Last report from last week's APHA meeting abstracts: Sara Head found that women were more likely to test positive for Herpes Simplex Virus Type II (HSV-2), the virus strain associated with genital herpes. Head also found that African-Americans and those less fearful of HSV-2 were more likely to test positive for HSV-2. In a separate presentation ( Read more... )

APHA week continues: At last week's APHA meeting, many papers reported differences in the way that men and women regard HIV and AIDS, across many cultures. All results are 2007. In India, Agrawal et al reported that men were significantly more likely to hold stigmatizing attitudes than women (OR=1.56). Fumihiko Yokota found that men living ( Read more... )

Masho and Hamm (2007) analyzed data from the 2005 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey to find the prevalence and risk factors for dating physical violence (DPV) in teens in grades 9 through 12. These results were reported at last week's 2007 American Public Health Association annual meeting. Surprisingly, they found similar response rates to the ( Read more... )

At last week's 2007 American Public Health Association annual meeting, one topic explored was the prevalence of male sexual assault: that is, sexual assault where the victim is male. Masho and Anderson (2007) survey of adult males in Virginia found a lifetime prevalence rate of 12.9% for male sexual assault, with about 60% of the perpetrators ( Read more... )

Gender differences in physical aggression are thought to appear early, around 2 years old, and further differentiate with socialization. Baillargeon et al (2007) interviewed mothers about their toddlers' behaviour, and concluded that gender differences in aggression exist as early as 17 months, and do not become more differentiated in the ( Read more... )