Change in self-reported risk behaviours, experiences of violence, and use of HIV and other clinical services of men who have sex with men at endline survey, HIV self-test (HIVST) study in Kenya, 2020
Variable | N | Increased (N, %) | Remained the same (N, %) | Decreased (N, %) | |
Self-reported risk behaviours and experiences of violence | Change in number of male sexual partners per week | 1031 | 65 (6.1) | 530 (50.0) | 465 (43.9) |
Was there a change in your alcohol behaviour? | 1031 | 108 (10.2) | 530 (50.0) | 422 (39.8) | |
Did your drug use behaviour change? | 655 | 111 (16.4) | 377 (55.6) | 190 (28.0) | |
Experience violence from police/authorities | 948 | 114 (10.8) | 23 (2.2) | 838 (79.1) | |
Experience violence from intimate partners | 1029 | 34 (3.2) | 39 (3.7) | 985 (92.9) | |
Yes, same as before (N, %) | Yes, but more difficult (N, %) | No, could no longer get it (N, %) | |||
Use of HIV and other clinical services | Did you get PrEP? | 185 | 131 (70.1) | 16 (8.6) | 40 (21.4) |
Did you get your ARV? | 84 | 77 (91.7) | 6 (7.1) | 1 (1.2) | |
Were you able to get HIVST? | 511 | 333 (63.9) | 84 (16.1) | 104 (20.0) | |
Were you able to meet a peer educator? | 852 | 550 (64.6) | 233 (27.3) | 69 (8.1) | |
Were you able to visit a drop-in clinic? | 828 | 569 (68.7) | 225 (27.2) | 34 (4.1) |
ARV, antiretroviral; PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis.