• openAccess   HIV Prevention Interventions for Young Male Commercial Sex Workers 

      Ballester-Arnal, Rafael; Gil-Llario, MD; Salmerón Sánchez, Pedro; Giménez-García, Cristina Springer US (2014-03)
      The sex industry, where men sell sexual services to other men or women, has grown in recent years. These men who offer sexual services are particularly vulnerable to HIV infection due to such factors as: frequency of risky ...
    • openAccess   HIV-Risk Index: Development and Validation of a Brief Risk Index for Hispanic Young People 

      Ballester-Arnal, Rafael; Gil-Llario, MD; Castro-Calvo, Jesús; Giménez-García, Cristina (2016-08)
      The prevalence of HIV risk behaviors among young people facilitates the spread of HIV, in particular regarding unsafe sex behavior, although this trend is different within this population. For this reason, identifying the ...
    • openAccess   Risk behaviors for HIV infection. A review of emerging trends 

      Santiesteban Díaz, Yasel Manuel; Orlando, Solon Alberto; Ballester-Arnal, Rafael ABRASCO - Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (2019)
      HIV infection, acquired with the conscious participation of the recipient, is a complex problem of international concern, especially among men who have sex with men. Behaviors emerge such as bareback (intentionally unprotected ...
    • openAccess   Sexual Compulsivity Scale: Adaptation and Validation in the Spanish Population 

      Ballester-Arnal, Rafael; Gómez Martínez, Sandra; Gil-Llario, MD; Salmerón Sánchez, Pedro Taylor & Francis (2013)
      Sexual compulsivity has been studied in relation to high-risk behavior for sexually transmitted infections. The aim of this study was the adaptation and validation of the Sexual Compulsivity Scale to a sample of Spanish ...
    • openAccess   Why Do Young Hispanic Women Take Sexual Risks? Psychological and Cultural Factors for HIV Prevention 

      Giménez-García, Cristina; Ruiz-Palomino, Estefania; Gil-Llario, MD; Ballester-Arnal, Rafael; Castañeiras, C. Elsevier (2018-09)
      Young Hispanic women have been particularly affected by HIV. For this reason, we analyzed the influence of cognitive factors, dispositional variables, and gender culture on the HIV risks of two groups of Hispanic women. ...