Barbara Mensch|Paul C. Hewett|Richard D. Gregory|Stéphane Helleringer
Sexual Behavior and STI/HIV Status Among Adolescents in Rural Malawi: An Evaluation of the Effect of Interview Mode on Reporting
Population Council|Population Council|Population Council|University of Pennsylvania
study investigates reporting premarital sex rural southern malawi summarizes results interviewmode experiment conducted unmarried young women aged 1521 respondents randomly assigned either audio computerassisted selfinterview acasi conventional facetoface ftf interview addition biomarkers collected hiv three stis gonorrhea chlamydia trichomoniasis prior collecting biomarkers nurses conducted short facetoface interview repeated questions sexual behavior study builds earlier research among adolescents kenya first investigated feasibility effectiveness acasi malawi kenya mode interviewing questions types sexual partners affect reporting sexual activity yet results always accordance expectations reporting ever sex sex boyfriend higher ftf mode ask partners well multiple lifetime partners however reporting consistently higher acasi many cases significantly ftf mode produced consistent reporting sexual activity main interview subsequent interview association infection status reporting sexual behavior stronger ftf mode although modes number young women denied ever sex test positive stishiv