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Health Risks in Same-Sex Attracted Ugandan University Students: Evidence from Two
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Agardh A
; Ross M
; Östergren PO
; Larsson M
; Tumwine G
; Månsson SA
; Simpson JA
; Patton G
PLoS One
2016[]; 11
(3
): e0150627
PMID26982494
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Widespread discrimination across much of sub-Saharan Africa against persons with
same-sex sexuality, including recent attempts in Uganda to extend criminal
sanctions against same-sex behavior, are likely to have profound effects on this
group's health, health care access, and well-being. Yet knowledge of the
prevalence of same-sex sexuality in this region is scarce. This study aimed to
systematically examine prevalence of same-sex sexuality and related health risks
in young Ugandan adults. We conducted two cross-sectional survey studies in
south-western Uganda targeting student samples (n = 980, n = 1954) representing
80% and 72% of the entire undergraduate classes attending a university in 2005
and 2010, respectively. A questionnaire assessed items concerning same-sex
sexuality (same-sex attraction/fantasies, same-sex sexual relations), mental
health, substance use, experience of violence, risky sexual behavior, and sexual
health counseling needs. Our findings showed that same-sex sexual
attraction/fantasies and behavior were common among male and female students,
with 10-25% reporting having sexual attraction/fantasies regarding persons of the
same-sex, and 6-16% reporting same-sex sexual relations. Experiences of same-sex
sexuality were associated with health risks, e.g. poor mental health (2010, AOR =
1.5; 95% CI: 1.0-2.3), sexual coercion (2010, AOR 2.9; CI: 1.9-4.6), and unmet
sexual health counseling needs (2010, AOR 2.2; CI: 1.4-3.3). This first study of
young adults in Uganda with same-sex sexuality found high levels of health needs
but poor access to health care. Effective response is likely to require major
shifts in current policy, efforts to reduce stigmatization, and reorientation of
health services to better meet the needs of this vulnerable group of young
people.