PMID- 25559591
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150518
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 1944-7884 (Electronic)
IS  - 1525-4135 (Linking)
VI  - 68
IP  - 5
DP  - 2015 Apr 15
TI  - Female sexual partners of male people who inject drugs in vietnam have poor 
      knowledge of their male partners' HIV status.
PG  - 562-7
LID - 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000512 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Vietnam's HIV epidemic is concentrated among male people who inject 
      drugs (PWID), and their female sexual partners (SPs) may be at risk for 
      infection. HIV prevention interventions for SPs were implemented in Hanoi, Dien 
      Bien Province, and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), and data from linked surveys used to 
      evaluate these interventions offered an unusual opportunity to assess knowledge 
      of HIV status within couples. METHODS: Linked surveys (behavioral interviews and 
      HIV testing) among 200 PWID-SP couples in Hanoi, 300 in Dien Bien, and 249 in 
      HCMC. RESULTS: HIV prevalence among male PWID was 53% in Hanoi, 30% in Dien Bien, 
      and 46% in HCMC, and lower among their SPs: 44%, 10%, and 37%, respectively. 
      Comparison of SPs' beliefs regarding male PWID partners' HIV status with the 
      PWIDs' actual test results revealed that 32% of SPs in Dien Bien and 44% in Hanoi 
      and HCMC lacked correct knowledge of their male partners' status. This proportion 
      was slightly lower (21%-33%) among SPs whose PWID partners reported having been 
      previously tested and received HIV+ results. CONCLUSIONS: SP interventions 
      reached HIV-negative women in serodiscordant relationships, and some improvements 
      occurred in condom use and relationship characteristics. Nevertheless, our 
      findings suggest that at least 11,000 SPs in Vietnam may be at high risk for HIV 
      infection because of incorrect knowledge of their partners' HIV status. 
      Interventions should be strengthened in HIV testing, disclosure, and treatment, 
      as well as empowerment of SPs as individuals, within couples, and as communities.
FAU - Hammett, Theodore M
AU  - Hammett TM
AD  - *US Health Division, Abt Associates, Cambridge, MA; daggerAbt Associates, Bethesda, 
      MD; double daggerInternational Health Division, Abt Associates, Hanoi, Vietnam; and  section signCenter 
      for Supporting Community Development Initiatives, Hanoi, Vietnam.
FAU - Phan, Son
AU  - Phan S
FAU - Nguyen, Phong
AU  - Nguyen P
FAU - Kieu, Binh
AU  - Kieu B
FAU - Dang, Son
AU  - Dang S
FAU - Nguyen, Diu
AU  - Nguyen D
FAU - Kling, Ryan
AU  - Kling R
FAU - Hai Oanh, Khuat Thi
AU  - Hai Oanh KT
LA  - eng
GR  - GPO-I-00-05-00026-00/PEPFAR/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
JT  - Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
JID - 100892005
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - HIV Infections/*epidemiology
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - *Sexual Behavior
MH  - *Sexual Partners
MH  - Substance Abuse, Intravenous/*complications
MH  - Vietnam/epidemiology
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2015/01/07 06:00
MHDA- 2015/05/20 06:00
CRDT- 2015/01/07 06:00
PHST- 2015/01/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/01/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/05/20 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000512 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Apr 15;68(5):562-7. doi: 
      10.1097/QAI.0000000000000512.