Document 0786
 DOCN  M9610786
 TI    Sexual behaviour and HIV epidemiology: comparative analysis in France
       and Britain. The ACSF Group.
 DT    9601
 AU    Bajos N; Wadsworth J; Ducot B; Johnson AM; Le Pont F; Wellings K; Spira
       A; Field J; INSERM U292, Bicetre Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France.
 SO    AIDS. 1995 Jul;9(7):735-43. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96035237
 AB    OBJECTIVE: France and Britain have similar size populations, yet the
       incidence of AIDS is threefold higher in France. The objective of this
       study was to compare data from two surveys recently performed in the two
       countries, in order to determine whether differences in sexual and
       drug-use behaviour could explain the different epidemiological patterns.
       DESIGN: Cross-sectional random sample surveys of France and Britain.
       RESPONDENTS: In France, 20,055 persons aged 18-69 years and in Britain,
       18,876 persons aged 16-59 years were interviewed in 1990-1991. The
       following indicators were compared in the respondents aged 18-59 years:
       prevalence of homosexual experience and injecting drug use, number of
       sexual partners, prevalence of sexual practices, condom use and sex with
       prostitutes, age of sexual partners. RESULTS: Very similar results were
       found for the prevalence of male homosexual partnerships. Slightly
       higher numbers of lifetime partners were reported by French than British
       men, but no difference was found for recent periods. Anal intercourse
       and sex with prostitutes was more frequent among heterosexual French
       people than British people. Condom use was more systematic in Britain
       than in France. CONCLUSION: Only small differences were found between
       the two countries, although prevalence of risk indicators were higher in
       France. These differences combined with early development of prevention
       policies in Britain, together with the timing of virus introduction, may
       contribute to differences between the epidemics in the two countries.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION
       Adolescence  Adult  Comparative Study  Condoms  Female
       France/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Great Britain/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Homosexuality, Male
       Human  Male  Middle Age  Prostitution  *Sex Behavior  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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