Perception of Risk of Hiv/Aids and Sexual Behaviour in Kenya

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ID23386014
AutoresPriscilla A Akwara, Nyovani Janet Madise, Nyovani Madise (0000-0002-2813-5295, University of Southampton), Andrew Hinde (0000-0002-8909-9152, University of Southampton)
Ano2003
Volume35
Fascículo3
Páginas385-411
Data de publicação2003-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Biosocial Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-9320 • E-ISSN: 1469-7599
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0021932003003857
PMID12887220
OpenAlexW2117544287
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas72
Referências citadas21

The association between perception of risk of HIV infection and sexual behaviour remains poorly understood, although perception of risk is considered to be the first stage towards behavioural change from risk-taking to safer behaviour. Using data from the 1998 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, logistic regression models were fitted to examine the direction and the strength of the association between perceived risk of HIV/AIDS and risky sexual behaviour in the last 12 months before the survey. The findings indicate a strong positive association between perceived risk of HIV/AIDS and risky sexual behaviour for both women and men. Controlling for sociodemographic, sexual exposure and knowledge factors such as age, marital status, education, work status, residence, ethnicity, source of AIDS information, specific knowledge of AIDS, and condom use to avoid AIDS did not change the direction of the association, but altered its strength slightly. Young and unmarried women and men were more likely than older and married ones to report risky sexual behaviour. Ethnicity was significantly associated with risky sexual behaviour, suggesting a need to identify the contextual and social factors that influence behaviour among Kenyan people.

Association (psychology) · Condom · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Human sexuality · Logistic regression · Marital status · Perception · Population · Residence · Risk perception · Sexual intercourse · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Immunology · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology