Open AccessMeta-analysis of Effect on HIV/AIDS Intervention in Comprehensive Commercial Sex Work in China
Author(s) -
Minwei Wei,
Yufeng Wen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advances in disease control and prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2519-965X
pISSN - 2519-9641
DOI - 10.25196/adcp201714
Subject(s) - condom , intervention (counseling) , medicine , china , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , meta analysis , consistency (knowledge bases) , transmission (telecommunications) , demography , family medicine , nursing , computer science , geography , telecommunications , archaeology , syphilis , artificial intelligence , sociology
Objective: In recent 5 years, to evaluate the effect of an intervention or preventing HIV/AIDS in commercial sex workers, to provide foundations for preventing HIV/AIDS in commercial sex workers in future.
Methods: A computerized literature searching Was carried out in PubMed, springer, China Info, VIP, CNKI databases to collect articles published between 2008 and 2009 concerning the effect of AHIV/AIDS education intervention in commercial sex workers. The type was self-control intervention study, the method was Comprehensive intervention, according to the KABP Model and comprehensive factors, we choose five indicators about the HIV/AIDS knowledge and behavior for Meta analysis by Stata12.0 software. We use RD (rate difference) as Effect Size and make consistency check for included studies, then choose fixed effect model or random effect model to do Comprehensive quantitative analysis.
Results: the analysis that the RD for knowing the sexual transmission route of HIV, the RD for knowing the effect of condoms for HIV prevention, the RD for knowing the Maternal and child route of HIV, the RD for using condom in the latest month, and the RD for consistently using condom in the latest month were increased by 23.8 % (0.143, 0.180), 19.5 % (0.139, 0.251), 19.0 % (0.100, 0.281) , 23.5 % (0.160, 310) and 25.8 % (0.068, 0.448), respectively.
Conclusion: Comprehensive intervention for preventing HIV/AIDS is effective in changing knowledge and action in commercial sex workers, in China.