Consistent Condom Use with Paying and Nonpaying Partners among Female Sex Workers in Iran: Findings of a National Biobehavioral Survey
Objectives: Little is known about the dynamics of condom use among female sex workers (FSWs) in Iran. We investigated the correlates of consistent condom use (CCU) among FSWs, using data from a national biobehavioral surveillance survey in 2010. Methods: A total of 872 FSWs were recruited using a fa...
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| author | Mohammad Karamouzian DVM, MSc Behnam Sadeghirad PharmD, MPH Hamid Sharifi DVM, PhD Abbas Sedaghat MD, MPH Ali Akbar Haghdoost MD, PhD Ali Mirzazadeh MD, MPH, PhD |
| author_facet | Mohammad Karamouzian DVM, MSc Behnam Sadeghirad PharmD, MPH Hamid Sharifi DVM, PhD Abbas Sedaghat MD, MPH Ali Akbar Haghdoost MD, PhD Ali Mirzazadeh MD, MPH, PhD |
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| description | Objectives: Little is known about the dynamics of condom use among female sex workers (FSWs) in Iran. We investigated the correlates of consistent condom use (CCU) among FSWs, using data from a national biobehavioral surveillance survey in 2010. Methods: A total of 872 FSWs were recruited using a facility-based sampling strategy from 21 sites in 13 cities in Iran. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using a standardized questionnaire. Results: Overall, 33.6% and 17.3% of FSWs reported CCU with paying and nonpaying sex partners, respectively. Consistent condom use with paying partners was significantly associated with temporary marriage, accessing family planning services and history of working in brothels. Conversely, temporary marriage or married status, condom rupture/slippage, and HIV seropositivity remained independently significantly associated with CCU with nonpaying sex partners. Conclusion: Our findings indicated the urgent need for scaling up condom promotion interventions catered toward FSWs and their sex partners to practice safe sex consistently. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-198b7170411c4ff7ac5a1caf92c7d6722022-12-22T01:43:54ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care2325-95742325-95822017-11-011610.1177/2325957417732834Consistent Condom Use with Paying and Nonpaying Partners among Female Sex Workers in Iran: Findings of a National Biobehavioral SurveyMohammad Karamouzian DVM, MSc0Behnam Sadeghirad PharmD, MPH1Hamid Sharifi DVM, PhD2Abbas Sedaghat MD, MPH3Ali Akbar Haghdoost MD, PhD4Ali Mirzazadeh MD, MPH, PhD5 School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Center for Disease Control (CDC), Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Modeling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USAObjectives: Little is known about the dynamics of condom use among female sex workers (FSWs) in Iran. We investigated the correlates of consistent condom use (CCU) among FSWs, using data from a national biobehavioral surveillance survey in 2010. Methods: A total of 872 FSWs were recruited using a facility-based sampling strategy from 21 sites in 13 cities in Iran. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using a standardized questionnaire. Results: Overall, 33.6% and 17.3% of FSWs reported CCU with paying and nonpaying sex partners, respectively. Consistent condom use with paying partners was significantly associated with temporary marriage, accessing family planning services and history of working in brothels. Conversely, temporary marriage or married status, condom rupture/slippage, and HIV seropositivity remained independently significantly associated with CCU with nonpaying sex partners. Conclusion: Our findings indicated the urgent need for scaling up condom promotion interventions catered toward FSWs and their sex partners to practice safe sex consistently.https://doi.org/10.1177/2325957417732834 |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Karamouzian DVM, MSc Behnam Sadeghirad PharmD, MPH Hamid Sharifi DVM, PhD Abbas Sedaghat MD, MPH Ali Akbar Haghdoost MD, PhD Ali Mirzazadeh MD, MPH, PhD Consistent Condom Use with Paying and Nonpaying Partners among Female Sex Workers in Iran: Findings of a National Biobehavioral Survey Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care |
| title | Consistent Condom Use with Paying and Nonpaying Partners among Female Sex Workers in Iran: Findings of a National Biobehavioral Survey |
| title_full | Consistent Condom Use with Paying and Nonpaying Partners among Female Sex Workers in Iran: Findings of a National Biobehavioral Survey |
| title_fullStr | Consistent Condom Use with Paying and Nonpaying Partners among Female Sex Workers in Iran: Findings of a National Biobehavioral Survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Consistent Condom Use with Paying and Nonpaying Partners among Female Sex Workers in Iran: Findings of a National Biobehavioral Survey |
| title_short | Consistent Condom Use with Paying and Nonpaying Partners among Female Sex Workers in Iran: Findings of a National Biobehavioral Survey |
| title_sort | consistent condom use with paying and nonpaying partners among female sex workers in iran findings of a national biobehavioral survey |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/2325957417732834 |
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