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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 1/2012

01-01-2012 | Original Paper

Sexual Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Infected South African Men and Women with Their Partners in a Primary Care Program: Implications for Couples-Based Prevention

Authors: Kartik K. Venkatesh, Guy de Bruyn, Mark N. Lurie, Tebogo Modisenyane, Elizabeth W. Triche, Glenda E. Gray, Alex Welte, Neil A. Martinson

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 1/2012

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Abstract

We studied 1163 sexually-active HIV-infected South African men and women in an urban primary care program to understand patterns of sexual behaviors and whether these behaviors differed by partner HIV status. Overall, 40% reported a HIV-positive partner and 60% a HIV-negative or status unknown partner; and 17.5% reported >2 sex acts in the last 2 weeks, 16.4% unprotected sex in the last 6 months, and 3.7% >1 sex partner in the last 6 months. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) was consistently associated with decreased sexual risk behaviors, as well as with reporting a HIV-negative or status unknown partner. The odds of sexual risk behaviors differed by sex; and were generally higher among participants reporting a HIV-positive partner, but continued among those with a HIV-negative or status unknown partner. These data support ART as a means of HIV prevention. Engaging in sexual risk behaviors primarily with HIV-positive partners was not widely practiced in this setting, emphasizing the need for couples-based prevention.
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Metadata
Title
Sexual Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Infected South African Men and Women with Their Partners in a Primary Care Program: Implications for Couples-Based Prevention
Authors
Kartik K. Venkatesh
Guy de Bruyn
Mark N. Lurie
Tebogo Modisenyane
Elizabeth W. Triche
Glenda E. Gray
Alex Welte
Neil A. Martinson
Publication date
01-01-2012
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-011-9941-y

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