Predictors of inconsistent condom use among a hard to reach population of young women with multiple sexual partners in peri-urban South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence suggests that multiple concurrent sexual partnering may be a key driver of the high HIV prevalence among young women in South Africa. However, little is known about whether and to what extent women who have multiple sexual partners also engage in other high risk sexual behaviors such as inconsistent condom use. And yet, multiple concurrent sexual partnering is of little epidemiological relevance if all partners in these sexual networks use condoms consistently. This study assesses the prevalence of sexual risk behaviors and HIV, and predictors of inconsistent condom use among women aged 16-24 with multiple sexual partners in a peri-urban setting in South Africa.

Methods

We used Respondent Driven Sampling, a sampling strategy for hard-to-reach populations

SUBMITTER: Zembe YZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3527429 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature