Stephen Ojiambo Wandera1,2, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye3, Eddy J Walakira4, Peter Kisaakye5, Jennifer Wagman6. 1. Department of Population Studies (DPS), School of Statistics and Planning (SSP), College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. swandera@gmail.com. 2. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI), San Francisco, USA. swandera@gmail.com. 3. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. 4. Department of Social Work and Social Administration, School of Social Sciences, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. 5. Department of Population Studies (DPS), School of Statistics and Planning (SSP), College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. 6. School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Few studies have investigated the association between alcohol use, intimate partner violence, and HIV sexual risk behavior among young people in fishing communities from eastern and central Uganda. Therefore, we aimed to determine the association between alcohol use, intimate partner violence, and HIV sexual risk behavior among young people in the fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria, in Uganda. METHODS: We conducted multivariable logistic regression analyses of HIV risk behavior using cross-sectional data from 501 young people from Mukono (Katosi landing site) and Namayingo districts (Lugala landing site). RESULTS: Almost all (97%) respondents reported at least one HIV risk behavior; more than half (54%) reported engagement in three or more HIV risk behaviors. Results from the adjusted model indicate that alcohol use, working for cash or kind, being married, and having multiple sexual partners increased the odds of HIV risk behavior. IPV was not associated with HIV risk behavior. CONCLUSION: Interventions to promote consistent condom use and fewer sexual partnerships are critical for young people in the fishing communities in Uganda.
BACKGROUND: Few studies have investigated the association between alcohol use, intimate partner violence, and HIV sexual risk behavior among young people in fishing communities from eastern and central Uganda. Therefore, we aimed to determine the association between alcohol use, intimate partner violence, and HIV sexual risk behavior among young people in the fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria, in Uganda. METHODS: We conducted multivariable logistic regression analyses of HIV risk behavior using cross-sectional data from 501 young people from Mukono (Katosi landing site) and Namayingo districts (Lugala landing site). RESULTS: Almost all (97%) respondents reported at least one HIV risk behavior; more than half (54%) reported engagement in three or more HIV risk behaviors. Results from the adjusted model indicate that alcohol use, working for cash or kind, being married, and having multiple sexual partners increased the odds of HIV risk behavior. IPV was not associated with HIV risk behavior. CONCLUSION: Interventions to promote consistent condom use and fewer sexual partnerships are critical for young people in the fishing communities in Uganda.
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AUDIT; Alcohol abuse; Emotional violence; Human Immuno-deficiency virus; Intimate partner violence; Physical violence; Sexual violence
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