Self-reported risky sexual practices among adolescents and young adults in Botswana.
Adolescents
Gender-specific risky sexual practices
HIV
Risky sexual practices
Self-reported risky sexual practices
Young adults
Journal
Southern African journal of HIV medicine
ISSN: 2078-6751
Titre abrégé: South Afr J HIV Med
Pays: South Africa
ID NLM: 100965417
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
14
08
2018
accepted:
25
03
2019
entrez:
17
7
2019
pubmed:
17
7
2019
medline:
17
7
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Adolescents and young adults account for more than one-third of incident Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections globally. Understanding sexual practices of this high-risk group is critical in designing HIV targeted prevention programming. To describe self-reported risky sexual practices of adolescents and young adults aged 16-24 years from 30 Botswana communities. Cross-sectional, self-reported age at sexual debut; number of sexual partners; condom and alcohol use during sex; intergenerational sex; and transactional sex data were collected. Modified Poisson estimating equations were used to obtain univariate and multivariate-adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) comparing engagement in different sexual practices according to gender, accounting for the clustered design of the study. Among the 3380 participants, 2311 reported being sexually active with more females reporting being sexually active compared to males (65% vs. 35%, respectively; Self-reported risky sexual practices of adolescents and young adults in Botswana differed significantly between males and females. Gender-specific risky sexual practices highlight the importance of developing tailored HIV prevention programming.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Adolescents and young adults account for more than one-third of incident Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections globally. Understanding sexual practices of this high-risk group is critical in designing HIV targeted prevention programming.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE
To describe self-reported risky sexual practices of adolescents and young adults aged 16-24 years from 30 Botswana communities.
METHODS
METHODS
Cross-sectional, self-reported age at sexual debut; number of sexual partners; condom and alcohol use during sex; intergenerational sex; and transactional sex data were collected. Modified Poisson estimating equations were used to obtain univariate and multivariate-adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) comparing engagement in different sexual practices according to gender, accounting for the clustered design of the study.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Among the 3380 participants, 2311 reported being sexually active with more females reporting being sexually active compared to males (65% vs. 35%, respectively;
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Self-reported risky sexual practices of adolescents and young adults in Botswana differed significantly between males and females. Gender-specific risky sexual practices highlight the importance of developing tailored HIV prevention programming.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31308965
doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v20i1.899
pii: HIVMED-20-899
pmc: PMC6620511
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
899Subventions
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : K23 AI091434
Pays : United States
Organisme : CGH CDC HHS
ID : U01 GH000447
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : K24 AI131928
Pays : United States
Organisme : CGH CDC HHS
ID : U2G GH001911
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : R01 CA236546
Pays : United States
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that this article is not under publication consideration elsewhere and that they have no financial or personal relationships that may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article.
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