Examining the relationship between alcohol use and high-risk sex practices in a population of women with high HIV incidence despite high levels of HIV-related knowledge.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Alcohol use has been linked to risky sexual behaviour and it has been identified as an important modifiable factor to prevent HIV infection. However, the evidence of a link between alcohol use and risky sexual behaviour is mixed. In this paper, we examine the role of alcohol use in sexual risk taking among women in Botswana.

Methods

Participants were recruited by stratified proportional random sampling and were administered a survey interview that collected information on HIV/AIDS knowledge, risky sexual behaviour and alcohol use. Logistic regression and bivariate probit analyses were used to examine the association between alcohol use and high-risk sexual behaviour.

Results

239 women were interviewed. 168 (70%) had high levels of HIV/AIDS knowledge. We fou

SUBMITTER: Zetola NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4150918 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature