title: Venues for Meeting Sex Partners and Partner HIV Risk Characteristics: HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN064) Women's HIV Seroincidence Study (ISIS).
abstract: Identifying venues where women meet sexual partners, particular partners who increase women's risk of acquiring HIV, could inform prevention efforts. We categorized venues where women enrolled in HPTN 064 reported meeting their last three sex partners as: (1) Formal, (2) Public, (3) Private, and (4) Virtual spaces. We used multinomial logistic regression to assess the association between these venues and women's individual characteristics and reports of their partners' HIV risk characteristics. The 2099 women reported meeting 3991 partners, 51 % at Public, 30 % Private, 17 % Formal and 3 % at Virtual venues. Women meeting partners at Formal venues reported more education and condom use than women meeting partners at other venues. Fewer partners met through Formal venues had "high" risk characteristics for HIV than through other venues and hence may pose less risk of HIV transmission. HIV prevention interventions can help women choose partners with fewer risk characteristics across all venue types.
authors: Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #7240, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7064, USA. mromanisler@med.unc.edu.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Roman Isler
authors: Department of Health Behavior, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Golin
authors: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research & Prevention (SCHARP), Seattle, WA, USA.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Wang
authors: Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Hughes
authors: Department of Epidemiology and Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Justman
authors: FHI360, Durham, NC, USA.|Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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authors: D
authors: Haley
authors: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, Washington, DC, USA.
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authors: I
authors: Kuo
authors: Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Adimora
authors: Prevention Sciences Program, DAIDS, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Chege
authors: New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Hodder
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D035843:Biomedical Research; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners
keywords: HIV; Sexual partners; Sexual risk behavior; Venue; Women