Influence of socio-contextual factors on the link between traditional and new media use, and young people's sexual risk behaviour in Sub-Saharan Africa: a secondary data analysis.

Background: Traditional and new media use links to young people's sexual risk behaviour. The social contexts of young people's daily lives that influence media use and sexual risk behaviour are often investigated as independent causal mechanisms. We examined the link between media use and young people's sexual risk behaviour, considering the intersecting socio-contextual factors in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Plasma concentration of fucosyltransferase 7 is not associated with the number of clinically overt vaso-occlusive events in sickle cell disease.

Objective: To determine if the number of vaso-occlusive events in SCD relates to plasma concentration of fucosyltransferase 7 (FUT7), which catalyses the synthesis of selectin ligands.

Design: A prospective, analytical study.

Setting: Haematology and Chemical Pathology Departments of tertiary healthcare centres.

Multidisciplinary approach to obstetric disseminated intravascular coagulopathy management in low-income country: A survey.

Objective: To assess the uptake of a multidisciplinary team approach in obstetric disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) management in a low- to middle-income country.

Methods: A cross-sectional observational study, in which a semi-structured and pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data on the uptake by Nigerian obstetricians of the multidisciplinary team approach to obstetric DIC management.

Results: A total of 171 obstetricians responded, 82 (48.

Trends in substance use among sexual minority adolescents in South Korea.

Purpose: Substance use, that is of cigarettes, alcohol and chemical inhalants, is a major contributor to health-compromising behaviors and the related consequences among adolescents around the world. The purpose of this paper is to examine trends in this phenomenon in South Korea among sexually active adolescents who reported sexual minority behaviors as compared to their heterosexual (HS) peers.

Design And Methods: This study used data from the annual web-based survey called Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey in 5-year intervals: 2006, 2011, and 2016.