Multiple sexual partnerships and their correlates among Facebook users in Swaziland: an online cross-sectional study

Autor: Patou Masika Musumari, Teeranee Techasrivichien, Christina El-saaidi, S. Pilar Suguimoto, Masako Ono-Kihara, Bhekumusa Wellington Lukhele, Masahiro Kihara
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Adult
Employment
Male
Adolescent
Cross-sectional study
Sexual Behavior
education
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Developing country
HIV Infections
Human sexuality
medicine.disease_cause
Social Networking
03 medical and health sciences
Sexually active
Risk-Taking
0302 clinical medicine
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Surveys and Questionnaires
Virology
medicine
Humans
Social media
030212 general & internal medicine
Response rate (survey)
030505 public health
Marital Status
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Africa
HIV
internet
risky sexual behaviour
social networking sites
Cross-Sectional Studies
Logistic Models
Sexual Partners
Infectious Diseases
Female
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Eswatini
Social Media
Social psychology
Demography
Zdroj: African Journal of AIDS Research; Vol 15, No 3 (2016)
ISSN: 1727-9445
1608-5906
DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2016.1171790
Popis: Social networking sites (SNSs) have been suggested to facilitate risky sexual activities. However, it is unknown and of concern how SNSs such as Facebook shape risky sexual activities in developing settings such as Swaziland, the country hardest hit by HIV and AIDS. We conducted an online cross-sectional study in 2012 to explore the prevalence of multiple sexual partnerships (MSPs) and their correlates among Facebook users in Swaziland. The response rate was 44.1% (N = 882); relatively, an equal proportion of men 82.7% (341/414) and 82.9% (388/468) women had ever had sex. Of those sexually active, 44.9% of men and 30.7% of women reported having sex with someone they met on Facebook. Approximately half of the participants (61.6% men, 41.0% women and 50.6% total) reported MSPs over the past 12 months. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that time spent on Facebook, “finding it easier to initiate a romantic conversation on Facebook” and having had sex with someone met on Facebook were significantly associated with having MSPs (adjusted odds ratio = 1.6–3.8). The potential impact of risky sexual behaviour among Facebook users should be appropriately addressed particularly in high HIV-prevalent settings like Swaziland.Keywords: Africa, HIV, internet, risky sexual behaviour, social networking sites
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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