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Kalonde Malama. Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin,13005 Marseille, France. Email: kalondemalama@gmail.com. Tel:+33413732296

KM analysed the data and wrote the manuscript. SA, WK and MI conceived the original study and reviewed the manuscript. LST, RP and KMW supported the analysis and reviewed the manuscript. AT, MA, TS and BS reviewed the manuscript.

We wish to acknowledge the support from the University of California, San Francisco’s International Traineeships in AIDS Prevention Studies (ITAPS), U.S. NIMH, R25MH123256.

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare

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This study was supported by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) with the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID, https://www.usaid.gov/). A full list of IAVI donors can be found at https://www.iavi.org/; National Institutes of Health (https://www.nih.gov/) grants (R01 MH66767, R01 HD40125, and R01 MH95503; R01 AI051231); the AIDS International Training and Research Program Fogarty International Center (D43 TW001042); and the Emory Center for AIDS Research (P30 AI050409). The contents of this manuscript are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the US Government.

Keywords:

  • Science & Technology
  • Social Sciences
  • Life Sciences & Biomedicine
  • Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
  • Social Sciences, Biomedical
  • Biomedical Social Sciences
  • Female sex workers
  • Cohort study
  • Condom use
  • Risk behaviour
  • Zambia
  • SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
  • PARTNER TYPE
  • DETERMINANTS
  • INTERVENTIONS
  • HEALTH
  • HIV

Evolution of Condom Use Among a 5-Year Cohort of Female Sex Workers in Zambia

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Journal Title:

AIDS AND BEHAVIOR

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Volume 26, Number 2

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, Pages 470-477

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Article | Post-print: After Peer Review

Abstract:

Observing sexual behaviour change over time could help develop behavioural HIV prevention interventions for female sex workers in Zambia, where these interventions are lacking. We investigated the evolution of consistent condom use among female sex workers and their clients and steady partners. Participants were recruited into an HIV incidence cohort from 2012 to 2017. At each visit, women received HIV counselling and testing, screening for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and free condoms. Our outcome was reported consistent (100%) condom use in the previous month with steady partners, repeat clients, and non-repeat clients. Consistent condom use at baseline was highest with non-repeat clients (36%) followed by repeat clients (27%) and steady partners (17%). Consistent condom use between baseline and Month 42 increased by 35% with steady partners, 39% with repeat clients and 41% with non-repeat clients. Access to condoms, HIV/STI counselling and testing promoted positive sexual behaviour change.

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This is an Open Access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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