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Relationship between exposure to the Avahan intervention and levels of reported condom use among men who have sex with men in southern India Mitchell, Kate M.; Foss, Anna M.; Ramesh, Banadakoppa M.; Washington, Reynold; Isac, Shajy; Prudden, Holly J.; Deering, Kathleen N.; Blanchard, James F.; Moses, Stephen; Lowndes, Catherine M.; Boily, Marie-Claude; Alary, Michel; Vickerman, Peter

Abstract

Background: The Avahan intervention promotes consistent (100%) condom use amongst men who have sex with men in southern India. We assessed how condom use varies with intervention exposure for men who have sex with men in Bangalore. Methods: Self-reported condom use and intervention exposure data were derived from a cross-sectional survey. Consistent condom use and condom use at last sex act with all, main, and casual male sex partners were assessed. Binary and continuous variables reflecting intervention exposure (including contact(s) with intervention staff, receiving condoms and seeing condom demonstrations) were used. Multivariable logistic regression was employed to assess the relationship between condom use with each type of partner and each exposure variable independently, controlling for socio-demographic and behavioural factors associated with condom use or intervention exposure. Results: Condom use with all partners was higher among those who had ever been contacted by, received condoms from, or seen a condom demonstration by intervention staff (adjusted odds ratio >2, p 

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Relationship between exposure to the Avahan intervention and levels of reported condom use among men who have sex with men in southern India
Creator
Mitchell, Kate M.; Foss, Anna M.; Ramesh, Banadakoppa M.; Washington, Reynold; Isac, Shajy; Prudden, Holly J.; Deering, Kathleen N.; Blanchard, James F.; Moses, Stephen; Lowndes, Catherine M.; Boily, Marie-Claude; Alary, Michel; Vickerman, Peter
Publisher
BioMed Central
Date Issued
2014-12-04
Description
Background: The Avahan intervention promotes consistent (100%) condom use amongst men who have sex with men in southern India. We assessed how condom use varies with intervention exposure for men who have sex with men in Bangalore. Methods: Self-reported condom use and intervention exposure data were derived from a cross-sectional survey. Consistent condom use and condom use at last sex act with all, main, and casual male sex partners were assessed. Binary and continuous variables reflecting intervention exposure (including contact(s) with intervention staff, receiving condoms and seeing condom demonstrations) were used. Multivariable logistic regression was employed to assess the relationship between condom use with each type of partner and each exposure variable independently, controlling for socio-demographic and behavioural factors associated with condom use or intervention exposure. Results: Condom use with all partners was higher among those who had ever been contacted by, received condoms from, or seen a condom demonstration by intervention staff (adjusted odds ratio >2, p 
Subject
Consistent condom use; Condom use at last sex act; Condom demonstration; Key population; Bangalore; Cross-sectional study; Logistic regression
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2016-01-15
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
DOI
10.14288/1.0223452
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/56531
Affiliation
Medicine, Department of; Medicine, Faculty of
Citation
BMC Public Health. 2014 Dec 04;14(1):1245
Publisher DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-14-1245
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Copyright Holder
Mitchell et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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