Population mobility associated with higher risk sexual behaviour in eastern African communities participating in a Universal Testing and Treatment trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There are significant knowledge gaps concerning complex forms of mobility emergent in sub-Saharan Africa, their relationship to sexual behaviours, HIV transmission, and how sex modifies these associations. This study, within an ongoing test-and-treat trial (SEARCH, NCT01864603), sought to measure effects of diverse metrics of mobility on behaviours, with attention to gender.

Methods

Cross-sectional data were collected in 2016 from 1919 adults in 12 communities in Kenya and Uganda, to examine mobility (labour/non-labour-related travel), migration (changes of residence over geopolitical boundaries) and their associations with sexual behaviours (concurrent/higher risk partnerships), by region and sex. Multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression models, stratified

SUBMITTER: Camlin CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6053476 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature