Genital hygiene practices of fishermen targeted for a topical microbicide intervention against sexually transmitted infections in Kisumu, Kenya

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 435-440

  Kwena, Z A ^a   Bukusi, E A ^a,b   Gorbach, P ^c   Sharma, A ^b   Sang, N M ^a   Holmes, K K ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fishermen; Infection prevention; Lake victoria; Personal hygiene; Practices; STIs

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; LAKE WATER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DRUG USE; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FISHERMAN; GENITAL HYGIENE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; LAZINESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77954894233     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2010.010103     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Durando P, Icardi G, Ansaldi F, et al. Surveillance of hospital-acquired infections in Liguria, Italy: results from a regional prevalence study in adult and paediatric acute-care hospitals. J Hosp Infect 2009;71:81-7
2. Harrington G, Watson K, Bailey M, et al. Reduction in hospitalwide incidence of infection or colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with use of antimicrobial hand-hygiene gel and statistical process control charts. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007;28:837-44 (Pubitemid 47055924)
3. Johnson PD, Martin R, Burrell LJ, et al. Efficacy of an alcohol/chlorhexidine hand hygiene program in a hospital with high rates of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. Med J Aust 2005;183:509-14 (Pubitemid 41723325)
4. Curtale F, Pezzotti P, Sharbini AL, et al. Knowledge, perceptions and behaviour of mothers toward intestinal helminths in Upper Egypt: implications for control. Health Policy Plan 1998;13:423-32 (Pubitemid 29043454)
5. Bayo S, Bosch FX, de Sanjose S, et al. Risk factors of invasive cervical cancer in Mali. Int J Epidemiol 2002;31:202-9 (Pubitemid 34284928)
6. Franco EL, Campos FN, Villa LL, et al. Correlation patterns of cancer relative frequencies with some socioeconomic and demographic indicators in Brazil: an ecologic study. Int J Cancer 1988;41:24-9
7. Brinton LA, Reeves WC, Brenes MM, et al. The male factor in the etiology of cervical cancer among sexually monogamous women. Int J Cancer 1989;44:199-203
8. Brinton LA, Li JY, Rong SD, et al. Risk factors for penile cancer: results from a case-control study in China. Int J Cancer 1991;47:504-9
9. Rotkin ID. Adolescent coitus and cervical cancer: associations of related events with increased risk. Cancer Res 1967;27:603-17
10. O'Farrell N, Morison L, Moodley P, et al. Association between HIV and subpreputial penile wetness in uncircumcised men in South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2006;43:69-77 (Pubitemid 44306491)
11. Greenburg JH. Venereal disease in the armed forces. Med Clin N Am 1972;56:1087-99
12. Diseker RA, Peterman TA, Kamb ML, et al. Circumcision and STD in the United States: cross sectional and cohort analyses. Sex Transm Infect 2000;76:474-9
13. Weiss HA, Thomas SL, Munabi SK, et al. Male circumcision and risk of syphilis, chancroid and genital herpes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sex Transm Infect 2006;82:101-9
14. O'Farrell N, Quigley M, Fox P. Association between the intact foreskin and inferior standards of male genital hygiene behaviour: a cross-sectional study. Int J STD AIDS 2005;16:556-9 (Pubitemid 41192308)
15. Thorne S. Analysis in qualitative research. Evid Based Nurs 2000;3:68-70
16. Hewitt-Taylor J. Use of constant comparative analysis in qualitative research. Nurs Stand 2001;15:39-42
17. Steele MS, Bukusi E, Cohen CR, et al. Male genital hygiene beliefs and practices in Nairobi, Kenya. Sex Transm Infect 2004;80:471-6 (Pubitemid 39627250)
18. Oyemade A, Omokhodion FO, Olawuyi JF, et al. Environmental and personal hygiene practices: risk factors for diarrhoea among children of Nigerian market women. Diarrhoeal Dis Res 1998;16:241-7
19. Gilman RH, Marquis GS, Ventura G, et al. Water cost and availability: Key determinants of family hygiene in a Peruvian shantytown. Am J Public Health 1993;83:1554-8 (Pubitemid 23320038)
20. O'Farrell N. Soap and water prophylaxis for limiting genital ulcer disease and HIV-1 infection in men in sub-Saharan Africa. Genitourin Med 1993;69:297-300 (Pubitemid 23244023)
21. Makumbi FE, Gray RH, Wawer M, et al. Male post-coital penile cleansing and the risk of HIV-acquisition in uncircumised men, Rakai District, Uganda. In: 4th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. Sydney Australia, WEAC1LB
22. Meier AS, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, et al. Independent association of hygiene, socioeconomic status, and circumcision with reduced risk of HIV infection among Kenyan men. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2006;43:117-18
23. Helitzer-Allen DL, Makhambera M, Wangler AM. Obtaining sensitive information: the need for more than focus groups. Reprod Health Matters 1994;3:75-82