Efficacy of a brief behavioral intervention to promote condom use among female sex workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Am J Public Health
; 98(11): 2051-7, 2008 Nov.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18799768
OBJECTIVES: We examined the efficacy of a brief behavioral intervention to promote condom use among female sex workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. METHODS: We randomized 924 female sex workers 18 years or older without known HIV infection living in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez who had recently had unprotected sex with clients to a 30-minute behavioral intervention or a didactic control condition. At baseline and 6 months, women underwent interviews and testing for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. RESULTS: We observed a 40% decline in cumulative sexually transmitted illness incidence (P = .049) in the intervention group. Incidence density for the intervention versus control groups was 13.8 versus 24.92 per 100 person-years for sexually transmitted illnesses combined (P = .034) and 0 versus 2.01 per 100 person-years for HIV (P < .001). There were concomitant increases in the number and percentage of protected sex acts and decreases in the number of unprotected sex acts with clients (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: This brief behavioral intervention shows promise in reducing HIV and sexually transmitted illness risk behaviors among female sex workers and may be transferable to other resource-constrained settings.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Trabalho Sexual
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Serviços de Saúde da Mulher
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Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis
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Resultado do Tratamento
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Preservativos
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Aconselhamento
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Sexo sem Proteção
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Public Health
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos