Sexual behaviour patterns in South Africa and their association with the spread of HIV: insights from a mathematical model

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dc.date.accessioned 2009-10-22 en
dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-17T20:00:36Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-17T20:00:36Z
dc.date.issued 2015-08-25 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4627
dc.description.abstract This paper aims to quantify the effects of different types of sexual risk behaviour on the spread of HIV in South Africa. A mathematical model is developed to simulate changes in numbers of sexual partners, changes in marital status, changes in commercial sex activity, and changes in the frequency of unprotected sex over the life course. This is extended to allow for the transmission of HIV, and the model is fitted to South African HIV prevalence data and sexual behaviour data. Results suggest that concurrent partnerships and other non-spousal partnerships are major drivers of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa. en
dc.format.medium Print en
dc.subject HIV/AIDS en
dc.subject SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR en
dc.subject RISK BEHAVIOUR en
dc.title Sexual behaviour patterns in South Africa and their association with the spread of HIV: insights from a mathematical model en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.description.version Y en
dc.ProjectNumber N/A en
dc.Volume 21 en
dc.BudgetYear 2009/10 en
dc.ResearchGroup Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health en
dc.SourceTitle Demographic Research en
dc.ArchiveNumber 6044 en
dc.PageNumber 289-340 en
dc.outputnumber 4626 en
dc.bibliographictitle Johnson, L.F., Dorrington, R.E., Bradshaw, D., Pillay-Van Wyk, V. & Rehle, T.M. (2009) Sexual behaviour patterns in South Africa and their association with the spread of HIV: insights from a mathematical model. Demographic Research. 21:289-340. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4627 en
dc.publicationyear 2009 en
dc.contributor.author1 Johnson, L.F. en
dc.contributor.author2 Dorrington, R.E. en
dc.contributor.author3 Bradshaw, D. en
dc.contributor.author4 Pillay-Van Wyk, V. en
dc.contributor.author5 Rehle, T.M. en


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