The effects of sexually transmitted infections (STI) /AIDS behavioral intervention among female sex workers
Liu, Y.-J.; Ding, H.-F.; Yu, M.
Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 41(6): 492-495
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0253-9624 PMID: 18399132 Document Number: 205520
To explore the effective sexually transmitted infections (STI)/AIDS intervention strategies among female sex workers at the metropolis areas with low prevalence. A comprehensive intervention was carried out among female sex workers in eight recreation establishments which have representative characters in Chaoyang district, and the effects of intervention was subsequently evaluated by a questionnaire from September 2005 to February 2006. The data were analyzed by SPSS11.5. The study subjects aged 17-40 year old (25.22 +/- 5.81), and 203 (89. 82%) of them had high or middle school education background. 166 were unmarried, and 205 (90.70%) had no job, and 244 (99. 12%) subjects were migrants. After intervention, the correct answer rates for the knowledge of STI/ AIDS rose from 52.6% to 75.4% (chi2 = 22.701, P < 0.01); and the correct use of condom were higher than those of baseline, with the rise from 22.12% to 34.76% (chi2 = 8.14, P < 0.05). The STI/AIDS comprehensive intervention measures were effective and should be evaluated and generalized in the similar metropolis regions.