Sexual risk behaviour among HIV-positive individuals in clinical care in urban KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

22 August 2006

journal article
research article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in AIDS

Vol. 20 (13) , 1781-1784
https://doi.org/10.1097/01.aids.0000242827.05120.55

Abstract

We assessed the incidence and predictors of unprotected sex among 152 HIV-positive patients in clinical care in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Nearly 50% were sexually active; 30% of those reported unprotected sex. Alcohol use during sex, reporting forced sex, sex with a perceived HIV-positive partner, and sex with a casual partner predicted more unprotected sex, whereas HIV status disclosure was related to less unprotected sex. These findings highlight the need for linking HIV prevention and care in Africa.

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