Sexual behaviors and status disclosure of adult HIV positive patients enrolled in care in Yola, Nigeria
With the availability of ART in most parts of Nigeria, more HIV positive individuals are living healthy lives. In periods of illness, sexual activity may be the last thing on the mind of a HIV positive individual but when in good health, sexual activity is definitely expected. This study describes t...
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| author | Martins, Olutayo Folashade Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal Lye, Munn Sann Mohd Sidik, Sherina Othman, Norlijah Iliyasu, Zubairu Salawu, Fatai Kunle |
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| description | With the availability of ART in most parts of Nigeria, more HIV positive individuals are living healthy lives. In periods of illness, sexual activity may be the last thing on the mind of a HIV positive individual but when in good health, sexual activity is definitely expected. This study describes the baseline sexual behaviors and status behavior of a three arm single blind randomized controlled clinical trial involving 386 randomly selected and allocated adult HIV patients who were enrolled into ART at all four comprehensive ART sites in Yola. The intervention was 10 to 15 minutes clinic based Clinician Client Centered counseling. An interviewer administered validated structured questionnaire was used for data collection. One hundred and eleven (62.4%) of respondents were inconsistent condom users, 29 (7.5%) had more than one sexual partner/spouse while 33 (11.3%) were yet to disclose their status to their spouse(s) and/or sex partners. Inconsistent condom use, non-status disclosure and sex with an unsteady partner were the most common high risk behaviors. Behavioral interventions are thus needed to reduce HIV spread in these groups of people. |
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| spelling | upm-538052018-02-05T10:41:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53805/ Sexual behaviors and status disclosure of adult HIV positive patients enrolled in care in Yola, Nigeria Martins, Olutayo Folashade Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal Lye, Munn Sann Mohd Sidik, Sherina Othman, Norlijah Iliyasu, Zubairu Salawu, Fatai Kunle With the availability of ART in most parts of Nigeria, more HIV positive individuals are living healthy lives. In periods of illness, sexual activity may be the last thing on the mind of a HIV positive individual but when in good health, sexual activity is definitely expected. This study describes the baseline sexual behaviors and status behavior of a three arm single blind randomized controlled clinical trial involving 386 randomly selected and allocated adult HIV patients who were enrolled into ART at all four comprehensive ART sites in Yola. The intervention was 10 to 15 minutes clinic based Clinician Client Centered counseling. An interviewer administered validated structured questionnaire was used for data collection. One hundred and eleven (62.4%) of respondents were inconsistent condom users, 29 (7.5%) had more than one sexual partner/spouse while 33 (11.3%) were yet to disclose their status to their spouse(s) and/or sex partners. Inconsistent condom use, non-status disclosure and sex with an unsteady partner were the most common high risk behaviors. Behavioral interventions are thus needed to reduce HIV spread in these groups of people. The International Journal of Health Sciences and Research 2016-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53805/1/Sexual%20behaviors%20and%20status%20disclosure%20of%20adult%20HIV%20positive%20patients%20enrolled%20in%20care%20in%20Yola%2C%20Nigeria.pdf Martins, Olutayo Folashade and Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal and Lye, Munn Sann and Mohd Sidik, Sherina and Othman, Norlijah and Iliyasu, Zubairu and Salawu, Fatai Kunle (2016) Sexual behaviors and status disclosure of adult HIV positive patients enrolled in care in Yola, Nigeria. International Journal of Health Sciences and Research, 6 (3). pp. 6-15. ISSN 2249-9571 http://www.ijhsr.org/archive_ijhsr_vol.6_issue3.html |
| spellingShingle | Martins, Olutayo Folashade Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal Lye, Munn Sann Mohd Sidik, Sherina Othman, Norlijah Iliyasu, Zubairu Salawu, Fatai Kunle Sexual behaviors and status disclosure of adult HIV positive patients enrolled in care in Yola, Nigeria |
| title | Sexual behaviors and status disclosure of adult HIV positive patients enrolled in care in Yola, Nigeria |
| title_full | Sexual behaviors and status disclosure of adult HIV positive patients enrolled in care in Yola, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Sexual behaviors and status disclosure of adult HIV positive patients enrolled in care in Yola, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sexual behaviors and status disclosure of adult HIV positive patients enrolled in care in Yola, Nigeria |
| title_short | Sexual behaviors and status disclosure of adult HIV positive patients enrolled in care in Yola, Nigeria |
| title_sort | sexual behaviors and status disclosure of adult hiv positive patients enrolled in care in yola, nigeria |
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