Health Education Training Embedded in a Microfinance Platform Associated with Safer Sexual Behavior in Haitian Women.
AIDS Behav
; 23(9): 2375-2385, 2019 Sep.
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Sexual health education interventions have generally yielded modest impact, but may be more successful when integrated into programs designed to alleviate poverty and empower women. Between December 2017 and February 2018, we interviewed 304 Haitian female microfinance clients, 75 of whom had received health education training delivered within their regular meetings. Participants reported six key sexual health outcomes. We used log-binomial models to estimate the association between health education training and each outcome, and tested for interaction by age and literacy status. Women with health education training reported more condom use with unfaithful partners [PR (95% CI) 1.78 (1.04, 3.02)], more HIV testing [PR (95% CI) 1.56 (1.28, 1.90)], and fewer STI symptoms [PR (95% CI) 0.37 (0.19, 0.73)], compared to women with no training. Some of the associations were stronger among older women [e.g. HIV testing: PR (95% CI) 2.09 (1.49, 2.82)] and illiterate women [e.g. condom use: PR (95% CI) 3.46 (1.05, 11.38)]. These findings add to the growing body of evidence demonstrating the potential to use microfinance programs as platforms for health education delivery, and provide the first evidence for the association in Haiti.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Educação Sexual
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Parceiros Sexuais
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Infecções por HIV
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Educação em Saúde
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Autonomia Pessoal
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Financiamento Pessoal
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Promoção da Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Haiti
Idioma:
En
Revista:
AIDS Behav
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos