Kathleen Deering|P Bhattacharjee|Janet Bradley|Stephen Moses|Kate Shannon|Souradet Y. Shaw|Reynold Washington|Catherine M Lowndes|Marie?Claude Boily|Banadakoppa M Ramesh|S Rajaram|Kaveri Gurav|Michel Alary
Condom use within non-commercial partnerships of female sex workers in southern India
University of British Columbia|Karnataka Health Promotion Trust|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec|University of Manitoba|AIDS Vancouver|University of British Columbia|University of Manitoba|Karnataka Health Promotion Trust|Imperial College London|Karnataka Health Promotion Trust|Karnataka Health Promotion Trust|Karnataka Health Promotion Trust|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec
although female sex workers fsws report high levels condom use commercial sex clients particularly targeted hiv preventive interventions implemented condom use often low noncommercial partners limited understanding regarding factors influence condom use fsws noncommercial partners programs designed increase condom use partners main objectives study therefore describe fsws selfreported noncommercial partners along interpersonal factors characterizing noncommercial partnerships examine factors associated consistent condom use ccu within noncommercial partnerships study used data collected crosssectional questionnaires administered 988 fsws four districts karnataka state 200607 used bivariate multivariable logistic regression analysis examine relationship ccu ie always compared never sometimes frequently noncommercial partners fsws including respondents husband main cohabiting partner married recent nonpaying partner neither husband main cohabiting partner fsw sex within previous year interpersonal factors describing partnerships well social environmental factors weighting survey methods used account cluster sampling design overall 511 518 fsws reported husband cohabiting partner 247 237 reported nonpaying partner ccu partners low 226 403 respectively multivariable analysis odds ccu fsws husband cohabiting partner 18fold higher fsws whose partner knew sex worker adjusted odds ratio aor 184 95 confidence intervalsci 102332 almost 6fold higher fsw unmarried aor 573 95ci 2791176 ccu fsws nonpaying partner decreased 18 oneyear increase duration relationship aor 082 95ci 068097 study revealed important patterns interpersonal determinants condom use within noncommercial partnerships fsws integrated structural communitydriven hivsti prevention programs focus gender reduce sex work stigma investigated increase condom use noncommercial partnerships