High Levels of Risk Behavior Among People Living with HIV Initiating and Waiting to Start Antiretroviral Therapy in Cape Town South Africa
| Autor: | Carl Kendall, Catherine Mathews, Thomas P. Eisele, Eva Silvestre, Lisanne Brown, Mickey Chopra, Vanessa Daries |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Social Psychology Anti-HIV Agents Sexual Behavior Psychological intervention Developing country HIV Infections Drug Administration Schedule South Africa Risk-Taking Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Cape medicine Humans Psychiatry Unsafe Sex business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Odds ratio medicine.disease Antiretroviral therapy Health psychology Infectious Diseases Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | AIDS and Behavior. 12:570-577 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3254 1090-7165 |
| Popis: | Baseline data were collected in Cape Town during 2006 to study if patients on combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) experience decreased inhibition to avoid risky sexual behavior. A total of 924 HIV-positive individuals were recruited; 520 who initiated ART within 3 months and 404 waiting for ART. Nearly half of men (40.1%) and women (46.3%) reported having unprotected sex their last time. Men and women who did not disclose their HIV status to their partner [Odds ration (OR) = 2.57 (95% CI: 1.22–5.50) and 2.84 (95% CI: 1.84–4.39), respectively], and those with ambivalent perception about the relationship between ART and HIV transmission [OR = 2.08 (95% CI: 1.00–4.30) and 2.39 (95% CI: 1.50–3.84), respectively], were twice as likely to have had unprotected sex their last time. Results suggest an urgent need to strengthen prevention interventions among HIV-positive individuals on and about to start ART in this setting. |
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