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Factors Associated with Condom Knowledge, Attitude, and Use among Black Heterosexual Men in Ontario, Canada

African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) men living in Canada share a heightened risk of HIV infection and the associated risk factors such as suboptimal use of family planning services such as condom use. In this study, we assessed the factors associated with knowledge, attitude, and condom use among AC...

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Autores principales: Etowa, Josephine, Ghose, Bishwajit, Loemba, Hughes, Etowa, Egbe B., Husbands, Winston, Omorodion, Francisca, Luginaah, Isaac, Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8463252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34566521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8862534
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author Etowa, Josephine
Ghose, Bishwajit
Loemba, Hughes
Etowa, Egbe B.
Husbands, Winston
Omorodion, Francisca
Luginaah, Isaac
Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing
author_facet Etowa, Josephine
Ghose, Bishwajit
Loemba, Hughes
Etowa, Egbe B.
Husbands, Winston
Omorodion, Francisca
Luginaah, Isaac
Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing
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description African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) men living in Canada share a heightened risk of HIV infection and the associated risk factors such as suboptimal use of family planning services such as condom use. In this study, we assessed the factors associated with knowledge, attitude, and condom use among ACB men in Ontario. Methods. This was a cross-sectional study that surveyed heterosexual ACB men regardless of their residency status living in Ontario (n = 430). This is a part of a larger mixed methods study informed by critical race theory, intersectionality, and community-based participatory research (CBPR). Outcome variables were knowledge of condom use, attitude towards condom use, and actual use of condom during the last 12 months. Results. Of 430 participants, 77.70% has good knowledge of condom use as a protection against HIV transmission, 31.77% had positive attitude towards condom use, and 62.43% reported using condom regularly with casual partners during the last 12 months. Men who were currently married had more positive attitude towards condom use compared with their unmarried counterparts (odds ratio = 1.46, 95% CI = 1.20, 1.78). Canadian residents were found to have higher odds of having correct knowledge of condom (odds ratio = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.11, 1.55), and positive attitude towards condom use (odds ratio = 1.44, 95%CI = 1.09, 1.92). Men who visited sexual health clinics showed a positive association with having correct knowledge of condom (odds ratio = 1.78, 95% CI = 1.30, 2.44) and reported experiences of difficulty in accessing sexual health. This showed a negative association towards condom use (odds ratio = 0.45, 95% CI = 0.21, 0.97]. Conclusion. A considerable percentage of heterosexual ACB men did not have correct knowledge regarding the protective effect of condom use against HIV and positive attitude towards the use of condom. Several sociodemographic and healthcare-related factors were significantly associated with knowledge, attitude, and use of condom.
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spelling pubmed-84632522021-09-25 Factors Associated with Condom Knowledge, Attitude, and Use among Black Heterosexual Men in Ontario, Canada Etowa, Josephine Ghose, Bishwajit Loemba, Hughes Etowa, Egbe B. Husbands, Winston Omorodion, Francisca Luginaah, Isaac Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing ScientificWorldJournal Research Article African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) men living in Canada share a heightened risk of HIV infection and the associated risk factors such as suboptimal use of family planning services such as condom use. In this study, we assessed the factors associated with knowledge, attitude, and condom use among ACB men in Ontario. Methods. This was a cross-sectional study that surveyed heterosexual ACB men regardless of their residency status living in Ontario (n = 430). This is a part of a larger mixed methods study informed by critical race theory, intersectionality, and community-based participatory research (CBPR). Outcome variables were knowledge of condom use, attitude towards condom use, and actual use of condom during the last 12 months. Results. Of 430 participants, 77.70% has good knowledge of condom use as a protection against HIV transmission, 31.77% had positive attitude towards condom use, and 62.43% reported using condom regularly with casual partners during the last 12 months. Men who were currently married had more positive attitude towards condom use compared with their unmarried counterparts (odds ratio = 1.46, 95% CI = 1.20, 1.78). Canadian residents were found to have higher odds of having correct knowledge of condom (odds ratio = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.11, 1.55), and positive attitude towards condom use (odds ratio = 1.44, 95%CI = 1.09, 1.92). Men who visited sexual health clinics showed a positive association with having correct knowledge of condom (odds ratio = 1.78, 95% CI = 1.30, 2.44) and reported experiences of difficulty in accessing sexual health. This showed a negative association towards condom use (odds ratio = 0.45, 95% CI = 0.21, 0.97]. Conclusion. A considerable percentage of heterosexual ACB men did not have correct knowledge regarding the protective effect of condom use against HIV and positive attitude towards the use of condom. Several sociodemographic and healthcare-related factors were significantly associated with knowledge, attitude, and use of condom. Hindawi 2021-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8463252/ /pubmed/34566521 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8862534 Text en Copyright © 2021 Josephine Etowa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Etowa, Egbe B.
Husbands, Winston
Omorodion, Francisca
Luginaah, Isaac
Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing
Factors Associated with Condom Knowledge, Attitude, and Use among Black Heterosexual Men in Ontario, Canada
title Factors Associated with Condom Knowledge, Attitude, and Use among Black Heterosexual Men in Ontario, Canada
title_full Factors Associated with Condom Knowledge, Attitude, and Use among Black Heterosexual Men in Ontario, Canada
title_fullStr Factors Associated with Condom Knowledge, Attitude, and Use among Black Heterosexual Men in Ontario, Canada
title_full_unstemmed Factors Associated with Condom Knowledge, Attitude, and Use among Black Heterosexual Men in Ontario, Canada
title_short Factors Associated with Condom Knowledge, Attitude, and Use among Black Heterosexual Men in Ontario, Canada
title_sort factors associated with condom knowledge, attitude, and use among black heterosexual men in ontario, canada
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8463252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34566521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8862534
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