea and chlamydial infections have increased substantially over the
past decade in the USA and disparities persist across age and race/ethnicity. We aimed to …

Reports worldwide have been showing increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections
(STIs) and condomless sex in recent years. Research has identified several individual and …

African American women are 10.8 times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV compared with
White women. This descriptive study fills a gap by examining associations among social and …

Background Oral and anal sex with opposite-sex partners is common and associated with
sexually transmitted infection (STI) transmission. Trends in these behaviors over the last …

Objective We aim to estimate the prevalence of daily HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
use six months after public funding approval in Spain and identify associated factors in a …

People differ in their predispositions to value safety maintenance (ie, disease prevention
regulatory focus) or pleasure pursuit (ie, pleasure promotion regulatory focus). Extending …

From 2014 to 2019, reported cases of three nationally notifiable sexually transmitted
infections (STIs)—chlamydia, gonorrhea, and primary and secondary syphilis—have been …

Objective To estimate the potential contributions of reported changes in frequency of penile-
vaginal sex (PVS), condom use and STI screening to changes in gonorrhea and chlamydial …