Study on the change of unsafe sexual behaviors and its determinants in HIV-positive persons after being notified as HIV seropositive / 中华流行病学杂志
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
;
(12): 337-339, 2015.
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in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-240099
ABSTRACT
Objective To study the change of unsafe sexual behaviors and its determinants in HIV-positive persons after being notified as HIV seropositive.Methods Questionnaires were employed in HIV-positive persons whose testing results being notified over 1 year in Changsha and Hengyang between March 2013 and July 2013.Results Interview was carried out on 268 HIV-positive persons who reported having considerable variability in unsafe sexual behaviors.The incidence of unsafe sexual behaviors declined from 98.8% to 12.7% after being notified as HIV seropositive.Risk factors related to unsafe sexual behaviors after the notification would include gender (men OR=0.443,95%CI0.209-0.937) and living with sexual partner (OR=2.549,95%CI1.053-6.174).Conclusion Notification regarding one's HIV seropositivity could considerably reduce the incidence of unsafe sexual behaviors in HIV-positive persons,however,women and those who were living with sexual partners seemed likely to keep practicing unsafe sexual behavior,thereafter.
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Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
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2015
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