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.
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By: Fleming PJ1, Mulawa M, Burke H, Shattuck D, Mndeme E, Attafuah J, Mbwambo J, Guest G.
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