Non-condom use among female nurses in Zambia.
OBJECTIVE
To estimate non-condom user rate and to characterize non-condom users among female nurses.


METHODS
Cross sectional.


METHODS
Health institutions.


METHODS
Data from 640 (86.5pc) out of 740 consenting female nurses were available for analyses.


METHODS
Non-condom user rate.


RESULTS
Non-condom user rate (per 100) among the female nurses was 73.1pc (95pc CI69.7 to 76.5). Non-condom users tended to be aged above 30 years (OR 1.57; 95pc CI 1.02 to 2.40), midwives (OR 1.56; 95pc CI 1.03 to 2.37), married (OR 2.70; 95pc CI 1.73 to 4.21), not to think that spouse/partner has had sex with other partners (OR 1.72; 95pc CI 1.11 to 2.68) and to have had a sexually transmitted disease (OR 2.61; 95pc CI 1.25 to 5.43).


CONCLUSIONS
There was a surprising high level of non-condom users among female nurses, probably due to the inability for females to initiate or negotiate condom use.
Siziya
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University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Department of community Medicine, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Hakim
J G
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Rusakaniko
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Matchaba-Hove
R B
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Chideme-Maradzika
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J
D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017533:Marital Status; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015024:Zambia