To browse Academia. Effectiveness condom use in preventing transmission of HIV is jeopardized due to recent reported decline in condom use. Alcohol serving venues are meeting points for sex partner which is a significant determinant of risk sexual practices while gender inequities impose challenges to women in negotiating safe sex.
Methods: Cross sectional exploratory study was conducted which deployed a qualitative method in data collection. Purposive sampling was used to select fourteen study participants. In-Depth Interview guide was used to gather information from female bar workers on perceptions and experiences in sexual relationships that are initiated following their interaction with male customers in alcohol serving settings and their negotiation for safe sex.
This study explored sexual relationship power of Female Bar Workers FBWs in safe sex negotiations as they interact in al The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics, risky sexual behaviour, alcohol use and transactional sex among female bar workers in Yaounde, Cameroon. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among a representative sample of female bar workers, recruited through a modified version of venue-based cluster sampling technique from May to June Logistic regression models were performed to identify the factors associated with transactional sex.
About Almost Of these, Semi-structured interviews were analyzed qualitatively to identify determinants of sexual risk behaviors. ART was not perceived as a barrier to safer sex and in some cases led to decreased high-risk behaviors.
Barriers to safer sex included economic pressure and sexual partnership types. Many women reported that negotiating condom use is more difficult in long-term partnerships. These women favored short-term partnerships to minimize risk through consistent condom use. For women living with HIV, concern about maintaining health and avoiding HIV superinfection was a strong motivator of protective behaviors. Incorporation of context-and serostatusspecific factors e. Two rapid ethnographic studies have found that commercial sex workers CSWs and other high-risk women in Tanzania have different categories of partners, ranging from single-time contacts to long and enduring relationships.
