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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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Anxiety and depression strongly associated with sexual risk behaviors among networks of young men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Pages 252-258 | Received 28 Nov 2015, Accepted 30 Jun 2016, Published online: 28 Jul 2016
 

ABSTRACT

This study tested the association between mental health scores and sexual risk behaviors among male members of social groups known as “camps” in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Anxiety and depression were measured using the HSCL-25 and condom use and sexual partner concurrency were assessed through self-report. A total of 1113 sexually active men with an average age of 27 years were included in the analyses. Higher anxiety and depression scores were significantly associated with both condom use (Anxiety AOR = 0.58, 95% CI: 0.44, 0.77; Depression AOR = 0.60, 95% CI: 0.47, 0.77) and concurrency (Anxiety AOR = 2.32, 95% CI: 1.73, 3.12; Depression AOR = 2.08, 95% CI: 1.60, 2.70). The results of this study provide information salient to the development of effective HIV prevention interventions targeting populations with high burdens of anxiety and depression. The feasibility and effect of integrating mental health promotion activities into HIV prevention interventions should be explored.

Acknowledgements

This publication resulted (in part) from research supported by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This research was made possible by funding from The National Institute of Mental Health [grant number 1R01MH098690-01].

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