| Multiple sexual partnerships among poor urban dwellers in Kampala, Uganda. | |
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PMID: 21317796 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND:: This study examined two issues of current importance for AIDS prevention in Uganda: the frequency of multiple sexual partnerships, and whether optimistic perceptions about the severity of AIDS are associated with riskier sexual behavior. METHODS:: 405 men and women ages 20-39 from two poor neighborhoods of Kampala were interviewed about their sexual behavior over the prior 6 months and about other partners during current relationships. They also completed a 7-item scale measuring perception of the severity of HIV/AIDS. RESULTS:: 21.2% of men and 2.9% of women reported ongoing concurrent partnerships; 28.8% and 6.8% reported more than one partner in the past six months. 22.2% of men and 32.4% of women believed their partner had had other partners during the relationship. Overall, 56.1% of men and 57.0% of women reported potentially being involved in a multiple or concurrent partnership. Respondents rating AIDS as more severe were more likely to be monogamous. CONCLUSIONS:: Multiple sexual partnerships may be more common in Uganda than generally supposed, and optimism about the severity of AIDS is associated with having multiple partners. These findings have important implications for HIV/AIDS epidemiology and prevention. |
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Phoebe Kajubi; Edward C Green; Esther Sid Hudes; Moses R Kamya; Alison Herling Ruark; Norman Hearst |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-2-11 |
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Title: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) Volume: - ISSN: 1944-7884 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-2-14 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100892005 Medline TA: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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1Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Child Health and Development Centre, Kampala, Uganda; 2The New Paradigm Research Fund, Washington DC, USA; 3University of California, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, San Francisco, USA; 4Makerere University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Kampala, Uganda; 5Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; and 6University of California, Department of Family and Community Medicine, San Francisco, USA. |
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