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Condom use trends in a rural district of Uganda, 1989-1992.

Int Conf AIDS. 1993 Jun 6-11;9(1):104 (abstract no. WS-D01-4). Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/93333245
Konde-Lule JK; Musgrave S; Kigongo D; Sewankambo N; Serwadda D; Wawer MJ; Makerere Univ.

Abstract: OBJECTIVES. To evaluate the impact of health education on the frequency of condom use in a high HIV prevalence rural Ugandan district. METHODS. In 1988 the Rakai Project established a community based general population cohort to study the dynamics of HIV infection and to evaluate the effect of health education in the district. Four annual KAP surveys have been conducted in 1989, '90, '91 and '92. RESULTS. During the 1989 survey, the rate of self reported condom use (ever), among adults 15-50 years was 1.8% (24/1358). The rate was 3.2% among males and 0.92% among females. In 1990 the rate of condom use was 6.3% (204/3249), being 9.4% in males and 3.7% in females. During the third survey of 1991 overall condom use was 6.2% (235/3798), being 10.4% in males and 2.9% in females. In the 1992 survey, the rate of condom use was 6.4% (271/4267). It was 10.1% (190/1879) in males and 3.4% (81/2388) in females (p < .001). Condom use was the same by religion, but higher for those with more than 7 years education p < .0001). Highest condom use rates were among 15-24 yr. olds in '89 but 20-34 yrs in '92. CONCLUSIONS. The rate of reported condom use increased 3.5 times between 1989 and 1990 but has remained fairly constant after that despite a sustained condom campaign.
Keywords: *Condoms *Health Education *HIV Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY *Rural Population *Sex EducationKWDcondomsKWDhealtheducationKWDhivinfections/epidemiologyKWDruralpopulationKWDsexeducation
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