Effect of Couples Counselling on Reported HIV Risk Behaviour among HIV Serodiscordant Couples by ART Use, HIV Status and Gender in Rural Uganda
| Autor: | Josephine Birungi, Jeong Min, Maureen Nyonyintono, Rachel King, Sarah Khanakwa, David M. Moore, Pontiano Kaleebu, Katherine A. Muldoon |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Counseling Male Safe Sex medicine.medical_specialty Anti-HIV Agents Sexual Behavior Population Psychological intervention lcsh:Medicine law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk-Taking Sex Factors Condom law Antiretroviral Therapy Highly Active HIV Seropositivity Medicine Humans Uganda 030212 general & internal medicine lcsh:Science Prospective cohort study education Generalized estimating equation Gynecology education.field_of_study 030505 public health Multidisciplinary business.industry lcsh:R virus diseases Middle Aged 16. Peace & justice 3. Good health Sexual Partners Spouse Serodiscordant lcsh:Q Female 0305 other medical science business Serostatus Demography Research Article |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 9, p e0136531 (2015) |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: We examined several measures of self-reported HIV risk behaviour in mutually disclosed sero-discordant couples over time to see if a couples counselling intervention was associated with changes in these behaviors. METHODS: We analysed data from a prospective cohort study of HIV sero-discordant couples in Jinja, Uganda collected between June 2009 and December 2011. Participants received couples counselling, at 3-monthly intervals. We examined trends in reported condom-use, number of concurrent sexual partners, knowledge of HIV serostatus of concurrent partners and condom use of concurrent partners using Generalized Estimating Equation models, comparing responses at study enrollment with responses at six, 12 18 and 24 months of follow-up. RESULTS: A total of 586 couples were enrolled and the female member was HIV positive in 255 (44%) of them. The median age for female participants was 35 years and 42 years for men. Reported condom use at last sex with spouse increased over time (p |
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