Prevalence and behavioral risk factors for STIs/HIV among attendees of the Ministry of Health hospitals in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Sanaa M. Filemban,
Yasser A. Yasein,
Magdy H. H. Abdalla,
Raafat F. Alhakeem,
Jaffar A. AlTawfiq,
Ziad A. Memish
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.5964
Subject(s) - medicine , christian ministry , demography , marital status , cross sectional study , public health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , men who have sex with men , environmental health , population , family medicine , syphilis , theology , nursing , pathology , sociology , philosophy
Sexually transmitted infections (STI) are a major public health, social, and economic problem leading to morbidity, mortality, and stigma. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of STIs, investigate behavioral risk factors and the relationship between the STIs/HIV and demographic factors.
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