Multiple sexual partnerships and associated factors among young psychoactive-substance-users in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiple sexual partnerships increase the risk of transmission of HIV and can be exacerbated by substance abuse. However, the association between psychoactive substance use and multiple sexual partnerships among young people in informal settlements of low-income countries is not well known. This study established the prevalence of multiple sexual partnerships and associated factors among young psychoactive-substance-users in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study involving 744 young (aged 18-24 years), sexually active, psychoactive substance-users selected from 12 of the 57 informal settlements of Kampala City. The prevalence of multiple sexual partnerships and their differential distribution by socio-demographic strata w

SUBMITTER: Ssekamatte T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7537871 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature