ReviewSubstance abuse and rehabilitation2015
Sexual risk behaviors and HIV risk among Americans aged 50 years or older: a review.
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- Sex Differences in HIV Testing among Older Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review.BioMed research international · 2021Pooled it
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- The Relationship Between Psychotic Experiences and Sexual Risky Behaviors: Moderating Effects of Childhood Trauma and Depression in Population-Based Young Adults from Tunisia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the Sexual Risk Behaviors Scale for the European Portuguese.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2026Observational
- "Are they going to recollect who they need to contact?": understanding sexually transmitted infection transmission risks among older Canadians who winter in the United States.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2025Article
- A scoping review: Forced/coerced sterilization as a socio-cultural risk factor for sexually transmitted HIV for older Black women.Journal of health psychology · 2025Article
- Adaptation and validation of a condom-related stigma scale for older adults in China.BMC public health · 2025Article
- HIV Knowledge, Risk Factors, and Utilization of Services in the US Rural Deep South.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
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- Sexual behaviour and condom use of older adults living with HIV/AIDS in a treatment centre at Osogbo, south-west Nigeria.African health sciences · 2024Article
- Latent Class Analysis of Sexual Partnerships and Substance Use Across Generations.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- The Association Between HIV-Related Stigma and the Uptake of HIV Testing and ART Among Older Adults in Rural South Africa: Findings from the HAALSI Cohort Study.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Increases in the susceptibility of human endometrial CD4Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Pattern of contributing behaviors and their determinants among people living with HIV in Iran: A 30-year nationwide study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Prevalence of HIV/AIDS Among Elderly People and Associated Factors in Habru Woreda, Amhara Region, Northeast Ethiopia.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Article
- Newly diagnosed cases of HIV in those aged 50 years and older and those less than 50: 2008-2017.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2019Article
- Exploring HIV concern in a population of Dominican American women midlife and older.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Dysregulation in Genital Tract Soluble Immune Mediators in Postmenopausal Women Is Distinct by HIV Status.AIDS research and human retroviruses · 2019Observational
- HIV testing and counselling experiences: a qualitative study of older adults living with HIV in western Kenya.BMC geriatrics · 2018Article
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Abstract
Although HIV-related sexual risk behaviors have been studied extensively in adolescents and young adults, there is limited information about these behaviors among older Americans, which make up a growing segment of the US population and an understudied population. This review of the literature dealing with sexual behaviors that increase the risk of becoming HIV-infected found a low prevalence of condom use among older adults, even when not in a long-term relationship with a single partner. A seminal study by Schick et al published in 2010 reported that the prevalence of condom use at last intercourse was highest among those aged 50-59 years (24.3%; 95% confidence interval, 15.6-35.8) and declined with age, with a 17.1% prevalence among those aged 60-69 years (17.1%; 95% confidence interval, 7.3-34.2). Studies have shown that older Americans may underestimate their risk of becoming HIV-infected. Substance use also increases the risk for sexual risk behaviors, and studies have indicated that the prevalence of substance use among older adults has increased in the past decade. As is the case with younger adults, the prevalence of HIV infections is elevated among ethnic minorities, drug users (eg, injection drug users), and men who have sex with men. When infected, older adults are likely to be diagnosed with HIV-related medical disorders later in the course of illness compared with their younger counterparts. Physicians are less likely to discuss sexual risk behaviors with older adults and to test them for HIV compared with younger adults. Thus, it is important to educate clinicians about sexual risk behaviors in the older age group and to design preventive interventions specifically designed for older adults.
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