Prevention of HIV and other STIs in rural Senegal: a study of prevention-related events collected by sentinel observers

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Sexual Relations in the Rural Area of Mlomp (Casamance, Senegal)

Basé sur une conférence tenue à Sonderborg, Danemark du 19 au 22 novembre 1990, organisée par l'International Union for the Scientific Study of Population

Chapitre 14. Veuvage et lévirat : une étude de cas à Mlomp (Sénégal)

Partout dans le monde, le veuvage met les femmes dans des situations de grandes difficultés économiques, en particulier lorsqu’elles ont des enfants à charge. Ceci est particulièrement vrai en Afrique subsaharienne, où le statut de la femme, déjà précaire lorsqu’elle est mariée, l’est encore davantage lorsqu’elle est veuve. Au-delà de nouvelles difficultés dans sa vie quotidienne, la période de veuvage est souvent marquée par des rites extrêmement vexatoires, censés rompre le lien avec son ma..

Veuvage et lévirat : une étude de cas à Mlomp (Sénégal)

Contribution au colloque organisé en juillet 2001 à Abidjan (Côte d'ivoire) par l'Institut national d'études démographiques (INED), l'Ecole nationale de statistique et d'économie appliquée (ENSEA) et l'Union pour l'étude de la population africaine (UEPA

Reliability of Reports of Sexual Behavior: A Study of Married Couples in Rural West Africa

A heterosexual partners survey in rural Senegal, Africa, was carried out in 1992 to evaluate the reliability of self-reported answers about sexual practices. The authors followed 62 married couples weekly during a 5-week period to assess the level of agreement 1) between answers made by members of the same couple but collected separately, 2) between retrospective reporting of sexual activity during the last 4 weeks versus weekly reporting of sexual activity during 4 weeks, and 3) between answers to a set of identical retrospective questions asked 5 weeks apart. Reports over recent and short periods of time such as 7 days are reliable: The dates of sexual acts with spouse reported during the weekly interviews were concordant between members of a couple at 0-day or 1-day intervals in 72% of cases. The concordance of weeks reported with or without intercourse was also high. Reports over longer periods of time are less reliable: The comparison of retrospective reports versus weekly reports regarding mean number of sexual acts during the last 4 weeks shows a clear overreporting that was higher among men (4.5 vs. 2.7 sexual acts) than among women (3.7 vs. 2.7)

Anthropologie épidémiologique : la dimension médicale de l’écologie humaine

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Improvement in AIDS Knowledge, Perceptions and Risk Behaviours over a Short Period in a Rural Community of Senegal

The objective of this paper is to assess knowledge, perceptions and behavioural changes in response to AIDS in a rural community in the south of Senegal, comparing 2 cross-sectional surveys using standardized questionnaires and performed in 1990-1992 and 1994. An AIDS-related knowledge score was built using 4 questions about routes of HIV transmission, ranging from 0 to 4. The score increased between the 2 surveys from 1.6 to 2.1 for men ( P =0.006) and from 0.8 to 2.6 < for women ( P 10 4). The proportion of those who responded 'I don't know' to the 4 questions dealing with routes of AIDS transmission decreased from 24% to 14% on the average for men and from 66% to 20% on the average for women. The proportion of men who declared casual sex partners in the past 12 months decreased from 39% to 21% ( P =0.01). However, the proportion remained stable for women (from 15% to 18%). These results show that despite a relatively low level of HIV infection (0.8% of all adults), AIDS-related knowledge increased and at-risk behaviour decreased in a rural area of west Africa