TITLE:
Degree of Male Mobility as a Risk Factor for HIV in High In-Migration Districts of Maharashtra, India
AUTHORS:
Dipak Suryawanshi, Bidhubhushan Mahapatra, Varun Sharma, K. Anil Kumar, Niranjan Saggurti, Shalini Bharat
KEYWORDS:
Male Mobility, Alcohol Use, Condom Use, Degree of Mobility, HIV, India
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of AIDS,
Vol.4 No.3,
September
22,
2014
ABSTRACT: Background: Mobile males
are vulnerable to HIV and are potential bridge for HIV transmission to their
sex partners, including spouses. To understand how mobility accentuates
vulnerability to HIV, we assessed the association of degree of male mobility
with paid sex, alcohol use and condom use at all places visited by migrants in
past two years. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was done among male migrant
workers [n = 2991] in five high in-migration districts of Maharashtra in India
during 2007-08. Results: Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed
that higher mobility [moving 3+ places in the past two years] was associated
with “sexual debut” in paid sex [3.7% Vs 6.9%, AOR = 1.70, p