Actions of female sex workers who experience male condom failure during penetrative sexual encounters with clients in Cape Town: Implications for HIV prevention strategies
| dc.contributor.author | Mukumbang, Ferdinand C. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-27T07:43:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-09-27T07:43:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Condom failure has always been found to coexist with condom usage, especially among sex workers. OBJECTIVE: To describe the actions of female sex workers when they are faced with situations of condom failure. METHODS: Using the survey design, the participants were selected through the snowball sampling method. Their responses were obtained using a structured questionnaire. A total of 100 questionnaires were analysed. RESULTS: With respect to the immediate actions of sex workers after condom failure, 36% of the respondents continued with the sexual encounter after noticing that the condom was broken. Another 36% stopped immediately when they noticed that the condom had failed, but replaced the condom; 13% of the participants stopped the sexual encounter completely; 3% applied vaginal spermicidal foam; and 5% of the respondents stopped immediately and took a douche when they had the chance. For the actions within the next 24 hours of experiencing condom failure with a client, 53% of the participants did nothing; 4% sought counsel from a professional; 3% of the respondents took alcohol or drugs to forget the incident, 25% went to the clinic for assistance and 8% offered other responses. CONCLUSION: While continuing the sexual encounter without replacing the condom, taking alcohol and drugs or doing nothing could increase the risk of contracting HIV; however, actions like stopping the sexual encounter completely and visiting a clinic or a professional could make a difference between staying HIV negative or seroconverting. There is a need for targeted intervention to address issues of inappropriate behaviours after experiencing condom failure. | en_US |
| dc.description.accreditation | ISI | |
| dc.description.accreditation | Scielo | |
| dc.description.accreditation | Scopus | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mukumbang, F.C. (2017). Actions of female sex workers who experience male condom failure during penetrative sexual encounters with clients in Cape Town: Implications for HIV prevention strategies. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 18(1): a698 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1608-9693 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ sajhivmed.v18i1.698 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/3208 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.privacy.showsubmitter | FALSE | |
| dc.publisher | AOSIS | en_US |
| dc.rights | © 2017. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. | |
| dc.status.ispeerreviewed | TRUE | |
| dc.subject | HIV prevention | en_US |
| dc.subject | Female sex workers | en_US |
| dc.subject | Penetrative sex | en_US |
| dc.subject | Condom failure | en_US |
| dc.title | Actions of female sex workers who experience male condom failure during penetrative sexual encounters with clients in Cape Town: Implications for HIV prevention strategies | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |