"Sexual Behavior" 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 activities of humans.
| Descriptor ID |
D012725
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.802
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| Concept/Terms |
Sexual Behavior- Sexual Behavior
- Behavior, Sexual
- Sexual Activities
- Sexual Activity
- Activities, Sexual
- Activity, Sexual
- Sex Behavior
- Behavior, Sex
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sexual Behavior".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sexual Behavior" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sexual Behavior" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2008 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2010 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2011 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2015 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2016 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 2019 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 2021 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 2022 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2023 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2024 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sexual Behavior" by people in Profiles.
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Disparities in quality of life by race, gender, and sexual orientation: An intersectional analysis of population-representative data in Gauteng, South Africa. Soc Sci Med. 2025 Feb; 366:117651.
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Bisexuality among Men who have Sex with Men in Sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from the HPTN 075 Study. AIDS Behav. 2025 Mar; 29(3):747-759.
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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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Preferences for oral and injectable PrEP among qualitative sub-study participants in HPTN 084. PLoS One. 2024; 19(10):e0309811.
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Quality of Caregiver-Adolescent Relationship on HIV, Herpes Simplex Virus Type-2, and on Pregnancy Among Young Women in South Africa Enrolled in HIV Prevention Trials Network 068. J Adolesc Health. 2025 Jan; 76(1):131-139.
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Interest in Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transfeminine Persons in HPTN 075, a Multi-center HIV Prevention Study in Sub-Saharan Africa (2015-2017). AIDS Behav. 2025 Feb; 29(2):411-419.
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Uptake and Persistence of Safer Conception Strategies Among South African Women Planning for Pregnancy. AIDS Behav. 2024 Dec; 28(12):4029-4039.
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Sexual behaviour among women using intramuscular depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, a copper intrauterine device, or a levonorgestrel implant for contraception: Data from the ECHO randomized trial. PLoS One. 2024; 19(5):e0299802.
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Assessing the durability of a cash transfer on physical intimate partner violence and sexual relationships among adolescent girls and young women in rural South Africa. Soc Sci Med. 2024 Jun; 350:116948.
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Exploratory validation of relationship functioning and non-pregnant partner behavior scales in pregnant people living with HIV in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Glob Health Action. 2023 12 31; 16(1):2210882.