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• TITLE: Degree of Male Mobility as a Risk Factor for HIV in High In-Migration Districts of Maharashtra, India

  AUTHORS: Dipak Suryawanshi, Bidhubhushan Mahapatra, Varun Sharma, K. Anil Kumar, Niranjan Saggurti, Shalini Bharat

  KEYWORDS: Male Mobility, Alcohol Use, Condom Use, Degree of Mobility, HIV, India

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of AIDS, Vol.4 No.3, September 22, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Background: Mobile males are vulnerable to HIV and are potential bridge for HIV transmission to their sex partners, including spouses. To understand how mobility accentuates vulnerability to HIV, we assessed the association of degree of male mobility with paid sex, alcohol use and condom use at all places visited by migrants in past two years. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was done among male migrant workers [n = 2991] in five high in-migration districts of Maharashtra in India during 2007-08. Results: Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that higher mobility [moving 3+ places in the past two years] was associated with “sexual debut” in paid sex [3.7% Vs 6.9%, AOR = 1.70, p