Abstract

A survey was carried out among plantation workers in the Southwest Region of Cameroon to assess condom use as well as its association with workers’ personal characteristics. Questionnaire/structured interview schedule was used to collect data by random sampling technique. Focus group discussion was also employed. 354 respondents were used for the study. Majority of the respondents (63% in CDC, 63% in Pamol and 80% in the private plantations) indicated non-consistency in condom use during sexual intercourse in the last 12 months. The odds of married respondents not using condom each time they had sex was significantly higher than that of once married respondents (OR=11.24; p≤0.05). The odds of hourly rated respondents not using condom consistently was higher (OR=2.40, p≤0.05) than the odds of supervisory category. Policy and programmes are needed to address this situation in other to provide plantations workers access to information and services needed for healthy sexual lives.

Key words: Human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome(HIV/AIDS), plantation workers, condom use, Cameroon.