Abstract:Two samples of homosexual men, 64 physicians and 58 university students, reported profound decreases in several sexual practices linked to transmission of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The physicians showed the greater reduction. When sociodemographic variables, health beliefs, feeling of control over outcome, mood, sexual interest before the AIDS epidemic, and medical care utilization were correlated with decrease and/or increase in AIDS risk behaviors, the clusters of variables most strongly co… Show more
Employment in the health-care industry was found to be associated with deaths from several bloodborne pathogens and their sequelae among males, but only with HCV among females from 1984 to 2004 in this exploratory study.
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