Associations between Awareness of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Prevalence of STIs among Sub-Saharan African Men and Women
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Men Median | IQR | Women Median | IQR | |
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Age (years) | 36 | 30–43 | 28 | 24–35 | |
Age (years) at First Sex | 18 | 16–20 | 19 | 17–21 | |
N | % | N | % | ||
Marital Status | |||||
Currently Married | 784 | 98.7 | 1218 | 60 | |
Never Married | 10 | 1.3 | 800 | 40 | |
Stay * | |||||
≥10 years | 537 | 67.6 | 1036 | 51 | |
<10 years | 256 | 32.2 | 981 | 49 | |
Education | |||||
Pre-High School | 550 | 69.3 | 1483 | 73.5 | |
High School | 234 | 29.5 | 536 | 26.5 | |
Circumcision | |||||
Yes | 768 | 96.7 | 459 | 23 | |
No | 25 | 3.1 | 1556 | 77 | |
Condom Use | |||||
Never | 630 | 79.3 | 1296 | 64.2 | |
Sometimes | 115 | 14.5 | 353 | 17.5 | |
Often/Always | 47 | 5.9 | 43 | 2.1 | |
Number of Partners 12 months | |||||
1 | 695 | 87.5 | 1553 | 76.9 | |
2+ | 98 | 12.4 | 44 | 2.2 |
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Vasudeva, M.; Nakka, R.; Stock, S.; Ghebremichael, M. Associations between Awareness of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Prevalence of STIs among Sub-Saharan African Men and Women. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2022, 7, 147. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7080147
Vasudeva M, Nakka R, Stock S, Ghebremichael M. Associations between Awareness of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Prevalence of STIs among Sub-Saharan African Men and Women. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2022; 7(8):147. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7080147
Chicago/Turabian StyleVasudeva, Meghana, Raja Nakka, Shannon Stock, and Musie Ghebremichael. 2022. "Associations between Awareness of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Prevalence of STIs among Sub-Saharan African Men and Women" Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 7, no. 8: 147. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7080147