Social support could be a powerful weight‐loss treatment moderator or mediator but is rarely
assessed. We assessed the psychometric properties, initial levels, and predictive validity of …

Although HIV is contracted by individuals, it is typically transmitted in dyads. Most efforts to
promote safer sex practices, however, focus exclusively on individuals. The goal of this …

Status of adolescent pelvic inflammatory disease management... : Current Opinion in Obstetrics
and Gynecology Status of adolescent pelvic inflammatory disease management in the United …

Introduction Young adolescent women in sub‐Saharan Africa are three to four times more
likely to be HIV‐positive than boys or men. One of the relationship dynamics that is likely to …

Compared to whites, blacks experience significant health disparities for sexually transmitted
diseases, particularly in the rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. To develop more …

Background: To estimate the prevalence of concurrency (more than 1 sex partner
overlapping in time), the attitudes/behaviors of those engaged in concurrency, length of …

Background 'Transactional sex', defined as a non-marital, non-commercial sexual
relationship in which money or material goods are exchanged for sex, is associated with …

A large proportion of young people move from one sexually active dating relationship to
another over the course of their teen and young adult years. A common behavioural pattern …

Sexual partner concurrency, which fuels the spread of HIV, has been hypothesized as a
cause of higher rates of HIV among low-income, urban African-Americans. Despite this …

HIV prevention strategies among couples include condom use, mutual monogamy, and HIV
testing. Research suggests that condom use is more likely with new or casual partners, and …