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| Title |
Correlation between knowledge on transmission and prevention of HIV/STI and proficiency in condom use among male migrants from Africa and Middle East evaluated by a Condom Use Skills score using a wooden penile model
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, June 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-017-2520-1 |
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| Authors |
Fabio Zoboli, Domenico Martinelli, Mariantonietta Di Stefano, Massimo Fasano, Rosa Prato, Teresa Antonia Santantonio, Jose’ Ramòn Fiore |
| Abstract |
Migrants in Italy are prevalently young adults, with a higher risk of sexual transmitted infections (STI) and HIV infection. Promoting consistent as well as correct use of condoms could reduce failure rate due to their improper use. The aim of our study was to evaluate Condom Use Skills among a migrant population recently landed in Italy, hosted in a government center for asylum seekers. The study sample was composed of 80 male migrants. Sanitary trained interviewers submitted a questionnaire to participants to investigate age, provenience, marital status, educational level and knowledge about transmission and prevention of HIV/STI. Then, we assessed participants' level of condom use skill with the Condom Use Skills (CUS) measure by using a wooden penile model. The interviewer filled in a checklist and assigned 1 point for correct demonstration of each behavior that may prevent condom failure during sex. Participants' median age was 26 years and the sample was composed of 54 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and 26 from Middle East. Most of them were married, with a lower middle level of education, up to 8 or 5 years. Half of the sample achieved the highest score in the questionnaire and our CUS showed a large number of people with middle high score classes. The Spearman's rho was 0.30, therefore answers to the questionnaire and CUS score appeared correlated (p < 0.05). In the multivariate model, to have a higher CUS score resulted to be associated to be older than 26 years (p < 0.05), with a higher level of education (p = 0.001), and a higher score in the questionnaire (p < 0.05). There were no significant differences in the level of CUS between single or married men and between African and Middle Asian migrants of the sample. Our study shows that educational level influences the quality of knowledge and awareness about STI/AIDS and contribute to correct condom use. Since the half of participants had a low educational level and linguistic problems, the risk of missing campaigns messages or misunderstanding informative materials increases. Direct observation of condom-application on penile model may offer realistic assessment of application skills in these individuals. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Australia | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 128 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 13% |
| Unspecified | 15 | 12% |
| Other | 11 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 22 | 17% |
| Unknown | 40 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 26 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 20% |
| Unspecified | 15 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Psychology | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 14 | 11% |
| Unknown | 40 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 October 2017.
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#13,879,230
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Outputs from BMC Research Notes
#1,806
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#166,740
of 316,590 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Research Notes
#38
of 111 outputs
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