Sexual Behavior

"Sexual Behavior" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Sexual activities of humans.

Descriptor ID	D012725
MeSH Number(s)	F01.145.802
Concept/Terms	Sexual Behavior Sexual Behavior Behavior, Sexual Sexual Activities Sexual Activity Activities, Sexual Activity, Sexual Sex Behavior Behavior, Sex Oral Sex Oral Sex Sex, Oral Sexual Orientation Sexual Orientation Orientation, Sexual Sex Orientation Premarital Sex Behavior Premarital Sex Behavior Behavior, Premarital Sex Anal Sex Anal Sex Sex, Anal

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sexual Behavior".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Behavior [F01.145]
Sexual Behavior [F01.145.802]

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Bar chart showing 557 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 47 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	1	1
1999	0	1	1
2000	1	1	2
2001	0	1	1
2002	0	5	5
2003	6	7	13
2004	7	6	13
2005	10	6	16
2006	11	2	13
2007	7	5	12
2008	9	12	21
2009	16	15	31
2010	14	6	20
2011	10	9	19
2012	23	8	31
2013	27	12	39
2014	21	21	42
2015	23	9	32
2016	28	19	47
2017	15	13	28
2018	17	15	32
2019	13	20	33
2020	15	20	35
2021	4	17	21
2022	4	13	17
2023	2	16	18
2024	0	6	6
2025	2	6	8

Below are the most recent publications written about "Sexual Behavior" by people in Profiles.

Zhang T, McMillian C, Alberico C. Scroll, Search and Navigate: HIV Health Literacy and Prevention Among Students Attending a Historically Black College/University. Sex Transm Dis. 2026 03 01; 53(3):197-204.

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Edet PP, Bhuiyan AR, Ezekwe E, Shour AR, Arnold T, Nunn A. Association Between HIV Risk and Health Care Access Among U.S. Adults in the South: Insights from the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. AIDS Behav. 2026 Mar; 30(3):907-916.

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Siuluta N, Villalba K, Canidate SS, Lopez-Quintero C, Scaglione NM, Cook RL. Sociodemographic Characteristics Associated with Lifetime and Recent Traumatic Experiences Among People Living with HIV in Florida. AIDS Behav. 2026 Feb; 30(2):475-486.

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Rollins L, Sams-Abiodun P. Men in the Movement: A Gender Equality Intervention for Young Men of Color in Louisiana. Soc Work Public Health. 2025; 40(8):502-510.

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Rojas P, Wang W, Colon-Burgos JF, Tineo YAC, Ravelo G, Novoa OB, Pinz?n-Iregui MC, Castillo B, Khalona MA, Castillo JS, Robinson M, Behar-Zusman V. A randomized clinical trial testing the effectiveness of an adapted online HIV/AIDS prevention intervention among Latino men. Sci Rep. 2025 Aug 07; 15(1):28981.

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Mustanski B, Macapagal K, Li DH, Rodriguez-Diaz CE, Saber R, Matson M, Moskowitz DA, Rendina HJ, Laber E, Ryan DT, Newcomb ME. Effectiveness of the smart program: Stepped-care HIV prevention for gay and bisexual adolescent boys. Health Psychol. 2025 Mar; 44(3):321-331.

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Edwards GG, Moghanian B, Reback CJ, Schrode KM, Weiss RE, Harawa NT. Comparing PrEP use among men who have sex with men with a recent incarceration history. AIDS Care. 2025 May; 37(5):709-719.

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Espinosa da Silva C, Santibanez M, Lee AR, Pacheco LS, Brodine S, Fraga MA, Desmarais TB, Crespo NC, Mart?nez Hernandez J, McKennett M, Garfein RS. Sexual and reproductive health awareness and practices among adolescents and adults in a rural farming community in Baja California, Mexico: a quantitative and qualitative cross-sectional study. Sex Reprod Health Matters. 2024 Dec; 32(1):2433824.

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Chandler RD, Warner S, Aidoo-Frimpong G, Wells J. "What Did You Say, ChatGPT?" The Use of AI in Black Women's HIV Self-Education: An Inductive Qualitative Data Analysis. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2024 May-Jun 01; 35(3):294-302.

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Zapata JP, Rojas E, Dur?n P, Mart?nez AJ, Del Pino HE. The Impact of Sibling Relationships on Behavioral and Sexual Health among Latino Sexual Minority Men. Arch Sex Behav. 2024 07; 53(7):2751-2763.

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