Secondary School Students' Views on Sexuality and Sexual Health Education.

Objective: This study examined the views of secondary school students on sexuality and sexual health education in Hong Kong, China.

Methods: A total of 818 secondary school students (mean age = 15.3 years, SD = 1.

Active Treatment to Survivorship Care: A Mixed-Methods Study Exploring Resource Needs and Preferences of Young Adult Cancer Survivors in Transition.

The purpose of this study was to identify resource needs and preferences of young adult cancer survivors (YAs) during the transition from active treatment to survivorship care to inform tailored care tools to support YAs during this period. A mixed methods study following a sequential explanatory approach was conducted among YAs between the ages of 15 and 39. Online surveys were distributed to assess participant information and resource needs, and responses were further explored during virtual focus group and interview discussions.

Sexual Self-Concept and Psychological Functioning of Women With a History of Childhood Sexual Abuse in Hong Kong.

Sexual self-concept (SSC) is an important component of health that is closely associated with the well-being of survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA). Compared with non-CSA respondents, SSC of CSA survivors was deleteriously affected, resulting in ineffective psychological functioning (negative self-evaluation, psychological ill-health, and difficulties in interpersonal relationships). Negative SSC (sexual anxiety, sexual depression, and sexual fear) played a significant role in mediating the adverse effects of CSA on psychological functioning.

Effects of cryopreservation on gram-positive bacteria contaminants in umbilical cord blood.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of cryopreservation in post-thaw umbilical cord blood units for the survivability of Gram-positive bacteria strains.

Background: Microbial screening is required for all cord blood units (CBUs). Four gram-positive contaminants were documented to survive cryopreservation poorly and isolation of other contaminants were reported.

Experiment-Based Validation of Corneal Lenticule Banking in a Health Authority-Licensed Facility.

With the expected rise in patients undergoing refractive lenticule extraction worldwide, the number of discarded corneal stromal lenticules will increase. Therefore, establishing a lenticule bank to collect, catalog, process, cryopreserve, and distribute the lenticules (for future therapeutic needs) could be advantageous. In this study, we validated the safety of lenticule banking that involved the collection of human lenticules from our eye clinic, transportation of the lenticules to a Singapore Ministry of Health-licensed lenticule bank, processing, and cryopreservation of the lenticules, which, after 3 months or, a longer term, 12 months, were retrieved and transported to our laboratory for implantation in rabbit corneas.