title: Sexual behavior of heterosexual men and women attending an HIV testing clinic.
abstract: The prevalence of high risk sexual behaviors was assessed among heterosexual men (n = 154) and women (n = 109) voluntarily attending an HIV testing clinic in Jerusalem. Men were found to be involved more frequently than women in nonmonogamous relationships (66% vs. 45% respectively, P < 0.001), to have more casual partners (21% vs. 11% had three or more casual partners, P < 0.01), and to report passive oral sex (71% vs. 50%, P < 0.01) and anal sex (23% vs. 12%, P < 0.05). Condom use was not a very common practice, and was higher among men than among women (57% vs. 47% in vaginal sex, and 30% vs. 19% in oral sex respectively, NS). Appropriate counselling for this population attending the clinic is advised and urgently needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah (Braun) School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soskolne
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maayan
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Dormoi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior