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Condom Use Determinants and Practices Among People Living with HIV in Kisii County, Kenya

The male condom remains the single, most efficient and available technology to reduce sexual transmission of HIV as well as sexually transmitted infections. This study sought to establish condom use determinants and practices among people living with HIV (PLHIVs) in Kisii County, Kenya. We interview...

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Autores principales: Emmanuel, Wamalwa, Edward, Neyole, Moses, Poipoi, William, Ringera, Geoffrey, Otomu, Monicah, Bitok, Rosemary, Mbaluka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Science Publishers 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26668671
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874613601509010104
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author Emmanuel, Wamalwa
Edward, Neyole
Moses, Poipoi
William, Ringera
Geoffrey, Otomu
Monicah, Bitok
Rosemary, Mbaluka
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description The male condom remains the single, most efficient and available technology to reduce sexual transmission of HIV as well as sexually transmitted infections. This study sought to establish condom use determinants and practices among people living with HIV (PLHIVs) in Kisii County, Kenya. We interviewed 340 PLHIVs and 6 health workers. Although most PLHIVs had correct knowledge and approved condoms as effective for HIV prevention, consistent use and condom use at last sex were notably low especially among PLHIVs aged 18 – 24, those who depended on remittances from kin as main source of income, as well as during sex with secondary and casual partners. This study notes that knowledge on various benefits of using condoms is associated with enhanced condom use practices. Non-disclosure of HIV status to secondary and casual partners remains a key barrier to condom use among PLHIVs Our observations highlight the need to further promote condom use among specific PLHIVs socio-demographic groups who continue to exhibit low condom use rates.
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spelling pubmed-46760512015-12-14 Condom Use Determinants and Practices Among People Living with HIV in Kisii County, Kenya Emmanuel, Wamalwa Edward, Neyole Moses, Poipoi William, Ringera Geoffrey, Otomu Monicah, Bitok Rosemary, Mbaluka Open AIDS J Article The male condom remains the single, most efficient and available technology to reduce sexual transmission of HIV as well as sexually transmitted infections. This study sought to establish condom use determinants and practices among people living with HIV (PLHIVs) in Kisii County, Kenya. We interviewed 340 PLHIVs and 6 health workers. Although most PLHIVs had correct knowledge and approved condoms as effective for HIV prevention, consistent use and condom use at last sex were notably low especially among PLHIVs aged 18 – 24, those who depended on remittances from kin as main source of income, as well as during sex with secondary and casual partners. This study notes that knowledge on various benefits of using condoms is associated with enhanced condom use practices. Non-disclosure of HIV status to secondary and casual partners remains a key barrier to condom use among PLHIVs Our observations highlight the need to further promote condom use among specific PLHIVs socio-demographic groups who continue to exhibit low condom use rates. Bentham Science Publishers 2015-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4676051/ /pubmed/26668671 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874613601509010104 Text en © Emmanuel et al.; Licensee Bentham Open. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26668671
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