1. Universal Access – Collaborative Approaches in HIV Prevention & CommunicationJuly 2010
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3. One Year Transitional National Strategic Plan 2010 – 2011 Behaviour Change Psycho-Social Factors Behaviour Change Communication Increase the Availability, Accessibility of Condoms
5. Highlighting the Gaps – Summary of KAPB Findings Behaviour Change - Perceptions of Risk How Serious is the HIV Problem Crisis 26.8% Very Serious 63.7% Chances of Catching HIV No Chance 40% Little Chance 46.4%
6. Highlighting the Gaps – Interesting Observations Behaviour Change – Why do you have no chance of contracting HIV Condoms – People of which faith indicated? – Use condoms all the time Abstinence – In which town did the majority indicate - no sexual activity
8. Highlighting the Gaps – MSM MSM – What does the KAPB Say about MSM? Only 6 (0.78%) of the males admitted to having sexual intercourse with a male partner in the last 6 months. Two admitted using condoms with their last male partners and 2 reported using condoms almost every time over the last 6 months. Two males admitted receptive anal sex in the last 2 months
9. Highlighting the Gaps – MSM MSM – What does Lee Say about MSM? Prevalence – 20% Knowledge is high Behaviour – Younger men exhibit behaviours that reduce HIV Transmission. High Risk Sub Groups
11. Highlighting the Gaps – KAPB and Sex Work CSW – What does the KAPB Say about Sex Work? 4.7% admitted sex with commercial partner 14% did not respond – 60% female Condom use was extremely low
13. KAPB Behaviour Was a condom used the first time you had sex – 44.3% - similar between M & F 15-24 62.2% 25-49 38.9% Sexual Debut Older Partner F 87.1% M 39.9% F 15-19 partner 10+ years 85% F 15-24 partner 10+ years 91%
14. KAPB Behaviour Regular Partners – use of condom M 35.1% F 30.7% overall 32.6% Condom every time – M14.2% F10.7% Overall 12.2% Why not use a condom – monogamous relationship 24.3%, trust 21.5% Non Regular partners – 14.5% use condom every time (81.8% have no non regular partner) 53.8% non respondent
15. Recommendations Address perception of risk especially younger population Segment IEC material to the characteristics of the target group Cannot assume the population is heterosexual Sex Workers reporting low condom use Extent of sex work
The purpose of the transitional NSP is to cover the 1 year between the current NSP expiring which is Sept 2010 and the new coming on line. Many of you have been involved in the development of the NSP, the first initial drafts of the NSP have arrived only in the last week.The KAPB was a research undertaken by the University of the West Indies, sponsored by the NACC to collect information on the knowledge, attitudes, practices and beliefs of a representative sample of the population between 15-49 years.The report is dated June 2007