Confidential HIV testing and condom promotion in Africa. Impact on HIV and gonorrhea rates

• Published in: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 268; no. 23; p. 3338
• Main Authors: Allen, S, Serufilira, A, Bogaerts, J, Van de Perre, P, Nsengumuremyi, F, Lindan, C, Carael, M, Wolf, W, Coates, T, Hulley, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 16.12.1992
• Subjects: Adult; AIDS Serodiagnosis; Condoms; Confidentiality; Counseling; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gonorrhea - epidemiology; Gonorrhea - prevention & control; Health Behavior; Health Promotion; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - prevention & control; HIV Seropositivity; Humans; Male; Multivariate Analysis; Patient Compliance; Prevalence; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Rwanda - epidemiology; Sexual Partners; Spermatocidal Agents - therapeutic use; Rwanda

We evaluated the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing and counseling on self-reported condom and spermicide use and on corresponding HIV seroconversion and gonorrhea rates in urban Rwandan women. Prospective cohort study with 2 years of follow-up, comparison of outcome variables befo...