Prevalence of Aids-Related Risk Factors and Condom Use in the United States

Bibliographic Data

ID23348558
AuthorsJoseph A Catania (0000-0003-0527-9867, University of California, San Francisco), Thomas J Coates (0000-0002-2470-2096), Ron Stall (0000-0002-4741-4396), Heather A Turner (0000-0002-2900-2419), Heather Turner (0000-0002-1256-3375), John Peterson (0009-0007-7941-3666), John L Peterson (0000-0003-4357-2298), Norman Hearst (0000-0003-1218-9173), M Margaret Dolcini, Estie Hudes, John H Gagnon, John Gagnon, James Wiley (0000-0001-9587-4461), Robert M Groves, Robert Groves
Year1992
Volume258
Issue5085
Pages1101-1106
Publication date1992-11-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0036-8075 • E-ISSN: 0193-4511
PublisherAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1126/science.1439818
PMID1439818
OpenAlexW2084506717
LanguageEN
Citations received91
References cited21

A national probability survey of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related risk factors among the general heterosexual population, the National AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) Behavioral Surveys, has obtained data from 10,630 respondents. Data are presented on the prevalence of HIV-related risks in the general heterosexual population, on the distribution of the three largest risk groups across social strata, and on the prevalence and distribution of condom use among heterosexuals reporting a risk factor. Between 15 and 31 percent of heterosexuals nationally and 20 and 41 percent in cities with a high prevalence of AIDS reported an HIV risk factor. Condom use was relatively low. Only 17 percent of those with multiple sexual partners, 12.6 percent of those with risky sexual partners, and 10.8 percent of untested transfusion recipients used condoms all the time. Overall, the results suggest that current HIV prevention programs have, to a very limited extent, reached those heterosexuals with multiple sexual partners but have failed to reach many other groups of the heterosexual population at risk for HIV. New public health strategies may be needed for these specific risk groups.

Condom · Environmental health · Family medicine · Heterosexuality · Homosexuality · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Population · Public health · Risk factor · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology