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Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Oral and anal sex practices among high school youth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Amsale Cherie, Yemane Berhane |
| Abstract |
Understanding the full range of sexual behaviors of young people is crucial in developing appropriate interventions to prevent and control sexually transmitted infections including HIV. However, such information is meager in developing countries. The objective of this study was to describe oral and anal sex practices and identify associated factors among high school youth. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Unknown | 4 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 83% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 174 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 171 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 30 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 14% |
| Researcher | 17 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 7% |
| Other | 26 | 15% |
| Unknown | 50 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 33 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 31 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 24 | 14% |
| Psychology | 9 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 7% |
| Unknown | 56 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 November 2013.
All research outputs
#7,295,594
of 26,367,306 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#7,952
of 18,225 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#59,138
of 254,818 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#61
of 231 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 26,367,306 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 72nd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 18,225 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.8. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 56% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 231 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 71% of its contemporaries.