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 155 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 15 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	3	3
1998	0	1	1
1999	1	4	5
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	1	2	3
2003	4	3	7
2004	3	1	4
2005	4	1	5
2006	3	3	6
2007	2	2	4
2008	1	5	6
2009	0	4	4
2010	1	0	1
2011	5	2	7
2012	5	2	7
2013	5	1	6
2014	5	10	15
2015	4	5	9
2016	6	5	11
2017	1	1	2
2018	4	2	6
2019	2	2	4
2020	4	2	6
2021	2	8	10
2022	1	5	6
2023	1	7	8
2024	3	3	6
2025	1	0	1

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

Jenkins WD, Beach LB, Schneider J, Friedman SR, Pho MT, Walters S, Ezell J, Young AM, Hennessy C, Miller WC, Go VF, Sun C, Seal DW, Westergaard RP, Crane HM, Fredericksen RJ, Ruderman SA, Fletcher S, Ma J, Delaney JA, Plaisance K, Feinberg J, Smith GS, Korthuis PT, Stopka TJ, Friedmann PD, Zule W, Winer M. Sexual identity, sexual behavior, and drug use behaviors among people who use drugs in the rural U.S. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Apr; 171:209629.

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LeClair AM, Rose R, Barker O, Carpenter E, Concannon TW, Boehmer U, Blazey-Martin D, Bird CE, Freund KM, Lemon SC. Health Care Workers' Perspectives on Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Adult Primary Care Setting. Med Care. 2024 Dec 01; 62(12):814-819.

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Candrian C, Weissman JS, Tjia J. SOGI Data Collection - Proceeding, but with Caution. N Engl J Med. 2024 Aug 15; 391(7):580-581.

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Chai PR, Goodman GR, Mohamed Y, Bustamante MJ, Albrechta H, Lee JS, Glynn TR, Boland K, Hokayem J, Boyer EW, Rosen RK, Mayer KH, O'Cleirigh C. Leveraging A Digital Pill System to Understand Prevention-Effective Adherence to Oral Hiv Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men with Substance Use. AIDS Behav. 2024 Oct; 28(10):3373-3380.

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Avis NE, Crawford SL, Hess R, Colvin A, Neal-Perry G, Waetjen LE. The Role of Sexual Function in Quality of Life Among Midlife and Older Women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 Apr; 33(4):426-434.

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Singh RS, Landes SJ, Willging CE, Abraham TH, McFrederick P, Kauth MR, Shipherd JC, Kirchner JE. Implementation of LGBTQ+ affirming care policies in the Veterans Health Administration: preliminary findings on barriers and facilitators in the southern United States. Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1251565.

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O'Cleirigh C, Foley JD, Stanton AM, McKetchnie SM, Gulbicki LR, Muten J, Chai P, Fitch C, Onofrey S, Klevens RM, Psaros C. Sexual Networking and HIV/STI Prevention Among Men who have Sex with Men and Identify as Persons of Color in the Era of COVID-19 in Boston, MA: Qualitative Findings from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Project. AIDS Behav. 2024 Feb; 28(2):473-487.

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Chaisson N, Johnson-Agbakwu CE, Finch A, Salad M, Connor JJ, Chen M, Robinson BBE. Beautiful vulvas: expanding illustrative visual imagery of female genital cutting types. J Sex Med. 2023 10 31; 20(11):1301-1311.

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Argenyi MS, Evans JK, Veach LJ, McNeil CJ. Comfort Levels of Outpatient Health Care Professionals When Asking About Substance Use-Related Sexual Activity: A Pilot Survey. Sex Transm Dis. 2023 12 01; 50(12):810-815.

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Clements MB, Walters CB, Lynch KA, Atkinson TM, Mulhall JP, Starks TJ, Vickers AJ, Carlsson SV. Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Male Sexual Function Do Not Meet the Needs of Sexual Minority Men. Arch Sex Behav. 2023 11; 52(8):3193-3200.

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