To inform efforts to curb HIV in Botswana, we describe sexual concurrency and related norms and behaviors among a sample of 807 Batswana age 15-49 years who participated in a 2003 population-based survey. Of 546 sexually active respondents, 23% reported ever having a concurrent sexual partnership with any of the last three partners from the last 12 months. Multivariate analysis found that men and youth (age <25 years), and non-religious people were more likely than their respective counterparts to report concurrency. Respondents reporting concurrency were more likely than those not, to have norms that support multiple partnerships and report low self-efficacy to be faithful to one partner. However, a majority of both groups reported believing that fidelity is important and that they would be looked down upon by family and friends if discovered to have multiple partnerships. The findings suggest that concurrency in Botswana is not uncommon, and yet may not be generally acceptable.
Objective. To provide a baseline perspective on the prevalence of Salvadoran men's atten-
ABSTRACTIn recent years the role that men play in reproductive health outcomes and in maternal and child health issues has drawn increased interest. The heightened interest in both men's own reproductive health and their participation in areas traditionally considered women's responsibility is the result of various factors. These include men's role in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the wider acceptance of more complex notions of gender that highlight how relationships between men and women underpin many aspects of sexual and reproductive health (1). These and other developments have brought men's reproductive role into sharper focus and prompted efforts to better understand male reproductive health needs and "male involvement" in women's reproductive health.To date, most of these efforts have centered on sexual and reproductive health issues such as condom use, multiple sex partners, and decisionmaking about family planning (2, 3). A smaller but growing area of interest is men's role in maternal and child health issues (4, 5), including their role in health care decisions and their re-
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Investigación original / Original researchCarter MW, Speizer I. Salvadoran fathers' attendance at prenatal care, delivery, and postpartum care.
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