Open AccessApplication of Integrated Behavioral Model (IBM) to measure intention to get early screening and treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) among HIV at- risk sub-populations in Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Wondwossen A. Alemayehu,
Jeanette Maritz,
Lizeth Roets
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
african health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1729-0503
pISSN - 1680-6905
DOI - 10.4314/ahs.v21i2.8
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , theory of planned behavior , behavior change , respondent , health belief model , condom , environmental health , men who have sex with men , family medicine , clinical psychology , public health , health education , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychiatry , control (management) , nursing , management , syphilis , pathology , political science , law , economics
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) increase the risk of contracting Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Hence, early screening and treatment of STIs as a behavioral practice will reduce the odds of HIV infection among at risk and vulnerable sub-populations. To that end, HIV prevention strategies need to design evidence-based interventions using behavioral models or theories to help at-risk individuals adopt early screening and treatment of STI as preventive health behavior. In this study, commercial sex workers were considered as HIV at-risk sub-populations.