Open AccessSocial-Environmental Factors and Protective Sexual Behavior Among Sex Workers: The Encontros Intervention in Brazil
Author(s) -
Sheri A. Lippman,
Angela Donini,
Juan Dı́az,
Magda Chinaglia,
Arthur Reingold,
Deanna Kerrigan
Publication year - 2010
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.2008.147462
Subject(s) - condom , demography , chlamydia , gonorrhea , rate ratio , social environment , context (archaeology) , medicine , environmental health , psychology , gerontology , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis , immunology , geography , sociology , social science , archaeology
We sought to determine the association of social-environmental factors with condom use and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among 420 sex workers participating in an STI/HIV prevention study in Corumbá, Brazil, to inform future intervention efforts.