Women's communication self-efficacy and expectations of primary male partners' cooperation in sexually transmitted infection treatment in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2016 Jan 13;16:28
Date
01/14/2016Pubmed ID
26758034Pubmed Central ID
PMC4710979DOI
10.1186/s12889-016-2690-0Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84953791509 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)Abstract
BACKGROUND: Effective control of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) depends on affected patients notifying their sexual partners, and partners following through with screening and treatment. Our study assessed high-risk-STI women's confidence in STI-diagnosis-related communications with their primary male partners in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and determined associated characteristics of the women and their partners.
METHODS: We employed convenience and snowball sampling in a clinic-based setting to recruit 126 women from August to October 2013. All data were obtained from women's self-report.
RESULTS: The proportions of participants who were "slightly confident" or "very confident" that they could disclose their STI positivity to partners, ask partners to have an STI examination or treatment, and give partners bacterial-STI medications were 70.3%, 62.1%, and 69.0%, respectively. The proportions who perceived that their partners would be "very likely" to have an STI examination and to take STI medications were 16.2% and 38.8%, respectively. Significantly lower self-efficacy was observed in women who had a lower education level, who had ever traded sex, or whose primary partners were not husbands or fiancés.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest potential for piloting STI-partner-targeted interventions. To be effective, these programs should improve women's self-efficacy and primary partners' cooperation with screening and treatment.
Author List
Tran LT, Bui TC, Markham CM, Swartz MD, Tran QM, Nyitray AG, Huynh TT, Hwang LYAuthor
Alan Nyitray PhD Associate Professor in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdolescentAdult
Communication
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disclosure
Female
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Middle Aged
Self Efficacy
Sex Workers
Sexual Partners
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Socioeconomic Factors
Vietnam
Young Adult
