scholarly journals Exploring the Use of Technology for Sexual Health Risk-Reduction among Ecuadorean Adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Reynolds ◽  
Melissa A. Sutherland ◽  
Iván Palacios
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Health ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Health Risk Reduction

scholarly journals Young Aboriginal people's sexual health risk reduction strategies: a qualitative study in remote Australia

Sexual Health ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 303
Author(s):  
Stephen Bell ◽  
James Ward ◽  
Peter Aggleton ◽  
Walbira Murray ◽  
Bronwyn Silver ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Condom Distribution ◽  
Sti Testing ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Health Risk Reduction ◽  
Risk Reduction Strategies

Background Surveillance data indicate that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people are more likely than their non-Indigenous counterparts to experience sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and teenage pregnancy. Despite increasing emphasis on the need for strengths-based approaches to Aboriginal sexual health, limited published data document how young Aboriginal people reduce sexual health risks encountered in their everyday lives. Methods: In-depth interviews with 35 young Aboriginal women and men aged 16–21 years in two remote Australian settings were conducted; inductive thematic analysis examining sexual health risk reduction practices was also conducted. Results: Participants reported individual and collective STI and pregnancy risk reduction strategies. Individual practices included accessing and carrying condoms; having a regular casual sexual partner; being in a long-term trusting relationship; using long-acting reversible contraception; having fewer sexual partners; abstaining from sex; accessing STI testing. More collective strategies included: refusing sex without a condom; accompanied health clinic visits with a trusted individual; encouraging friends to use condoms and go for STI testing; providing friends with condoms. Conclusion: Findings broaden understanding of young Aboriginal people’s sexual health risk reduction strategies in remote Aboriginal communities. Findings signal the need for multisectoral STI prevention and sexual health programs driven by young people’s existing harm minimisation strategies and cultural models of collective support. Specific strategies to enhance young people’s sexual health include: peer condom distribution; accompanied health service visits; peer-led health promotion; continued community-based condom distribution; enhanced access to a fuller range of available contraception in primary care settings; engaging health service-experienced young people as ‘youth health workers’.

scholarly journals Sexual health risk reduction interventions for people with severe mental illness: a systematic review

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Pandor ◽  
Eva Kaltenthaler ◽  
Agnes Higgins ◽  
Karen Lorimer ◽  
Shubulade Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Health Risk Reduction

scholarly journals Effect of Health Risk Reduction Intervention Training Program on Waste Pickers’ Knowledge and Waste Handling Practices in Dump Sites in Ogun State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-69
Author(s):  
Tella A. ◽  
Amosu A.M.
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Control Group ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Handling Practices ◽  
Health Risk Reduction ◽  
Waste Handling ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Waste Pickers

Objective: This study assessed the effect of health risk reduction training program on waste pickers’ waste handling practices in dump sites in Ogun State, Nigeria. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted among 60 waste pickers recruited by multistage sampling technique divided into intervention and control groups. There was a baseline assessment of waste handling practices in both the intervention and control groups using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. Thereafter, health risk reduction training was given via lectures and demonstrations. Three months after the intervention, another assessment of the same waste pickers was conducted with the same instrument. Waste handling practices and knowledge responses were measured on a 54-point rating scale and a 17-point rating scale respectively. Data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 23 to generate descriptive and inferential results. Results: At the baseline, the waste pickers in the control group had a mean waste handling score of 17.80±6.89 while the experimental group had a mean score of 17.97±5.47. After the training program, there was a statistically significant increase in the mean waste handling score of the experimental group (47.30±3.28; p = 0.000) while there was no increase in the mean waste handling score of the control group (17.80±6.89). This significant increase in the mean waste handling score of the experimental group (53.83±0.38; p = 0.000) was also observed in a 3 month follow-up period. Conclusion/Recommendation: The health risk reduction training was effective in improving the waste handling practices of waste pickers. It is recommended that waste pickers should be trained on proper waste handling by the government.

Issues in rural health and key messages for health and disaster risk reduction education programmes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Ying Yang Chan
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Health Project ◽  
Health Risk Reduction ◽  
Healthy Community

A healthy community should have a safe and hygienic environment, with access to basic well-being maintaining facilities and services. Key messages for education programmes related to water management, indoor environment, waste management, health promoting behaviour, and disaster health risk reduction are presented in this chapter. It also aims to share some common health communication and education that might be useful to improve bottom-up resilience for health and disaster health risk reduction in rural communities. Examples from the Ethnic Minority Health Project will also be employed to illustrate how bottom-up resilience towards health and disaster risk in these rural communities might be established.

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