Gillies P, Parker R, Sittitrai W, Suwannanond U, Neequayc A, Caracl M, Slutkin G; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1991 Jun 16-21; 7: 395 (abstract no. W.D.4029).
University of Nottingham Medical School, UK
OBJECTIVE: To identify education, information, communication and health service provision networks thought to be most effective for the dissemination and implementation of interventions to prevent and control HIV transmission in the sex industry in developing countries. METHODS: Within study sites, a convenient sample of 120 male and female prostitutes, clients, non-paying partners, bar and brothel owners and other managers of prostitution, health care, social and legal workers, friends and peers, are being interviewed in depth. Data are also being gathered using other ethnographic techniques such as observation. The interviews aim to: identify those relevant and key networks for the dissemination of information, education, health care, social welfare, support and counselling; to establish barriers to behaviour change or to harm reduction and to identify those factors important for designing interventions. Such interventions for prostitutes are most likely to be most useful in situations where there is still a low prevalence of HIV infection. RESULTS & DISCUSSION: This paper will provide details of the sociodemographic, socioeconomic, sexual behaviour, friendship, family, peer, health and legal networks which can be used in intervention strategies. It will discuss how best to access such networks in the different study countries and highlight techniques to overcome barriers to harm minimisation and ways to motivate individuals and organizations to prevent and control HIV transmission. Given the importance of intervention programmes in this area, this paper will also seek to identify those groups with whom National AIDS Committees and Programmes could work to plan and implement a series of interventions.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Developing Countries
- Female
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- Health Planning
- Health Services
- Humans
- Male
- Organizations
- Prostitution
- Research
- Sexual Behavior
- United States
- education
- methods
Other ID:
UI: 102193472
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