Faculty Opinions recommendation of Social and structural factors associated with consistent condom use among female entertainment workers trading sex in the Philippines.

Abstract Background: Consistent condom use had been perennially low in the Philippines, despite being a tested and proven public health intervention to prevent unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Considering the high fertility rate, teenage pregnancy rate, and the rapidly increasing incidence of HIV in the country, we identify the determinants of consistent condom use in the country. Methods: We used data from the individual recode of the 2017 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey. We used logistic regression for survey data to identify factors associated with consistent condom use. Results: Out of 25,074 respondents, only 261 (1.13%) have used condoms consistently with their most recent partner. Reach of information and education campaigns on contraceptive use via different media ranged from 62% via television to 7% via SMS. After adjusting for confounders, those who were able to ask their partners to use condoms during sexual intercourse has 6.10 times (adjusted odds ratio: 6.10; 95% Confidence Interval (95% CI): 2.00. 18.61) odds of consistent condom use than those who were unable to ask their partners to use condoms during sexual intercourse. Meanwhile, HIV knowledge (aOR: 1.17; 95% CI: 0.99, 1.39), hearing about contraception in television (aOR: 1.54; 95% CI: 0.99, 2.39), age (aOR: 0.98; 95% CI: 0.95, 1.00), and number of children (aOR: 1.09; 95% CI: 0.98, 1.20) have borderline significant associations with consistent condom use. Conclusions: The low percentage of those who use condoms consistently, together with the low reach of information and education campaigns highlight the need to further intensify information and education campaigns to promote consistent condom use. Interventions to improve sexual agency and promote HIV knowledge should be implemented to address the burden of unwanted pregnancies and HIV in the Philippines.

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Consistent Use of Condom and Associated Factors Among Sero-discordant Couples in Northeast Ethiopia, 2020: Qualitative Design Embedded

10.21203/rs.3.rs-62963/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Wolde Melese Ayele ◽

Tesfaye Birhane Tegegne ◽

Yitayish Damite ◽

Muluken Genetu Chane ◽

Asnakew Molla

Keyword(s):

Logistic Regression ◽

Condom Use ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Consistent Condom ◽

Consistent Condom Use ◽

Serodiscordant Couples ◽

Qualitative Design ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Northeast Ethiopia ◽

Discordant Couples

Abstract Background: Despite significant progress over the past decades to reduce transmission, HIV is continuing a public health problem. Although, consistent condom use has paramount help in reducing HIV transmission, its prevalence, and associated factors are not well studied. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess the proportion and factors associated with condom use among discordant couples in Northeast Ethiopia.Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study by embedding qualitative design was conducted from October 1 2019 to June 2020. A total of 417 HIV discordant couples were included. A pre-tested structured and interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect the quantitative data. An interview guide unstructured questions were used to collect qualitative data. Binary logistic regression was employed to identify factors associated with the outcome variable. Variable those that had a P-value less than 0.05 in multivariable logistic regression were considered as statistical predictors of condom use. Results: A total of 401 HIV serodiscordant couples were participated, making a 94.8% response rate. The proportion of consistent condom use was 58.4%(95%CI: 53.1-63.1%). Unmarried partners AOR=0.44(95%CI: 0.229-0.877), students and employees AOR=0.33(95%CI 0.130-0.846), AOR=0.39(95%CI: 0.165-0.939) respectively, couples live together AOR=1.86(95%CI: 1.197-2.195), receiving counseling about condom use AOR=1.90(95%CI: 1.182-3.076), and knowledgeable participants AOR=1.61(95%CI: 1.031-2.525) were the independent predictors of consistent condom use. Conclusions: Despite its importance, the proportion of consistent condom use among serodiscordant couples was significantly low. Therefore, planners, policymakers, and health care practitioners should consider the aforementioned factors to improve consistent condom use. Also, special intervention on students and employees should be started. The authors recommend the researcher to quantify the new variable explored by qualitative design. Therefore, these results have high importance in designing tailored intervention method.

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Factors associated with consistent condom use among internally displaced women in Leogane, Haiti: results from a cross-sectional tablet-based survey

Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽

10.1136/sextrans-2015-052400 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 92 (7) ◽

pp. 520-524 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Carmen H Logie ◽

CarolAnn Daniel ◽

Ying Wang

Keyword(s):

Condom Use ◽

Consistent Condom ◽

Consistent Condom Use ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Internally Displaced ◽

Factors Associated

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Contextual factors associated with consistent condom use and condom self-efficacy amongst African asylum seekers and refugees in Hong Kong

Infection Disease & Health ◽

10.1016/j.idh.2017.08.006 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 23-32 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

William Chi Wai Wong ◽

Sealing Cheng ◽

Heidi Yin Hai Miu ◽

Jason J. Ong ◽

Julie Chen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Condom Use ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Asylum Seekers ◽

Contextual Factors ◽

Consistent Condom ◽

Consistent Condom Use ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Asylum Seekers And Refugees

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Applying the pre-intentional phase of the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) Model to investigate factors associated with intention on consistent condom use with various types of female sex partners among males who inject drugs in China

AIDS Care ◽

10.1080/09540121.2016.1146652 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (9) ◽

pp. 1079-1088 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hi Yi Tsui ◽

Joseph T. F. Lau ◽

Zixin Wang ◽

Danielle L. Gross ◽

Anise M. S. Wu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Condom Use ◽

Process Approach ◽

Consistent Condom ◽

Sex Partners ◽

Health Action Process Approach ◽

Consistent Condom Use ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Female Sex ◽

Health Action ◽

Action Process

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Factors associated with safe sex among public school students in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/s0102-311x2007000100006 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 43-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Francisco José Machado Viana ◽

Anibal Faúndes ◽

Maeve Brito de Mello ◽

Maria Helena de Sousa

Keyword(s):

Public School ◽

Condom Use ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Safe Sex ◽

Consistent Condom ◽

School Students ◽

Consistent Condom Use ◽

Public School Students ◽

Factors Associated ◽

School Activities

A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate factors associated with safe sex among sexually active public school students in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The study focused on correlations between the variables gender, age, schooling, current grade, ethnicity, religion, importance attributed to religion, mothers' education, prior exposure to any sex education, promotion of juvenile protagonism, and participation by health professionals in school activities and consistent condom use with casual or stable partners and with use of other modern contraceptive methods. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used. Male gender and participation by health professionals in school activities were positively associated with all indicators of safe sex, and maternal schooling of more than eight years was positively associated with consistent condom use with casual and stable partners. Secondary (versus elementary) schooling and age (older) were inversely associated with consistent condom use with casual and stable partners, respectively. Ascribing greater importance to religion and Evangelical religion were negatively associated with use of modern contraceptives in the last sexual intercourse.

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