Condom Use in Commercial Sex Workers and Clients Among Incarcerated Sexworkers and STD Clinic Attendees in Jinan, Shandong Province

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摘要 Background:Commercialsexworkersandclientsareimportantcorepopulationsinthetransmissionofsexuallytransmitteddiseases(STDs)andhumanim-munodeficiencyvirus(HIV)infection.Researchonthefrequencyanddeterminantsofcondomuseincom-mercialsexworkersandtheirclientsisimportantinincreasingcondomuseandreductionoftheSTD/HIV.Burden.Objectives:Toestablishthefrequencyofandfac-torsrelatedtointentiontousecondomsandactualcondomuseincommercialsexcontactsandtodeter-minethedifferencesincondomusebetweensexwork-ersandclients.Methods:Incarceratedcommercialsexworkers(ICSW)andmaleSTDclinicattendeeswererecruitedintoacross-sectionalstudytoobtaindataonthefre-quencyandfactorsassociatedwithintentiontousecondomsandcondomuseincommercialsexualcon-tactswithaninterviewer-administeredquestionnaire.ConsistentcondomuseinICSWsandneverusingcondomsinmaleSTDclinicattendeeswereanalyzedusingunivariateandmultivariatelogisticregressionmodels.Results:Thefrequencyofreportedconsistentin-tentiontousecondomsandreportedactualcondomusewas62%and50.6%,respectivelyamong158ICSWs.FormaleSTDclinicattendees,thepropor-tionofreportedconsistentintentiontousecondomsandreportedactualcondomusewas10%and20.7%,respectively.ThefactorspositivelyinfluencingtheconsistentintentiontousecondomswerepregnancypreventingmeasuresandthebeliefofcondomefficacyinthepreventionofSTD/HIV,whereasthefactoras-sociatedwithactuallyconsistentcondomusewaspreg-nancy-preventingmeasureinICSWs.Factorsassoci-atedwithnointentiontousecondomswerelowincome,lowSTD/HIVknowledgelevelandthefrequencyofvisitingCSW.ThelatterfactorwasalsoassociatedwithneverusingcondomsinmaleSTDclinicattendees.Conclusions:Consistentcondomuseduringcom-mercialsexcontactswaslow,especiallyinclients.Greatereffortisneededincondompromotionprograminordertorais
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出版日期 2003年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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