HIV prevalence correlates with high-risk sexual behavior in Ethiopia's regions

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dc.contributor.authorKenyon, Chris Ren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTsoumanis, Achilleasen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSchwartz, Ilan Stevenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-23T12:37:01Z
dc.date.available2015-11-23T12:37:01Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: HIV prevalence varies between 0.9 and 6.5% in Ethiopia's eleven regions. Little has been published examining the reasons for this variation. METHODS: We evaluated the relationship between HIV prevalence by region and a range of risk factors in the 2005 and 2011 Ethiopian Demographic Health Surveys. Pearson's correlation was used to assess the relationship between HIV prevalence and each variable. RESULTS: There was a strong association between HIV prevalence and three markers of sexual risk: mean lifetime number of partners (men: r = 0.87; P < 0.001; women: r = 0.60; P = 0.05); reporting sex with a non-married, non-cohabiting partner (men: r = 0.92; P < 0.001, women r = 0.93; P < 0.001); and premarital sex. Condom usage and HIV testing were positively associated with HIV prevalence, while the prevalence of circumcision, polygamy, age at sexual debut and male migration were not associated with HIV prevalence. CONCLUSION: Variation in sexual behavior may contribute to the large variations in HIV prevalence by region in Ethiopia. Population-level interventions to reduce risky sexual behavior in high HIV incidence regions should be considered.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKenyon, C. R., Tsoumanis, A., & Schwartz, I. S. (2015). HIV prevalence correlates with high-risk sexual behavior in Ethiopia's regions. <i>PLoS One</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15352en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKenyon, Chris R, Achilleas Tsoumanis, and Ilan Steven Schwartz "HIV prevalence correlates with high-risk sexual behavior in Ethiopia's regions." <i>PLoS One</i> (2015) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15352en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKenyon, C. R., Tsoumanis, A., & Schwartz, I. S. (2015). HIV Prevalence Correlates with High-Risk Sexual Behavior in Ethiopia's Regions. PloS one, 10(10), e0140835. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140835en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Kenyon, Chris R AU - Tsoumanis, Achilleas AU - Schwartz, Ilan Steven AB - BACKGROUND: HIV prevalence varies between 0.9 and 6.5% in Ethiopia's eleven regions. Little has been published examining the reasons for this variation. METHODS: We evaluated the relationship between HIV prevalence by region and a range of risk factors in the 2005 and 2011 Ethiopian Demographic Health Surveys. Pearson's correlation was used to assess the relationship between HIV prevalence and each variable. RESULTS: There was a strong association between HIV prevalence and three markers of sexual risk: mean lifetime number of partners (men: r = 0.87; P < 0.001; women: r = 0.60; P = 0.05); reporting sex with a non-married, non-cohabiting partner (men: r = 0.92; P < 0.001, women r = 0.93; P < 0.001); and premarital sex. Condom usage and HIV testing were positively associated with HIV prevalence, while the prevalence of circumcision, polygamy, age at sexual debut and male migration were not associated with HIV prevalence. CONCLUSION: Variation in sexual behavior may contribute to the large variations in HIV prevalence by region in Ethiopia. Population-level interventions to reduce risky sexual behavior in high HIV incidence regions should be considered. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0140835 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - PLoS One LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - HIV prevalence correlates with high-risk sexual behavior in Ethiopia's regions TI - HIV prevalence correlates with high-risk sexual behavior in Ethiopia's regions UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15352 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/15352
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140835
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKenyon CR, Tsoumanis A, Schwartz IS. HIV prevalence correlates with high-risk sexual behavior in Ethiopia's regions. PLoS One. 2015; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15352.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_ZA
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dc.sourcePLoS Oneen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://journals.plos.org/plosoneen_ZA
dc.subject.otherHIVen_ZA
dc.subject.otherEthnic epidemiologyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherCopulationen_ZA
dc.subject.otherEthiopiaen_ZA
dc.subject.otherSurveysen_ZA
dc.subject.otherCircumcisionen_ZA
dc.subject.otherDemographyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherHealth surveysen_ZA
dc.titleHIV prevalence correlates with high-risk sexual behavior in Ethiopia's regionsen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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