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What the better half is thinking: A comparison of men’s and women’s responses and agreement between spouses regarding reported sexual and reproductive behaviors in Rwanda

OBJECTIVE: To compare responses to a sexual behavioral survey of spouses in cohabiting heterosexual relationships in Kigali, Rwanda. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. METHODS: Husbands and wives in 779 cohabiting couples were interviewed separately with parallel questionnaires. Participants were recru...

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Autores principales: Hageman, Kathy M, Karita, Etienne, Kayitenkore, Kayitesi, Bayingana, Roger, van der Straten, Ariane, Stephenson, Rob, Conkling, Martha, Tichacek, Amanda, Mwananyanda, Lawrence, Kilembe, William, Haworth, Alan, Chomba, Elwyn, Allen, Susan A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3218770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22110321
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author Hageman, Kathy M
Karita, Etienne
Kayitenkore, Kayitesi
Bayingana, Roger
van der Straten, Ariane
Stephenson, Rob
Conkling, Martha
Tichacek, Amanda
Mwananyanda, Lawrence
Kilembe, William
Haworth, Alan
Chomba, Elwyn
Allen, Susan A
author_facet Hageman, Kathy M
Karita, Etienne
Kayitenkore, Kayitesi
Bayingana, Roger
van der Straten, Ariane
Stephenson, Rob
Conkling, Martha
Tichacek, Amanda
Mwananyanda, Lawrence
Kilembe, William
Haworth, Alan
Chomba, Elwyn
Allen, Susan A
author_sort Hageman, Kathy M
collection PubMed
description OBJECTIVE: To compare responses to a sexual behavioral survey of spouses in cohabiting heterosexual relationships in Kigali, Rwanda. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. METHODS: Husbands and wives in 779 cohabiting couples were interviewed separately with parallel questionnaires. Participants were recruited from a three-year old cohort of 1458 antenatal clinic attendees enrolled in a prospective study in 1988. Analyses compared responses at the gender- and couple-level for agreement and disagreement. RESULTS: Couples were in disagreement more than agreement. Women reported occasionally refusing sex, suggesting condom use, and believing married men were unfaithful. Men reported being in a faithful relationship, greater condom use, and being understanding when wives refused sex. Agreement included relationship characteristics, safety of condoms, and whether condoms had ever been used in the relationship. Disagreement included the preferred timing of next pregnancy, desire for more children, and whether a birth control method was currently used and type of method. CONCLUSIONS: Rwandan husbands and wives differed in sexual behavior and reproductive-related topics. Couple-level reporting provides the most reliable measure for relationship aspects as couples’ agreement cannot be assumed among cohabiting partnerships. Furthermore, HIV prevention programs for couples should incorporate communication skills to encourage couple agreement of HIV-related issues.
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spelling pubmed-32187702011-11-21 What the better half is thinking: A comparison of men’s and women’s responses and agreement between spouses regarding reported sexual and reproductive behaviors in Rwanda Hageman, Kathy M Karita, Etienne Kayitenkore, Kayitesi Bayingana, Roger van der Straten, Ariane Stephenson, Rob Conkling, Martha Tichacek, Amanda Mwananyanda, Lawrence Kilembe, William Haworth, Alan Chomba, Elwyn Allen, Susan A Psychol Res Behav Manag Original Research OBJECTIVE: To compare responses to a sexual behavioral survey of spouses in cohabiting heterosexual relationships in Kigali, Rwanda. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. METHODS: Husbands and wives in 779 cohabiting couples were interviewed separately with parallel questionnaires. Participants were recruited from a three-year old cohort of 1458 antenatal clinic attendees enrolled in a prospective study in 1988. Analyses compared responses at the gender- and couple-level for agreement and disagreement. RESULTS: Couples were in disagreement more than agreement. Women reported occasionally refusing sex, suggesting condom use, and believing married men were unfaithful. Men reported being in a faithful relationship, greater condom use, and being understanding when wives refused sex. Agreement included relationship characteristics, safety of condoms, and whether condoms had ever been used in the relationship. Disagreement included the preferred timing of next pregnancy, desire for more children, and whether a birth control method was currently used and type of method. CONCLUSIONS: Rwandan husbands and wives differed in sexual behavior and reproductive-related topics. Couple-level reporting provides the most reliable measure for relationship aspects as couples’ agreement cannot be assumed among cohabiting partnerships. Furthermore, HIV prevention programs for couples should incorporate communication skills to encourage couple agreement of HIV-related issues. Dove Medical Press 2009-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3218770/ /pubmed/22110321 Text en © 2009 Hageman et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hageman, Kathy M
Karita, Etienne
Kayitenkore, Kayitesi
Bayingana, Roger
van der Straten, Ariane
Stephenson, Rob
Conkling, Martha
Tichacek, Amanda
Mwananyanda, Lawrence
Kilembe, William
Haworth, Alan
Chomba, Elwyn
Allen, Susan A
What the better half is thinking: A comparison of men’s and women’s responses and agreement between spouses regarding reported sexual and reproductive behaviors in Rwanda
title What the better half is thinking: A comparison of men’s and women’s responses and agreement between spouses regarding reported sexual and reproductive behaviors in Rwanda
title_full What the better half is thinking: A comparison of men’s and women’s responses and agreement between spouses regarding reported sexual and reproductive behaviors in Rwanda
title_fullStr What the better half is thinking: A comparison of men’s and women’s responses and agreement between spouses regarding reported sexual and reproductive behaviors in Rwanda
title_full_unstemmed What the better half is thinking: A comparison of men’s and women’s responses and agreement between spouses regarding reported sexual and reproductive behaviors in Rwanda
title_short What the better half is thinking: A comparison of men’s and women’s responses and agreement between spouses regarding reported sexual and reproductive behaviors in Rwanda
title_sort what the better half is thinking: a comparison of men’s and women’s responses and agreement between spouses regarding reported sexual and reproductive behaviors in rwanda
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3218770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22110321
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