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Short-term Mobility and Increased Partnership Concurrency among Men in Zimbabwe
Authors:Susan Cassels  Lisa Manhart  Samuel M Jenness  Martina Morris
Institution:1. Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.; 2. Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.; 3. Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.; 4. Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.; Vanderbilt University, United States of America,
Abstract:

Background

Migration has long been understood as an underlying factor for HIV transmission, and sexual partner concurrency has been increasingly studied as an important component of HIV transmission dynamics. However, less work has examined the role of short-term mobility in sexual partner concurrency using a network approach. Short-term mobility may be a risk for HIV for the migrant’s partner as well either through the partner’s risk behaviors while the migrant is away, such as the partner having additional partners, or via exposure to the return migrant.

Methods

Using data from the 2010–11 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey, weighted generalized linear regression models were used to investigate the associations between short-term mobility and partnership concurrency at the individual and partnership levels.

Results

At the individual level, we find strong evidence of an association between short-term mobility and concurrency. Men who traveled were more likely to have concurrent partnerships compared to men who did not travel and the relationship was non-linear: each trip was associated with a 2% higher probability of concurrency, with a diminishing risk at 60 trips (p<0.001). At the partnership level, short-term mobility by the male only or both partners was associated with male concurrency. Couples in which the female only traveled exhibited less male concurrency.

Conclusions

Short-term mobility has the ability to impact population-level transmission dynamics by facilitating partnership concurrency and thus onward HIV transmission. Short-term migrants may be an important population to target for HIV testing, treatment, or social and behavioral interventions to prevent the spread of HIV.
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