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Health Promotion International Advance Access originally published online on January 3, 2007
Health Promotion International 2007 22(1):37-43; doi:10.1093/heapro/dal060
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Assessment of condom use among Bolivian truck drivers through the lens of social cognitive theory

William Sorensen1,, Peter B. Anderson2, Richard Speaker3 and José Enrique Vilches4

1 Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Texas at Tyler 2 School of Health and Human Services, Walden University 3 Department of Education, University of New Orleans 4 Recursos Humanos, Commetal S.A., Bolivia

Address for correspondence: William Sorensen Department of Health and Kinesiology University of Texas at Tyler 3900 University Blvd. Tyler Texas 75799 USA E-mail: william_sorensen{at}uttyler.edu


  Abstract

This study demonstrates that Bolivian long distance truck drivers are a high risk population of HIV infection and transmission, supporting other global studies involving truck drivers and their high risk. The aims of this investigation were to estimate the prevalence of high risk behaviors and to identify predictors of condom use in this population.

Analysis was completed on survey results from 246 male truckers (aged 18–67). About one in three of the truck drivers (30%) reported having had a sexually transmitted infection sometime in their past. More than half (56%) reported having sex with casual partners. Other risks involved unprotected anal sex. Age and two social cognitive constructs (outcome expectations and perceived social norms) predicted condom use from logistic regression analysis. The authors discuss the need for expanded HIV/sexually transmitted infection prevention programs that incorporate social cognitions.

Key words: truck drivers; Bolivia; condom use; social cognitive theory


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