Factors associated with the odds of sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing services awareness and lifetime STI testing uptake among refugee and displaced young women in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda (n=333)
| Indicators | Awareness of STI services | Lifetime STI testing | ||
| OR (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | |
| Sociodemographic factors | ||||
| Age | 1.29 (1.18 to 1.42)*** | 1.22 (1.10 to 1.36)*** | 1.19 (1.10 to 1.30)*** | 1.15 (1.03 to 1.28)* |
| Education (<secondary school=0) | 1.24 (0.800 to 1.92) | 1.52 (0.99 to 2.33) | ||
| Time in Uganda (years) (<1 year=0) | ||||
| 1–5 | 0.47 (0.18 to 1.30) | 1.20 (0.47 to 3.05) | 2.17 (0.72 to 6.50) | |
| >5 | 1.18 (0.75 to 1.86) | 2.23 (1.35 to 3.68) ** | 0.86 (0.27 to 2.78) | |
| Relationship status (single=0) | ||||
| Dating one partner/married | 1.96 (1.23 to 3.12)** | 1.05 (0.60 to 1.82) | 0.83 (0.40 to 1.75) | |
| Casual dating/multiple partners | 1.19 (0.57 to 2.51) | 1.38 (0.57 to 3.35) | 1.64 (0.79 to 3.35) | |
| Intrapersonal factor | ||||
| Lifetime multiple sexual partners (No=0) | 0.40 (0.27 to 0.59)*** | 1.27 (0.74 to 2.18) | 0.53 (0.35 to 0.82)** | 1.08 (0.57 to 2.02) |
| Interpersonal factors | ||||
| Condom use self-efficacy | 1.01 (0.98 to 1.04) | 1.03 (1.00 to 106)* | 1.03 (0.99 to 1.07) | |
| Lifetime forced sex (No=0) | 0.67 (0.42 to 1.07) | 0.50 (0.31 to 0.83)** | 1.41 (0.74 to 2.66) | |
| Community factors | ||||
| Sexual activity and pregnancy stigma | 0.62 (0.67 to 0.86)*** | 0.78 (0.66 to 0.92)** | 0.79 (0.71 to 0.89)*** | 0.81 (0.69 to 0.94)*** |
| Modern family planning and abortion stigma | 0.79 (0.69 to 0.90)*** | 0.95 (0.80 to 1.13) | 0.88 (0.78 to 0.99)* | 1.05 (0.86 to 1.28) |
| Food insecurity (No=0) | 0.81 (0.53 to 1.23) | 0.41 (0.24 to 0.71)*** | 0.33 (0.17 to 0.66)** | |
| Model fit indices | ||||
| N | 333 | 333 | 333 | 333 |
| Predicted correctly | 70.0 | 70.9 | ||
| Nagelkerke R square | 0.21 | 0.23 | ||
*p<0.050, **p<0.010, ***p<0.001.
aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; OR, unadjusted odds ratio; STI, sexually transmitted infection.