Sexual Health in more and more important in Medicine since sex is getting a more and more hot topic in our society.
From Yahoo, examples of high-risk sexual behavior include:
- Unprotected intercourse without male or female condom use, except in a long-term, single-partner (monogamous) relationship.
- Unprotected mouth-to-genital contact, except in a long-term monogamous relationship.
- Early sexual activity, especially before age 18.
- Having multiple sex partners.
- Having a high-risk partner (one who has multiple sex partners or other risk factors).
- Having anal sex or a partner who does.
- Having sex with a partner who injects or has ever injected drugs.
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Exchange of sex (sex work) for drugs or money.
“Unprotected mouth-to-genital contact, except in a long-term monogamous relationship”, this surprises me. Is this because of bacteria or enzyme?
Really. So the only low risk sex here is protected intercourse in a long-term single-partner relationship. By the way, male condom is not 100% effective in preventing STIs/HIV/AIDS and pregnancy. It about 80% effective with a large range 35-94% (Weller and Davis; Hearst and Chen 2004).
Is there 100% safe sex in our lives? NO.
However, sex can be safer.
Vaginal sex and oral sex are safer than unprotected insertive anal intercourse (UIAI) (Vittinghoff E 1999).
Having sex with a non-injective-drug user is safer than having sex with a partner who injects.
Having single partner is safer than having multiple sex partners.
And, if a person have zero sexual desire, BINGO!
A good book about high risk sexual behavior is :
High-Risk Sexual Behavior
Interventions with Vulnerable Populations
Becker, Evvie, Rankin, Elizabeth, Rickel, Annette U. 1998, 180 p., Hardcover
ISBN: 978-0-306-45857-6
Hearst, N. and S. Chen (2004). “Condom promotion for AIDS prevention in the developing world: Is it working?” Studies in Family Planning
35(1): 39-47.
Vittinghoff E, D. J., Judson F, et al. (1999). “Per-contact risk of human immunodeficiency virus transmission between male sexual partners.” American Journal of Epidemiology
150: 360-311.
Weller, S. and K. Davis Condom effectiveness in reducing heterosexual HIV transmission (Cochrane Review), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2.
