ArticleMateria socio-medica2016
INSTRUMENTS OF HIGH RISK SEXUAL BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.
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- 2021 Clinical Practice Guidelines on Periodic Health Examination.Acta medica Philippina · 2026Article
- Risk Factors for Suicide among Adolescents in Bangka Belitung Island, Indonesia: a Qualitative Study Approach.Acta medica Philippina · 2025Article
- Risky sexual behavior in Veterans seeking substance use and mental health treatment.Addictive behaviors reports · 2024Article
- "Frontiers in reproductive health · 2023Article
- Risky sexual behavior and associated factors among sexually-experienced adolescents in Bangkok, Thailand: findings from a school web-based survey.Reproductive health · 2022Article
- An Approach to Reducing Problematic Data in an ACASI Sexual Behavior Assessment.Journal of sex research · 2021Article
- The Sexual Risk Behaviors Scale (SRBS): Development & Validation in a University Student Sample in the UK.Evaluation & the health professions · 2021Review
- Measuring HIV Risk Perception and Behavior: Results from Round 1 of the Cognitive Interviewing Project with young women and men who have sex with men in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- Peer Acceptance and Sexual Behaviors from Adolescence to Young Adulthood.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundSexual behavior is a complex activity affecting all aspects of human's life. Risky sexual behaviors impose negative outcomes on family, relationships and health. Unsafe sex is the second most leading cause of disability adjusted life years worldwide. Valid and reliable tools for assessment of risky sexual behaviors are necessary for implementing preventive measures.
methodswe searched Medline and the Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews, with the keywords of "risky sexual behavior assessment", "sexual risk assessment", "high risk sexual behavior", "sexual risk taking". By reviewing references of the articles, some complementary studies were added.
resultsAssessment can be performed by questionnaire or non-questionnaire instruments. Questionnaires vary depending on their target population, evaluation of risky sexual behavior as a whole or focusing on an associated risk factor. In order to avoid usual biases in self reports, objective biomarker assessment of unprotected sex are employed. These markers include prostate specific antigen, chromosome Y DNA and Seminogelin.
conclusionRisky sexual behavior can be assessed by various subjective and objective methods. While self-reports are more feasible, objective methods offer a higher degree of reliability. Further studies for finding more feasible methods of using biomarkers are recommended.
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