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Title: | On the road again: concurrency and condom use among Uganda truck drivers |
Editor: | Costenbader, Elizabeth C. |
Year: | 2015 |
Periodical: | African Journal of AIDS Research (ISSN 1727-9445) |
Volume: | 14 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 117-125 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Uganda |
Subjects: | drivers sexuality contraception |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2015.1040810 |
Abstract: | Long-distance truck drivers have been shown to be a critical population in the spread of HIV in Africa. In 2009, surveys with 385 Ugandan long-distance truck drivers measured concurrency point prevalence with two methods; it ranged from 37.4% (calendar-method) to 50.1% (direct question). The majority (84%) of relationships reported were long-term resulting in a long duration of overlap (average of 58 months) across concurrent partnerships. Only 7% of these men reported using any condoms with their spouses during the past month. Among all non-spousal relationships, duration of relationship was the factor most strongly associated with engaging in unprotected sex in the past month in a multivariable analyses controlling for partner and relationship characteristics. Innovative intervention programs for these men and their partners are needed that address the realities of truck drivers' lifestyles. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] |