HIV risk behavior and work in Uganda: a cross-sectional study.
OBJECTIVE
The study assessed the prevalence of factors associated with HIV risky behaviour among employees of a Sugar Factory in Jinja District, Uganda.


METHODS
A cross-sectional study of 321 participants was carried out in a Sugar Factory where several workers were migrants. Using an interviewer-administered questionnaire, information on socio-demographic characteristics, work factors and sexual behaviours was obtained.


RESULTS
Fifty-one percent of the men and 32% of the women reported having multiple sex partners in the past year. Thirty-six percent of the respondents reported using condoms during the last casual sex. Twenty-four percent of men and 15% women reported sexually transmitted infection-related symptoms in the last one-year. Having multiple sex partners was associated with being a contract worker (OR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.10-3.79) and being married but not living with spouse (OR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.16-4.00).


CONCLUSIONS
HIV risk behaviour among Sugar Factory workers is associated with separation from partner. HIV intervention strategies should include work related factors of this type.
Buregyeya
Esther
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Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Makerere University School of Public Health, P.O. Box 7072 Kampala-Uganda. eburegyeya@musph.ac.ug
Bazeyo
William
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Moen
Bente E
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Michelo
Charles
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Fylkesnes
Knut
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D017280:Condoms; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014454:Uganda / Q000453:epidemiology