Risky sexual practices and associated factors of ART attending HIV positive people: the case of public health facilities in Arba Minch town, South Ethiopia

Abstract

Though some HIV positive people avoid risky sexual practices after testing HIV sero-positive, but many continue to engage in risky sexual practices that may further transmit the virus, put them at risk of re-infection and contracting other STIs. With a majority of new infections occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa, there were approximately 35.3 [32.2–38.8] million people living with HIV in 2012 globally. Sixty nine per cent of all people living with HIV are living in this region. Objective: To determine the prevalence of risky sexual practices and associated factors among people living with HIV/AIDS who are on ART at public health facilities in Arba Minch town, South Ethiopia Methods: Institutional based cross-sectional quantitative study was undertaken among patients who are on ART from April to June 2017. Questionnairebased face- to -face interviews were used to collect data. SPSS software was used to perform descriptive and logistic regression analysis.