Jarnathanan AJ; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1998; 12: 244 (abstract no. 14310).
OBJECTIVES: To identify the different network of sex workers and their clients--To obtain knowledge about the sex surrounding industries and their movements--To obtain information about their lanuage, Socio-economic conditions, literacy, ethinic background, religion STD service and the channels of communications of sex workers and their clients and sexual encounters inorder to quantify condom need. DESIGN: An explanatory ethnography Research. METHODOLOGY: Due to repression and taboo the sex industries are largly underground. For this reason this research technique had been used. The assessment involves a number of quantitative research steps like participants observation focus groups, indepth key information interviewers and mock clients. RESULTS: The result of this is still kept confidential inorder to protect the concern community from more repression. The team had spent sufficient time on field and in close touch with the target groups, learn the language spoken by the people were under study. Establish ties of intimacy to be able to onserve from within the community. Live and work a close as possible, learn first, not start teaching or worse preaching. CONCLUSION: The assessment research had given a clear sight of the entire sex industries. The research had helped us to identify a key channel of communivation. It also gave a geograhical movement of sexworkers. (For example) 61% of sex workers comes from Andhrapradesh--24% from Tamilna du--7% from Kerela--8% from Karnataka and other parts of the country.
Publication Types:
Keywords:
- Behavior
- Condoms
- Focus Groups
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Humans
- India
- Interviews as Topic
- Knowledge
- Prostitution
- Research
- education
Other ID:
UI: 102228586
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