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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 1/2007

01-01-2007 | Original Paper

Sexual risk-taking and HIV testing among health workers in Zambia

Authors: Karusa Kiragu, Thabale Ngulube, Mutinta Nyumbu, Panganani Njobvu, Peter Eerens, Chilufya Mwaba

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 1/2007

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Abstract

Health workers (N=692) in five Zambian hospitals were interviewed to assess HIV/AIDS risk-taking and status awareness. They comprised of physicians, nurses, clinical officers and paramedics. Only 33% had been tested for HIV and only 24% said their partner had been tested. 26 percent of sexually active respondents had multiple partners; thirty-seven percent of these had not used condoms. Only 60% of respondents believed condoms were effective in preventing HIV. Women were less likely to trust or use condoms even in high-risk relationships. The data suggest a need to develop HIV/AIDS programs for health workers, with emphasis towards gender-based obstacles hampering safer behaviors.
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Metadata
Title
Sexual risk-taking and HIV testing among health workers in Zambia
Authors
Karusa Kiragu
Thabale Ngulube
Mutinta Nyumbu
Panganani Njobvu
Peter Eerens
Chilufya Mwaba
Publication date
01-01-2007
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 1/2007
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-006-9091-9

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