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HIV infection, risk behaviors, and depressive symptoms among Puerto Rican sex workers.

Author(s) -

Margarita Alegrı́a,

M Vera,

Daniel Freeman,

R. García Robles,

Milene Cardoso Salgado dos Santos,

Christina Rivera

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.12.2000

Subject(s) - logistic regression , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , depression (economics) , medicine , depressive symptoms , demography , psychiatry , immunology , anxiety , sociology , economics , macroeconomics

This paper examines the association of depressive symptoms with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and risk behaviors among 127 sex workers. Data were obtained by a structured interview and blood specimens tested for HIV. Findings showed a high prevalence rate of depressive symptoms for all sex workers regardless of HIV infection status. Results of a logistic regression analysis indicated that the use of injected drugs and engaging in unprotected intercourse with clients were strongly associated with a high level of depressive symptoms.

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