This study uses data from a representative sample of sexually active adults
in urban Mozambique to examine the effectiveness of the JeitO condom socia
l marketing (CSM) project in increasing condom use among men and women at r
isk of contracting HIV. More specifically, this study tests the hypothesis
that exposure to programme interventions (communications and access) increa
ses condom use with non-regular partners.
Exposure to the CSM programme is high, and multivariate analyses show that
exposure to CSM advertising and communications and knowledge of a condom so
urce are associated with higher reports of condom use with non-regular part
ners. Analyses of regional differences in condom use show that knowledge an
d use of condoms with non-regular partners are higher than the national ave
rage in all four provinces where the CSM project has been operating for lon
ger (18 months vs. 6 months). Multivariate analyses show that the above-ave
rage level of condom use in the capital, Maputo, can be attributed to the h
igher socioeconomic status of this population, but the above-average level
of condom use among men and women in Sofala and Manica provinces is due, in
part, to their high level of exposure to the CSM programme. These findings
indicate that the JeitO CSM project's behaviour-change communications and
condom distribution are effective in encouraging safer sex practices among
persons engaged in sex with non-regular partners.