Low rate of pre-exposure prophylaxis and post-exposure prophylaxis uptake and high prevalence of transmitted drug resistance among newly diagnosed primary HIV infections in Shenzhe... by Qiaoli Peng, Xiaoning Liu, Xian Tang, Qiuyue Zhang, Jin Zhao, Chenli Zheng, Fang Zhao, Yang Zhou, Lukun Zhang, Liqin Sun, Haitao Zhang, Xinyun Jia, Ying Song, Tingzhi Cao, Siyuan Wang, Man Rao, Zhiwei Chen, Hui Wang, Yun He, Yanjie Yin

“…Overall, 96.6% (84/87) of the newly identified primary HIV-1-infected patients were male, including 88.5% (77/87) men have sex with men (MSM), with a median age of 29.0 years (Q1–Q3: 24.0–34.0 years); of these, 85.1% (74/87) reported high-risk sexual behaviors with casual partners. The rate of condom usage was only 28.7% (25/87). The overall rate of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) was 8.0% (7/87, including 4 PrEP and 3 PEP cases) around the potential exposure, although 41.4% of the patients had prior awareness of such interventions. …”
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PrEP Use Awareness and Interest Cascade among MSM and Transgender Women Living in Bali, Indonesia by Rissa Cempaka, Brigitta Wardhani, Anak Agung Sagung Sawitri, Pande Putu Januraga, Benjamin Bavinton

“…Interest in using PrEP was lower among participants with high social engagement as MSM/waria (<i>p</i> = 0.002) and was higher among participants with multiple sex partners (<i>p</i> = 0.020) and inconsistent condom use (<i>p</i> = 0.011). This study has shown a significantly low level of PrEP awareness among its participants and decreases in interest in PrEP use due to procedure and cost. …”
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Persistently high incidence of HIV and poor service uptake in adolescent girls and young women in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa prior to DREAMS. by Natsayi Chimbindi, Nondumiso Mthiyane, Isolde Birdthistle, Sian Floyd, Nuala McGrath, Deenan Pillay, Janet Seeley, Thembelihle Zuma, Jaco Dreyer, Dickman Gareta, Tinofa Mutevedzi, Justin Fenty, Kobus Herbst, Theresa Smit, Kathy Baisley, Maryam Shahmanesh

“…In 2015, less than 50% reported condom-use at last sex, 15.0% of 15-19 year olds and 48.9% of 20-24 year olds were currently using contraception and 32.0% and 66.7% of 15-19 and 20-24 year olds had tested for HIV in the past 12 months. …”
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Community-led HIV self-testing for men who have sex with men in Lebanon: lessons learned and impact of COVID-19 by Ismael Maatouk, Mostafa El Nakib, Moubadda Assi, Patrick Farah, Bertho Makso, Clara El Nakib, Alissar Rady

“…NGOs collected data anonymously and confidentially from beneficiaries (age, consistency of condom use and HIV testing history), who were asked to call back with the results of their HIVST. …”
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Online partner seeking and high-risk behaviour in men who have sex with men and male-to-female transgendered people in Mumbai, India: Implications for prevention strategies. by Shrikala Acharya, Vijay Karanjkar, Smita Chougule, Sachendra Katkar, Shashikant Patil, Vivek Dwivedi, Prashant Deshpande, Maninder Singh Setia

“…MSM and TGH who had partners from virtual space were significantly more likely to report 'missed a condom at least once during penetrative sex in the past one week' (17% vs 12%; p<0.001). …”
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Risky sexual practice and associated factors among street children of Wonago town, Gedeo zone, Southern Ethiopia by Getachew Assefa Zenebe, Wagaye Alemu, Temesgen Muche, Berhanu Gidisa Debela

“…Among sexually active street children, 40.9% never used a condom during sexual intercourse. Age (Adjusted Odd Ratio (AOR): 1.42, 95%CI: 1.03–2.37), educational status (AOR: 5.73, 95%CI: 1.49–10.51), substance use (AOR: 1.24, 95%CI: 1.03–2.07), duration on the street (AOR: 2.14, 95%CI: 1.03–4.12), and daily income (AOR: 0.68, 95%CI: 0.32–0.98) were found to be significantly associated with risky sexual practices.ConclusionRisky sexual practices among street children were more prevalent in Wonago Town, Southern Ethiopia. …”
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A life course health development model of HIV vulnerabilities and resiliencies in young transgender women in Peru by Sari L. Reisner, Rodrigo A. Aguayo-Romero, Amaya Perez-Brumer, Ximena Salazar, Aron Nunez-Curto, Casey Orozco-Poore, Alfonso Silva-Santisteban

“…Results Five themes emerged, informing the conceptualization of a Life Course Health Development Model of HIV Vulnerabilities and Resiliencies: (1) interpersonal contexts (family, school, partners, sexual debut, trans mothers); (2) structural vulnerabilities (poverty, educational constraints, migration, hostile environments, sex work, police violence); (3) concomitant mental health and psychosocial factors (discrimination, violence, depression, suicidality, substance use, life hopes/dreams/future expectations); (4) gender affirmation processes (gender identity development, hormones, surgery, legal name/gender marker change); (5) HIV prevention and treatment barriers (PrEP uptake, HIV care, condom use, risk reduction). Conclusions Young TW experience formidable developmental challenges associated with transphobia, violence, and pre-maturely facing accelerated milestones. …”
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The role of counseling on modern contraceptive utilization among HIV positive women: the case of Northwest Ethiopia by Bilen Mekonnen Araya, Abayneh Akililu Solomon, Kahsay Zenebe Gebreslasie, Temesgen Worku Gudayu, Kiber Temesgen Anteneh

“…Result The proportion of women utilizing modern contraceptives was 47.7% with (95% CI: 43, 52.5%), the male condom being the most (64.2%) utilized method. The use of the contraceptive methods was most prevalent among women 15–24 years of age (AOR = 6.5, 95% CI: 2–10) and age of 25–34 (AOR = 3, 95% CI: 1.6–5.5), having an urban residence (AOR = 0.095, 95% CI: 0.03–0.28), having discussed contraceptives with partner (AOR = 7, 95% CI: 5.3–11.9), receiving counseling from health care providers (AOR = 4.8, 95% CI: 1.8–7), previous history of contraceptive utilization (AOR = 5.6, 95% CI: 2.6–8.3), and with CD4 count >500mm3/dl (AOR = 2.4, 95% CI: 1.3–4.3). …”
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The knowledge-risk-behaviour continuum among young Ugandans: what it tells us about SRH/HIV integration by Raquel Palomino González, Damazo Twebaze Kadengye, Roy William Mayega

“…A composite indicator was constructed to assess risky sexual behaviour, defined as being involved in sexual relations under the influence of alcohol or drugs, engaging in sexual activities without a condom, and having multiple sexual partners in the 6 months preceding the survey. …”
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Faith Leaders Improve Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy: Results of Operations Research on the Channels of Hope Methodology in Kenya and Ghana by Susan A. Otchere, Stephen Omunyidde, Alfonso Rosales, Jacob Ajwang Ochieng, Lilian Chebon, Salome Wumpini Agordoh, Adrienne Allison

“…Findings: Taking both countries together, male sterilization, female condom, and LAM were the only FP methods that did not show increases from baseline to endline. …”
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Facilitating and Inhibiting Factors of Sexual Behavior among Migrants in Transition from Mexico to the United States by Jesús Alejandro Guerra-Ordoñez, Jesús Alejandro Guerra-Ordoñez, Raquel A. Benavides-Torres, Rogelio Zapata-Garibay, Dora Julia Onofre-Rodríguez, María Aracely Márquez-Vega, Gabriela Zamora-Carmona

“…A permissive sexual attitude and sexual machismo both correlated with condom use (rs = 0.130, p &lt; 0.01 and rs = −0.174, p &lt; 0.01, respectively). …”
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The Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Clients of Female Sex Workers and their Perspectives, Behaviours and Attitude on HIV and AIDS: A Questionnaire Based Survey from Pokhar... by Bobin Nepali, Brijesh Sathian, Ram Prasad Aryal, Madav Thapalia, Dharm R. Bhatta

“…In our study, the clients of the female sex workers had some extent of knowledge about the condom, sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS. …”
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Prevalence of risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus among women of reproductive age in Sierra Leone: a 2019 nationwide survey by Joseph Kawuki, Kassim Kamara, Quraish Sserwanja

“…Exposure to HIV risk factors was considered if a woman reported at least one of the following; having multiple sexual partners, transactional sex, non-condom use for the unmarried, and having other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). …”
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HIV risk behaviours differ by workplace stability among Mexican female sex workers with truck driver clientele by Nadine E. Chen, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Gudelia Rangel, Thomas L Patterson, Felipe J. Uribe-Salas, Perth Rosen, Jorge Villalobos, Kimberly C. Brouwer

“…After controlling for study site, FSWs with unstable vs stable workplaces were more likely to have a majority/all truck driver clientele, but were less likely to have visited a gynaecologist in the last year (OR 0.1, 95% CI 0.03-0.4) or ever had an HIV test (OR 0.1, 95% CI 0.06-0.3), and there was a trend towards lower condom use self-efficacy scores (OR 0.8 per unit increase, 95% CI 0.7-1.0). …”
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Redução de danos: estratégia de cuidado com populações vulneráveis na cidade de Santo André - SP Harm reduction: strategic care for vulnerable populations in the city of Santo Andr... by Silvia Moreira da Silva, Ana Lucia Spiassi, Decio de Castro Alves, Daniela de Jesus Guedes, Reinaldo de Oliveira Leigo

“…The HRU's potential benefits were indicated to be: it improved healthcare and condom use; decreased drug use; improved seeking and access to healthcare services; decreased material sharing for drug use; improved decision-making capacity. …”
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Contraception: awareness and choice of young users by Natalia V. Aganezova, Sergey S. Aganezov, Tatiana V. Gugalo

“…The most popular contraceptive method among Russian and foreign respondents is male condom (92.7 and 84.6%; p=0.037). Second most popular in Russia is coitus interruptus (57.7%), in third place are COCs (33.1%); among foreign participants COCs are in second place (38.5%). …”
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Sexual risk behavior and substance use among young, diverse women seeking care at a reproductive health clinic by Alyssa L. Norris, Carla Rich, Naomi Krieger, Kate M. Guthrie, Clair Kaplan, Kate B. Carey, Michael P. Carey

“…Results One-third (31%) of women reported a history of sexually transmitted infection (STI), and women reported infrequent condom use with recent sexual partners. Regarding behavioral health needs, nearly three-quarters of women (72%) reported regular alcohol use, approximately one-third had used marijuana (37%) or tobacco (33%) in the last month, and 19% reported clinically significant depressive symptoms in the last two weeks. …”
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Characteristics of adolescents aged 15-19 years living with vertically and horizontally acquired HIV in Nampula, Mozambique. by Chloe A Teasdale, Kirsty Brittain, Allison Zerbe, Claude Ann Mellins, Joana Falcao, Aleny Couto, Eduarda Pimentel De Gusmao, Mirriah Vitale, Bill Kapogiannis, Teresa Beatriz Simione, Landon Myer, Joanne Mantell, Christopher Desmond, Elaine J Abrams

“…Among sexually active males, 61% reported using a condom at last sex compared to 26% of females (p<0.001). …”
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Uptake and acceptability of assisted and unassisted HIV self-testing among men who purchase sex in brothels in Indonesia: a pilot intervention study by Luh Putu Lila Wulandari, John Kaldor, Rebecca Guy

“…Of these men, 13.3% had ever tested for HIV and 58.9% reported condom use at their last sexual encounter with a brothel-based female sex worker. …”
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PrEP uptake and early persistence among adolescent girls and young women receiving services via community and hybrid community-clinic models in Namibia by Gena Barnabee, Idel Billah, Lylie Ndeikemona, Lukas Silas, Alison Ensminger, Ellen MacLachlan, Abigail K. Korn, Susan Mawire, Christa Fischer-Walker, Laimi Ashipala, Norbert Forster, Gabrielle O’Malley, Jennifer Velloza

“…Structural and behavioral HIV risk factors including early school dropout, food insecurity, inconsistent condom use, and transactional sex were associated with PrEP uptake. …”
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