ArticlePloS one2013
Short-term mobility and the risk of HIV infection among married couples in the fishing communities along Lake Victoria, Kenya.
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Self-Test Strategies and Linkage Incentives to Improve ART and PrEP Uptake in Men
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68 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 101 citations in OpenAlex.
- Towards universal voluntary HIV testing and counselling: a systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based approaches.PLoS medicine · 2013Pooled it
- Comparing PrEP adherence via objective and self-reported measures among fishermen working on Lake Victoria, Kenya.AIDS care · 2025Trial
- "There is no need to leave the beach to test": a qualitative study of HIV self-testing knowledge and acceptability of HIV self-test kit distribution among social networks of fishermen in Western Kenya.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Use of "Strengthening Our Vows" Video Intervention to Encourage Negotiated Explicit Sexual Agreements in Zambian Heterosexual HIV Seroconcordant-Negative Couples.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Trial
- Cohort profile: CareConekta: a pilot study of a smartphone application to improve engagement in postpartum HIV care in South Africa.BMJ open · 2022Trial
- High incidence of HIV-1 infection in a general population of fishing communities around Lake Victoria, Uganda.PloS one · 2014Trial
- Motivations for testing and linkage to HIV services following HIV self-testing among fishermen in Kenya: a qualitative analysis.AIDS care · 2026Article
- Geospatial mobility, non-local partners, concurrent sexual partnerships, and gender influence longitudinal STI prevalence in rural eastern Africa.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2026Article
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- Who is a mobile man 'at risk'? Masculinity, work-related mobility, and HIV-related risks in Uganda and South Africa.Journal of migration and health · 2026Article
- Metrics of Mobility by Sex are Associated with HIV Incidence in Rural Kenya and Uganda.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- HIV services for fisherfolk in Sierra Leone: A formative assessment of barriers, opportunities, and community preferences.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- Bridging Data Gaps: Predicting Sub-national Maternal Mortality Rates in Kenya Using Machine Learning Models.Cureus · 2024Article
- Enhanced Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Implementation for Ugandan Fisherfolk: Pilot Intervention Outcomes.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Recommendations for Improving Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Implementation and Social Marketing in Ugandan Fisherfolk Communities: A Qualitative Exploration.Community health equity research & policy · 2024Article
- Finding women in fishing communities around Lake Victoria: "Feasibility and acceptability of using phones and tracking devices".PloS one · 2024Article
- Methods for measuring short-term geographical mobility used in infectious disease research: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Factors affecting condom use among fishers in Elmina fishing community in Ghana.Journal of public health research · 2023Article
- Mobility is Associated with Higher-risk Sexual Partnerships Among Both Men and Women in Co-resident Couples in Rural Kenya and Uganda: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveMobility has long been associated with high HIV prevalence. We sought to assess sex differences in the relationship between mobility and risk for HIV infection among married couples in the fishing communities.
methodsWe conducted 1090 gender-matched interviews and rapid HIV testing with 545 couples proportionally representing all the different sizes of the fish-landing beaches in Kisumu County. We contacted a random sample of fishermen as our index participants and asked them to enroll in the study together with their spouses. The consenting couples were separated into different private rooms for concurrent interviews and thereafter reunited for couple rapid HIV counselling and testing. In addition to socio-economic and behavioural data, we collected information on overnight travels and divided couples in 4 groups as follows both partners not mobile, both partners mobile, only woman mobile, and only man mobile. Other than descriptive statistics, we used X(2) and U tests to compare groups of variables and multivariate logistic regression to measure association between mobility and HIV infection.
resultsWe found significant differences in the number of trips women travelled in the preceding month (mean 4.6, SD 7.1) compared to men (mean 3.3, SD 4.9; p<0.01) and when the women did travel, they were more likely to spend more days away from home than their male partners (mean 5.2 [SD 7.2] versus 3.4 SD 5.6; p = 0.01). With an HIV prevalence of 22.7% in women compared to 20.9% among men, mobile women who had non-mobile spouses had 2.1 times the likelihood of HIV infection compared to individuals in couples where both partners were non-mobile.
conclusionThe mobility of fishermen's spouses is associated with HIV infection that is not evident among fishermen themselves. Therefore, interventions in this community could be a combination of sex-specific programming that targets women and combined programming for couples.
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