Journal of HIV & Retro Virus Open Access

Sexual behaviors related to HIV infection in Yi women of child bearing age in rural areas of Southwest China

2^nd International Conference on Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Infections and AIDS

October17-18, 2018 Las Vegas, USA

Rong Pei, Shujuan Yang, Chunnong Ji-ke, Lei Nan, Yuling Huang, Gang Yu, Qiang Liao, Yihui Yang, Xu Li, Xiangpin Du, Ju Wang, Ke Wang, Danping Liu and Shaoyu Fan

Sichuan University, China Liangshan Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China Pidu District Center for Disease Prevention and Control, China Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China Health and Family Planning Commission of Sichuan Province, China

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J HIV Retrovirus

Abstract:

Background & Aim: Liangshan Prefecture, the highest Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) affected epidemic region in China, has more than 2.5 million Yi people. The epidemic trend of HIV has gradually changed; sex transmission is the main reason of HIV infection in Liangshan Prefecture now. We firstly investigated the sexual behaviors and their related social determinants of health for HIV infection in Yi women of childbearing age in this area. Methods: A face-to-face interview was performed for included respondents who were randomly selected from four counties (Butuo, Zaojue, Yuexi and Meigu) with high HIV infection rates in Liangshan Prefecture. Before interview, each subject was asked to provide 3-5 ml of venous blood for HIV testing. SPSS21.0 was used for data analysis and Mplus 7 for modeling variables. Results: A total of 800 Yi women of childbearing age were enrolled and the prevalence of HIV was 9.88% (79/800). The average age of the respondents was 29.54. 79.88% of the respondents were married and 70.75% of them were illiteracy. Path analysis of the risk factors revealed that casual sex (0.152) and number of sex partners (0.152) were directly associated with HIV infection. Furthermore, education level (0.057), out-migrating for work (0.032), sense of self-worth (0.024) and number of sex partners (0.079) were indirect related to HIV infection and mediated by casual sex and multiple sexual partners. Conclusion: The epidemic of HIV infection among Yi women of childbearing age in Lianshan Prefecture is serious and casual sex and multiple sexual partners are strongly associated with HIV infection.

Biography :

Rong Pei is a research student in Sichuan University and has her expertise in prevention and control of HIV, especially in ethnic areas in China. She has been engaged in the research of HIV for a long time and has conducted surveys in poverty-stricken ethnic areas for many times.

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