Sexual Practices among Cobblestone Construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Challenge to the prevention of HIV infection
| dc.contributor.author | Mashalla, Yohana J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-09T06:45:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-09T06:45:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-07-28 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: HIV infection remains a public health challenge. This study assessed sexual practices among casual workers at the Cobblestone construction, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: This was a quantitative cross-sectional study carried out among the labourers at the Cobblestone construction sites between October – December 2018. Multi-stage sampling was used to estimate the sample size. Demographic and sexual practice information were collected using a structured questionnaire. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to determine associations between variables; P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: We recruited 627 labourers. Majority (82.2%) were aged between 18 and 38 years; average age at onset of sexual debut was 17.9 ±2.67 and 19.14 ±2.18 years among males and females respectively. Majority (68.5%) were married; exposure to pornography was 40.2% and 32% among male and female respectively. Lifetime multiple sexual practices were prevalent (59.9% and 50.0%) among males and females respectively; extramarital sex was prevalent (66.9%) among males but protected sex was relatively low (46.2%). Being employed significantly associated with likelihood of first exposure to alcohol (P =0.029), level of education, exposure to pornography and knowledge of symptoms of STIs significantly associated with multiple sexual practices. Conclusion: Prevalence of risky sexual practices among the labourers were high which risks them to HIV infections. Innovative approaches to behavioural change are needed to reduce risks of HIV infection. Keywords: Unprotected sex, extramarital sex, multiple partners, HIV, condom | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Minuta, Wondemu & Mashalla, Yohana & Gloria, Gloria. (2022). Sexual Practices among Cobblestone Construction Workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Challenge to the Prevention of HIV Infection2020. Global Journal of Health Science. 14. 39. 10.5539/gjhs.v14n8p39. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v14n8p39 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1025 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Global Journal of Health Science | en_US |
| dc.subject | Unprotected sex | en_US |
| dc.subject | Extramarital sex | en_US |
| dc.subject | Multiple partners | en_US |
| dc.title | Sexual Practices among Cobblestone Construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Challenge to the prevention of HIV infection | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |