Estimating HIV Prevalence and Risk Behaviors Among High-Risk Heterosexual Men With Multiple Sex Partners: Use of Respondent-Driven Sampling

2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mickey Chopra ◽  
Loraine Townsend ◽  
Lisa Johnston ◽  
Cathy Mathews ◽  
Mark Tomlinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Hiv Prevalence ◽  
Heterosexual Men ◽  
Respondent Driven Sampling ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Multiple Sex Partners

Examining Predictors of Partner Risk, Multiple Sex Partners, and Sex for Money in a Sample of High-Risk White and Black Women

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trudy-Ann K. Gayle ◽  
Patricia J. Morokoff ◽  
Lisa L. Harlow ◽  
Colleen A. Redding ◽  
Joseph S. Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Multiple Sex Partners ◽  
Partner Risk

scholarly journals HIV Prevalence, Risk Behaviors, and High-Risk Sexual and Injection Networks Among Young Women Injectors Who Have Sex With Women

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 902-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel R. Friedman ◽  
Danielle C. Ompad ◽  
Carey Maslow ◽  
Rebecca Young ◽  
Patricia Case ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Hiv Prevalence

scholarly journals A qualitative view of the HIV epidemic in coastal Ecuador

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam L Beckman ◽  
Magdelana M Wilson ◽  
Vishaal Prabhu ◽  
Nicola Soekoe ◽  
Humberto Mata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Population Studies ◽  
Individual Risk ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Multiple Sex Partners ◽  
Hiv Epidemic ◽  
Living With Hiv

In 2013 approximately 37,000 people were living with HIV in Ecuador (prevalence 0.4%), representing a generalized epidemic where most new infections arise from sexual interactions in the general population. Studies that examine attitudes towards people living with HIV (PLWH), individual risk perception of acquiring HIV amongst Ecuadorians, and the ways in which levels of risk perception may affect risk behaviors are lacking. This qualitative study aimed to fill this gap in the literature by investigating these issues in the rural, coastal community of Manglaralto, Ecuador, which has among the highest incidence of HIV in Ecuador. We conducted interviews with 15 patients at Manglaralto Hospital. Analysis of interview transcripts revealed widespread negative attitudes towards PLWH, prevalent risk behaviors such as multiple sex partners and lack of condom use, and low individual risk-perception of contracting HIV. These findings underscore the need for increased efforts to prevent further growth of the HIV epidemic in Ecuador.

AIDS Risk Behaviors, Knowledge, and Attitudes among Pregnant Adolescents and Young Mothers

1997 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 613-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Koniak-Griffin ◽  
Mary-Lynn Brecht
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Unplanned Pregnancy ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Young Mothers ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Pregnant Adolescents ◽  
Multiple Sex Partners ◽  
Aids Risk

This study assessed AIDS risk behaviors, knowledge, and related attitudes of pregnant adolescents and young mothers (n = 151). Results revealed that a substantial portion of the sample engaged in sexual behaviors (e.g., unprotected sex and multiple sex partners) that increased their risk for acquiring HIV and possibly transmitting the disease to their children. Knowledge about major modes of HIV transmission was high; however, commonly held misconceptions were expressed concerning the spread of disease and methods of prevention. Results suggest that neither the experience of having an unplanned pregnancy nor knowing about HIV transmission was a sufficient motivator to reduce risk behaviors in this sample.

scholarly journals HIV prevalence and risk behaviors among people who inject drugs in Songkhla, Thailand: A respondent-driven sampling survey

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 163-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prin Visavakum ◽  
Niramon Punsuwan ◽  
Chomnad Manopaiboon ◽  
Sarika Pattanasin ◽  
Panupit Thiengtham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
People Who Inject Drugs ◽  
Hiv Prevalence ◽  
Respondent Driven Sampling ◽  
Sampling Survey

INTERACTION BETWEEN HIV AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, SAFE SEX PRACTICE AND HIV PREVALENCE: EVIDENCE FROM BOTSWANA

2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
RANJAN RAY ◽  
KOMPAL SINHA
Keyword(s):  
Condom Use ◽  
Safe Sex ◽  
Hiv Prevalence ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Hiv Knowledge ◽  
Multiple Sex Partners ◽  
Hiv Awareness ◽  
Sex Practices

SummaryThis paper makes methodological and empirical contributions to the study of HIV in the context of Botswana, a country with high HIV prevalence. Comparable evidence is presented from India to put the Botswana results in perspective. The results point to the strong role played by affluence and education in increasing HIV knowledge, promoting safe sex and reducing HIV prevalence. The study presents African evidence on the role played by the empowerment of women in promoting safe sex practices such as condom use. The lack of significant association between HIV prevalence and safe sex practice points to the danger of HIV-infected individuals spreading the disease through multiple sex partners and unprotected sex. This danger is underlined by the finding that females with multiple sex partners are at higher risk of being infected with HIV. These results take on special policy significance in the context of Botswana, where the issue of multiple sex partners has not been adequately addressed in the programme to contain the spread of HIV.

scholarly journals A qualitative view of the HIV epidemic in coastal Ecuador

PeerJ ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. e2726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam L. Beckman ◽  
Magdalena M. Wilson ◽  
Vishaal Prabhu ◽  
Nicola Soekoe ◽  
Humberto Mata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Population Studies ◽  
Individual Risk ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Multiple Sex Partners ◽  
Hiv Epidemic ◽  
Living With Hiv

In 2013 approximately 37,000 people were living with HIV in Ecuador (prevalence 0.4%), representing a generalized epidemic where most new infections arise from sexual interactions in the general population. Studies that examine attitudes towards people living with HIV (PLWH), individual risk perception of acquiring HIV amongst Ecuadorians, and the ways in which levels of risk perception may affect risk behaviors are lacking. This qualitative study aimed to fill this gap in the literature by investigating these issues in the rural, coastal community of Manglaralto, Ecuador, which has among the highest incidence of HIV in Ecuador. We conducted interviews with 15 patients at Manglaralto Hospital. Analysis of interview transcripts revealed widespread negative attitudes towards PLWH, prevalent risk behaviors such as multiple sex partners and lack of condom use, and low individual risk-perception of contracting HIV. These findings underscore the need for increased efforts to prevent further growth of the HIV epidemic in Ecuador.

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