Keshab Deuba|Verena Kohlbrenner|Sushil Koirala|Anna Mia Ekström
Condom use behaviour among people living with HIV: a seven-country community-based participatory research in the Asia-Pacific region
Karolinska Institutet|Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS|Integrated Cardio Metabolic Centre|Karolinska Institutet|Karolinska University Hospital
examined prevalence inconsistent condom use correlates among people living hiv plhiv asiapacific regionbetween 1 october 2012 31 may 2013 total 7843 plhiv aged 1850 years recruited using targeted venuebased sampling bangladesh indonesia lao peoples democratic republic pdr nepal pakistan philippines vietnam logistic regression used explore association condom use behaviour demographics social support stigma discrimination various healthrelated variablesoverall 43 3827 plhiv practised inconsistent condom use sexual intercourse regular partner even higher proportion 46 2044 plhiv admitted practised unprotected sex casual partner participants lao pdr reported lowest prevalence inconsistent condom use regular casual partners participants philippines highest risk behaviour inconsistent condom use significantly associated belonging key population drug user sex worker refugee subpopulation knowing condoms still needed partners hiv positive regular partner whose hiv status either positive unknown experienced physical assault receiving antiretroviral treatmentthis large sevencountry study highlights high prevalence inconsistent condom use among plhiv asiapacific region addition knowledgeimparting interventions adoption expansion test treat strategy could help maximise prevention benefits antiretroviral treatment