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Who are the preferential targets for intervention programs related to the female condom among sex workers in southern china?

TitleWho are the preferential targets for intervention programs related to the female condom among sex workers in southern china?
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsWang, Yanhong, Susu Liao, Jingmei Jiang, Margaret R. Weeks, Li Nie, Jianghong Li, Bin He, Yuejiao Zhou, Fei Li, Jennifer Dunn, and Qingning Zhang
JournalAIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education
Volume25
Issue4
Pagination349-61
Date Published2013 Aug
ISSN1943-2755
AbstractThe authors used a cluster analysis approach to investigate which female sex workers (FSW) are preferential targets for female condom (FC) intervention programs in southern China. Cross-sectional 6-month (N = 316) and 12-month (N = 217) postintervention surveys of FSW were analyzed. Based on FC attitudes and beliefs, initially suggesting FC use to a partner, practicing insertion, total times ever used, and willingness to use in the future, cluster analysis apportioned women into two clusters, with 50.6% and 58.1% of participants in the likely future FC users group at 6 months and 12 months, respectively. Likely future FC users tended to be from boarding houses, older, currently or previously married, experienced with childbirth, with current multiple sex partners, longer history of sex work, and more unprotected sexual encounters. Focusing FC programs on sectors of the community with more FSW who are likely to use FC may be more costeffective for enhancing FC acceptability and usage.
DOI10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.9008
Alternate JournalAIDS Educ Prev

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