Department of Population Studies (DPS), School of Statistics and Planning (SSP), College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
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.
BMC Public Health. 2021 Mar 19;21(1):544. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10595-1.
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.
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).
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.
Interventions to promote consistent condom use and fewer sexual partnerships are critical for young people in the fishing communities in Uganda.
鲜有研究调查了乌干达东部和中部渔区青少年的饮酒行为、亲密伴侣暴力与艾滋病毒性风险行为之间的关联。因此，本研究旨在确定乌干达维多利亚湖北岸渔区青少年的饮酒行为、亲密伴侣暴力与艾滋病毒性风险行为之间的关联。
我们对来自 Mukono（Katosi 登陆点）和 Namayingo 区（Lugala 登陆点）的 501 名年轻人进行了横断面数据分析，并采用多变量逻辑回归分析了艾滋病毒风险行为。
几乎所有（97%）受访者报告了至少一种艾滋病毒风险行为；超过一半（54%）报告了三种或更多艾滋病毒风险行为。调整后的模型结果表明，饮酒、以现金或实物换取工作、已婚和有多个性伴侣会增加艾滋病毒风险行为的几率。亲密伴侣暴力与艾滋病毒风险行为无关。
对于乌干达渔区的年轻人来说，促进坚持使用安全套和减少性伴侣数量的干预措施至关重要。
