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Sexual Partners

Sexual partners are individuals who engage in sexual activity with one another, and in the context of sexual and reproductive health they are a key unit of analysis for understanding the transmission and prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Patterns of partnership, including the number of partners, …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 47× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2994-6743

Overview

Sexual partners are individuals who engage in sexual activity with one another, and in the context of sexual and reproductive health they are a key unit of analysis for understanding the transmission and prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Patterns of partnership, including the number of partners, concurrency, partner communication, and partner-related risk behaviors, strongly influence the spread of infections such as HIV and other STIs within populations. Understanding sexual partnerships is central to epidemiology, public health, and behavioral interventions aimed at reducing infection and promoting healthier outcomes. Partner-focused measures, including condom use, partner notification, counseling, and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), are widely used to interrupt transmission. Research in this field examines knowledge, attitudes, and preventive practices toward STIs and HIV among adolescents, students, truck drivers, and other groups, often in settings across Sub-Saharan Africa. Reported studies address risk-reduction interventions for in-school adolescents, predictors of PrEP adherence among female sex workers, sexual risk behaviors among sex workers, and the influence of sexual sensation seeking and compulsivity on condom use among youth. Additional work considers HIV and homosexuality, cervical cancer screening, harm-reduction programs, and counseling and testing services, situating sexual partnerships within broader frameworks of prevention, behavior change, and reproductive health.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 47 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (ISSN 2994-6743).

Journal editorial board
Deepak Kumar Yadav · Nepal Ramesh Marne Bhat · India Jennifer Cunningham-Erves · United States

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