The role of relationship types on condom use among urban men with concurrent partners in Ghana and Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19438616 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul J Fleming (0000-0001-9150-1254, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author), Marta Mulawa (0000-0001-9687-421X, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Holly Burke, Holly M Burke (0000-0002-5538-5628, Family Health International 360), Dominick Shattuck (0000-0003-4689-863X, Family Health International 360), Erasmus Mndeme (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences), John Attafuah, Jessie Mbwambo (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences), Greg Guest (Family Health International 360) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 466-472 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AIDS Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09540121.2014.969675 |
| PMID | 25337930 |
| PMCID | PMC4312535 |
| OpenAlex | W2012995584 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 15 |
Multiple concurrent partnerships are hypothesized to be important drivers of HIV transmission. Despite the demonstrated importance of relationship type (i.e., wife, girlfriend, casual partner, sex worker) on condom use, research on concurrency has not examined how different combinations of relationship types might affect condom use. We address this gap, using survey data from a sample of men from Ghana (GH: n = 807) and Tanzania (TZ: n = 800) who have at least three sexual partners in the past three months. We found that approximately two-thirds of men's reported relationships were classified as a girlfriend. Men were more likely to use a condom with a girlfriend if their other partner was a wife compared to if their other partner was a sex worker (GH: OR 3.10, 95% CI, 1.40, 6.86; TZ: OR 2.34, 95% CI 1.35, 4.06). These findings underscore the importance of considering relationship type when designing HIV prevention strategies in these settings
Casual · Condom · Family medicine · Human sexuality · Political science · Sexual relationship · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · Wife · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Communication · Demography · Gender Studies · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.45 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |