"Unsafe Sex" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Sexual behaviors which are high-risk for contracting SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES or for producing PREGNANCY.
| Descriptor ID |
D047568
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.802.987
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| Concept/Terms |
Unsafe Sex- Unsafe Sex
- Sex, Unsafe
- High-Risk Sex
- High Risk Sex
- Sex, High-Risk
- Unprotected Sex
- Sex, Unprotected
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Unsafe Sex" by people in Profiles.
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School environment and adolescent health: Results from the HPTN 068 cohort. Ann Epidemiol. 2024 Dec; 100:42-49.
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Effects of Early Social Bonds on Adolescent Trajectories of Sexual Risk Behaviors Among South African Girls. AIDS Behav. 2022 Apr; 26(4):1173-1182.
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Perceived efficacy of HIV treatment-as-prevention among university students in Johannesburg, South Africa. Sex Transm Infect. 2021 12; 97(8):596-600.
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Potential Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Condomless-Sex-Concentrated PrEP in KwaZulu-Natal Accounting for Drug Resistance. J Infect Dis. 2021 04 23; 223(8):1345-1355.
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Depression and Incident HIV in Adolescent Girls and Young Women in HIV Prevention Trials Network 068: Targets for Prevention and Mediating Factors. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 05 05; 189(5):422-432.
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Use of long-acting reversible contraception in a cluster-random sample of female sex workers in Kenya. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2019 Aug; 146(2):184-191.
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Effects of Migration on Risky Sexual Behavior and HIV Acquisition in South Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, 2000-2017. AIDS Behav. 2019 Jun; 23(6):1396-1430.
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Daily Vaginal Swabs and Mobile Phone Sex Report for Assessing HIV Virion Exposure Prospectively Among a Cohort of Young Sexually Active Women in South Africa (HVTN 915). J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 06 01; 81(2):e39-e48.
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Understanding hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV among people who inject drugs in South Africa: findings from a three-city cross-sectional survey. Harm Reduct J. 2019 04 11; 16(1):28.
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Sexual Risk Compensation in a Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Demonstration Study Among Individuals at Risk of HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 01 01; 80(1):e9-e13.