Document 0747
 DOCN  M9440747
 TI    Casual sexual experience abroad in patients attending an STD clinic and
       at high risk for HIV infection.
 DT    9404
 AU    Tveit KS; Nilsen A; Nyfors A; Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen,
       Norway.
 SO    Genitourin Med. 1994 Feb;70(1):12-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94131449
 AB    OBJECTIVE--To study possible import routes of HIV infection to Norway
       (by obtaining information on casual sexual contacts abroad from patients
       attending an STD clinic), and to assess their behavioural risk factors
       (such as alcohol intake, use of condom) for HIV infection. DESIGN AND
       SETTING--Patients visiting the clinic for sexually transmitted diseases
       (STD), April-June 1989, received a questionnaire. SUBJECTS--606
       consecutive persons of whom 599 agreed (98.8%) to participate. We
       grouped the patients in four categories. 1: Sex with a prostitute during
       the last 5 years, 2: Homosexuals/bisexuals, 3: prostitutes/intravenous
       drug abusers (IVDUs) and 4: Other heterosexuals. RESULTS--245 patients
       (41%) reported having a casual sex partner abroad (M: 182, F: 63),
       mainly in Europe, particularly in Spain, Denmark and Greece. Outside
       Europe such contacts were most frequently reported from USA, Brazil and
       Thailand. Among men who had had sex with a prostitute, 93.5% reported
       such sex abroad (homosexuals/bisexuals: 63.6%, prostitutes/IVDUs: 66.7%,
       other heterosexuals: 32.1%). Homosexual/bisexual men with casual
       partner(s) abroad used a condom more frequently than did others.
       CONCLUSION--245 of 599 persons reported casual sex abroad during
       1985-1989, and the different risk groups reported countries where most
       HIV infected persons belonged to their own risk group. We have reason to
       believe that alcohol intake increased the likelihood of casual sexual
       activity and decreased the use of condom. Norwegian travellers need more
       information on the risks of casual sex abroad, the use of condoms and
       the combination of alcohol intake and casual sex.
 DE    Alcohol Drinking  Condoms  Female  Human  HIV Infections/*TRANSMISSION
       Male  Norway  Prostitution  Risk Factors  *Sex Behavior  Sex Factors
       Sexual Partners  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  Travel  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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