Xiaoming Li

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..Gender differences in HIV-related perceptions and sexual behaviors underscore the importance of gender-specific intervention efforts to prevent the spread of HIV/STD in China...

..The current study is a necessary first step to assess the potential impact of stigmatization on both the physical and psychological well-being of rural-to-urban migrant workers...

..The data underscore the urgent need for HIV/AIDS-related health promotion and prevention efforts targeting college students as well as younger age groups in China...

..In this study, we tested the model of a single underlying problem behavior factor against competing models with multiple (and second-order) problem behavior factors...

..These findings underscore the importance for HIV/AIDS education and prevention efforts targeting the migrant population in urban destinations as well as the return-migrant population in rural areas...

..The results suggest that a social cognitive theory based HIV risk reduction program for young adults can be effective in changing HIV-related perceptions and intentions in China...

..To explore the association between early computer experience (both accessibility and frequency of use) and cognitive and psychomotor development among young children...

..The data in the current study suggested that children affected by HIV/AIDS in China are exposed to more trauma and suffer more adjustment problems than children who do not experience HIV/AIDS in their families...

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..The social cognitive theories including the PMT may form a logical base for prevention intervention programs targeting rural-to-urban migrants in China...

..To examine the mental health symptoms among rural-to-urban migrants in China, in comparison with representative samples of their counterparts in the rural areas from where they emigrated and urban communities to which they immigrated...

..To determine whether rural-to-urban migrants in China are more likely than rural and urban residents to engage in risk behaviors...

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..Recruitment and retention of individuals with high-risk behavior in prevention activities will be critical and challenging...

..To assess the relationship of baseline behavioural intentions and sexual perceptions with subsequent intentions regarding sexual initiation and condom use in Bahamian preadolescents...

..However, data on the prevalence of this practice and its association with condom use and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are limited...

..The group-based trajectory analysis provides an analytical approach for assessing interventions among adolescents with low rates and diverse progression patterns of sexual activity...

..The subjects were 1,131 youth ages 12 to 16 years from 12 rural counties in West Virginia...

..24-0.80). This quasi-experimental trial provides evidence that the brief VCT intervention, through appropriate cultural adaptation, can be efficacious in increasing condom use and reducing STD infection rate among FSWs in China...

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..single), and care arrangement (family-based vs. institutional care). The results underscored the importance of psychosocial support and counseling to orphans in communities with high levels of HIV-related mortality...

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..Appropriate behavioral intervention programs are advocated to reduce the risk and stigma among the special population...

..Men who pay for sexual services are at increased risk for HIV/sexually transmitted disease. Data on the sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of such men in China are limited...

..Substance use represents a public health challenge in China. The rapidly growing rural-to-urban migrants, currently numbering 88 million, may be especially vulnerable to substance use...

..We used multilevel analyses to examine perceived features of gatekeepers and individual correlates of consistent condom use among FSWs and to validate the findings in the existing literature...

..The use of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana and the use of more than three substances are highly specific for predicting sexual initiation...

..Results also suggest that LCA may be an effective methodology for analyzing behavioral types and their dynamics with a limited number of variables...

..Therefore, along with the awareness and intervention programs, efforts should be taken to reduce the exposure of FSWs to sexual coercion and to improve the mental health of FSWs...

..Future prevention interventions seeking to improve psychological well-being among children affected by HIV/AIDS should attend to these factors...

..Implications for intervention programs include continuing support from the government and nongovernmental organizations, improvements in administrative styles, and the need of incorporating psychological support within the institutions...

..The government, community, and other agencies need to make efforts to avoid frequent household displacement among these children after the HIV-related infection or death of their parents...

..Sexual risk reduction and condom promotion are urgently needed among this population. Further studies are needed to examine the casual relationship between depression and HIV risk behaviors...

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..These findings suggest that the children in this study were vulnerable to CSA and also highlight the need to address the issues of CSA in this population...

..To review the patterns, contexts and impacts of alcohol use associated with commercial sex reported in the global literature...

..The data underscore the importance to provide students with appropriate guidance on their Internet use, especially for reducing online risks and utilizing Internet as a source for sex education and HIV prevention...

..A full-scale evaluation is recommended...

..Effective adolescent smoking intervention programs in China need to include a component targeting adult smoking to reduce perceived smoking norms...

..g., depression, loneliness, perceived stigma, and enacted stigma), and children's age was strongly associated with both their perceptions of secondary disclosure and psychological measures...

..To assess the long-term impact of HIV-prevention interventions delivered to youth before sexual initiation and the effects of interventions delivered in nonstudy settings...

..Findings from this study support the feasibility and initial efficacy of the cultural adaptation of FOK HIV prevention program among high school students in China...

..The PSCCU should provide HIV/STI prevention researchers and practitioners with a valid alternative assessment tool among high-risk populations, especially in resource-limited settings...

..The objective of this study was to assess the potential role of gatekeepers of establishments in promoting condom use among female sex workers (FSWs) in China...

..Tobacco use remains a substantial public health challenge in China. The rapidly growing rural-to-urban migrant population currently numbering approximately 121 million individuals may be especially vulnerable to tobacco use...

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..To assess the relation between Chinese college students' perceptions and attitudes regarding preventive sexual behaviors, their sexual knowledge, and their use of protective sexual behaviors...

..There was a discrepancy between the level of utilization and trust of mass media as the main source of HIV/AIDS knowledge. Findings are discussed in terms of implications for HIV/AIDS prevention and education among adolescents in China...

..The objective of this study was to address the role of heterosexual transmission of HIV in China...

..Little is known about HIV transmission at the family level in China...

..50, 95% CI: 0.28-0.89) or use condoms properly (aOR = 0.44, 95% CI: 0.20-0.99). The findings suggested that HIV prevention programs targeted at FSW should take into consideration the level of depression they experience...

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..Future health education and promotion efforts among FSWs need to take into consideration substance abuse, interpartner conflict, and psychological stress...

..To assess age of smoking onset as a predictor of smoking cessation during pregnancy...

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..The findings demonstrate interventions aiming at the reduction of stigma should be targeted at both the individual and community levels...

..e., school performance). Not considering such individual differences could impact the integrity of trial outcomes...

..Future studies need to employ more rigorous research methodology, including longitudinal study design, multiple sampling methods, and common measurements of HIV-related risk behaviors...

..Results suggested that perceived life improvements may have resulted from access to basic needs in extremely poor communities...

..Although numerous interventions have been demonstrated to reduce targeted adolescent risk behaviors for brief periods, sustained behavior changes covering multiple risk behaviors have been elusive...

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..Textbook and journal article descriptions of pityriasis rosea usually offer information about the presentation and clinical course of this condition in white patients...

..The findings suggest an urgent need for HIV/STI prevention programs that address the cultural, social, and economic constraints facing the migrant population in China...

..To explore whether violence victimization and witness experiences of predominantly African-American, low-income, urban adolescents were associated with distress and whether psychosocial factors contributed to symptomatology...

..out-of-province residency), which suggests that such efforts must take the social and cultural contextual factors of working environment (and sexual risks) into consideration...

..Volunteers from the MSM community and health care workers in primary health care system may serve as valuable resources for HIV/STD prevention and control among MSM...

..The findings indicate that face-to-face interventions may offer significant cumulative protection from unprotected sex over the long-term...

..HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention efforts should include components of alcohol use/abuse prevention for an effective reduction of sexual risk among young rural-to-urban migrants in China...

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..The data argue for the need to consider intervention strategies that address both parents and youth...

..Future behavioral intervention programs need to be multi-faceted and incorporate environmental and structural factors for different groups of FSWs...

..In recent years, more adolescents are engaging in premarital sex in China. However, only a limited number of studies have explored out-of-school youth's sexual attitudes and behaviors, critical for prevention intervention development...

..To assess health protection motivation as explained by the constructs of protection motivation theory (PMT) and its association with drug trafficking over 2 years...

..To examine the influence of environmental support on HIV prevention behaviors (i.e., condom use behaviors, communication and intention, and HIV/STD testing) among female sex workers (FSWs) in China...

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..To examine the circumstances and correlates associated with initiation of illicit drug use among institutionalized drug users in China...

..The influences overall did not statistically change over time. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the marked increase in risk behaviors during mid-adolescence, monitoring and peer involvement both influenced adolescent behaviors across each cohort...

..The association of social position with smoking experimentation could not be explained completely by traditional peer-related variables...

..At the same time, the results of the present study do not provide sufficient evidence that booster sessions further improve targeted behaviors enough to include them in a combined parent and youth intervention...

..Therefore, parents should be included in adolescent risk-reduction intervention efforts. Inclusion of friends and/or changing youth perceptions of peer involvement may also be effective intervention strategies...

..Based on the findings, we also suggest that HIV/STD intervention efforts among FSWs should take the social and cultural contextual factors of their working environment (and sexual risks) into consideration...

..To identify correlates of sexual risk variations among African-American adolescents, and to examine the influence of prior sexual experience on response to a HIV risk-reduction intervention...