Sexual risk behaviors, mental health outcomes and attitudes supportive of wife-beating associated with childhood transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women: Findings from the Uganda Violence Against Children Survey.

Compared to young men, Ugandan young women are disproportionately impacted by HIV. Childhood transactional sex may contribute to this disparity. Using data from the 2015 Uganda Violence Against Children Survey, we used logistic regression models to assess the association between childhood transactio...

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Autores principales:	Laura Chiang, Ashleigh Howard, Kirsten Stoebenau, Greta M Massetti, Rose Apondi, Jennifer Hegle, Mondo Kyatekka, Caroline Stamatakis, Lydia Wasula, George Aluzimbi
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:83f63e59a75b42e8b011ed38978f7b282021-11-25T06:19:26ZSexual risk behaviors, mental health outcomes and attitudes supportive of wife-beating associated with childhood transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women: Findings from the Uganda Violence Against Children Survey.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0249064https://doaj.org/article/83f63e59a75b42e8b011ed38978f7b282021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249064https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Compared to young men, Ugandan young women are disproportionately impacted by HIV. Childhood transactional sex may contribute to this disparity. Using data from the 2015 Uganda Violence Against Children Survey, we used logistic regression models to assess the association between childhood transactional sex and negative outcomes. Among 18-24-year-old young women who had sex prior to 18 (n = 982), those who ever engaged in transactional sex had 5.9 times [adjusted odds ratio (AOR); confidence interval (CI): 1.6-22.2] higher odds of having multiple sexual partners in the past year; 5.2 times (AOR; CI: 2.1-12.9) higher odds of infrequent condom use in the past year; 3.0 times (AOR; CI: 1.2-7.9) higher odds of hurting themselves intentionally; and 3.2 times (AOR; CI: 1.3-7.7) higher odds of having attitudes justifying spousal abuse than young women who never engaged in transactional sex. Interventions for transactional sex and HIV in Uganda should consider prioritizing prevention, harm-reduction and continued investment in adolescent girls' and young women's futures.Laura ChiangAshleigh HowardKirsten StoebenauGreta M MassettiRose ApondiJennifer HegleMondo KyatekkaCaroline StamatakisLydia WasulaGeorge AluzimbiPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 3, p e0249064 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Laura Chiang Ashleigh Howard Kirsten Stoebenau Greta M Massetti Rose Apondi Jennifer Hegle Mondo Kyatekka Caroline Stamatakis Lydia Wasula George Aluzimbi Sexual risk behaviors, mental health outcomes and attitudes supportive of wife-beating associated with childhood transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women: Findings from the Uganda Violence Against Children Survey.
description	Compared to young men, Ugandan young women are disproportionately impacted by HIV. Childhood transactional sex may contribute to this disparity. Using data from the 2015 Uganda Violence Against Children Survey, we used logistic regression models to assess the association between childhood transactional sex and negative outcomes. Among 18-24-year-old young women who had sex prior to 18 (n = 982), those who ever engaged in transactional sex had 5.9 times [adjusted odds ratio (AOR); confidence interval (CI): 1.6-22.2] higher odds of having multiple sexual partners in the past year; 5.2 times (AOR; CI: 2.1-12.9) higher odds of infrequent condom use in the past year; 3.0 times (AOR; CI: 1.2-7.9) higher odds of hurting themselves intentionally; and 3.2 times (AOR; CI: 1.3-7.7) higher odds of having attitudes justifying spousal abuse than young women who never engaged in transactional sex. Interventions for transactional sex and HIV in Uganda should consider prioritizing prevention, harm-reduction and continued investment in adolescent girls' and young women's futures.
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author	Laura Chiang Ashleigh Howard Kirsten Stoebenau Greta M Massetti Rose Apondi Jennifer Hegle Mondo Kyatekka Caroline Stamatakis Lydia Wasula George Aluzimbi
author_facet	Laura Chiang Ashleigh Howard Kirsten Stoebenau Greta M Massetti Rose Apondi Jennifer Hegle Mondo Kyatekka Caroline Stamatakis Lydia Wasula George Aluzimbi
author_sort	Laura Chiang
title	Sexual risk behaviors, mental health outcomes and attitudes supportive of wife-beating associated with childhood transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women: Findings from the Uganda Violence Against Children Survey.
title_short	Sexual risk behaviors, mental health outcomes and attitudes supportive of wife-beating associated with childhood transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women: Findings from the Uganda Violence Against Children Survey.
title_full	Sexual risk behaviors, mental health outcomes and attitudes supportive of wife-beating associated with childhood transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women: Findings from the Uganda Violence Against Children Survey.
title_fullStr	Sexual risk behaviors, mental health outcomes and attitudes supportive of wife-beating associated with childhood transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women: Findings from the Uganda Violence Against Children Survey.
title_full_unstemmed	Sexual risk behaviors, mental health outcomes and attitudes supportive of wife-beating associated with childhood transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women: Findings from the Uganda Violence Against Children Survey.
title_sort	sexual risk behaviors, mental health outcomes and attitudes supportive of wife-beating associated with childhood transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women: findings from the uganda violence against children survey.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/83f63e59a75b42e8b011ed38978f7b28
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Sexual risk behaviors, mental health outcomes and attitudes supportive of wife-beating associated with childhood transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women: Findings from the Uganda Violence Against Children Survey.

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