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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Estimating hiv prevalence and risk behaviors among high-risk heterosexual men with multiple sex partners: Use of respondent-driven sampling
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Volume 51, No. 1, Year 2009
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OBJECTIVES: To collect HIV data from high-risk men who have multiple, younger, female sex partners in a periurban township in South Africa. DESIGN: Unlinked anonymous cross-sectional survey using respondent-driven sampling. METHODS: Survey conducted among men aged 18 years or older who reported having had sex with more than 1 female partner in the previous 3 months (one of whom was either 3 or more years younger than the participant or below the age of 24) and lived in the area of recruitment. RESULTS: The median age of the 421 recruited men was 28 years (range: 18-62 years). They reported a median of 6 sexual partners (range: 2-39) during the past 3 months, and 51% (confidence interval: 45.0 to 59.6) reported inconsistent condom use with their casual partners. During the 3 months before the survey, 98% of men reported having concurrent sexual relationships. HIV prevalence was 12.3% (confidence interval: 8.3% to 16.9%). Being older than 24 years and not using a condom during the last sexual intercourse with a 1-time sexual partner were significantly associated with HIV infection. CONCLUSIONS: This group of heterosexual urban men practice high levels of risky sexual behavior and are an important group that require more targeted HIV surveillance and prevention interventions. Copyright © 2009 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Authors & Co-Authors
Chopra, Mickey
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Townsend, Loraine
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Johnston, Lisa Grazina
United States, New Orleans
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Mathews, Catherine
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Mark Tomlinson, Mark
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
O'Bra, Heidi
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kendall, Carl
United States, New Orleans
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 53
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1097/QAI.0b013e31819907de
ISSN:
15254135
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
South Africa
Participants Gender
Male
Female