Knowledge of sex workers about HIV/AIDS and its influence on sexual practices
ABSTRACT Objective: assess the knowledge of sex workers about HIV/AIDS and its influence on sexual practices. Method: Ninety women participated in the study. The Scientific Knowledge Test about HIV/AIDS and sexual practices was used. The Wald test was applied to verify the relationship between kno...
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| author | Anna Cláudia Freire de Araújo Patrício Valéria Peixoto Bezerra Jordana Almeida Nogueira Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes Moreira Brígido Vizeu Camargo Jiovana de Souza Santos |
| author_facet | Anna Cláudia Freire de Araújo Patrício Valéria Peixoto Bezerra Jordana Almeida Nogueira Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes Moreira Brígido Vizeu Camargo Jiovana de Souza Santos |
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| description | ABSTRACT Objective: assess the knowledge of sex workers about HIV/AIDS and its influence on sexual practices. Method: Ninety women participated in the study. The Scientific Knowledge Test about HIV/AIDS and sexual practices was used. The Wald test was applied to verify the relationship between knowledge and sexual practices with statistical significance of p<0.05. Results: the score of 61.7% of correct answers in all three dimensions stands out; 72.2% have sexual intercourse without a condom in exchange for a large amount of money; 53.3% have sex during the menstrual period; 62.2% have sexual intercourse with drug users; 75.6% have sex with clients showing lesions on the penis or anus. The B coefficient (-0.19) showed that the higher the knowledge about HIV/AIDS, the lower the practice of risky sexual behaviors. Conclusion: the influence of knowledge about HIV/AIDS on sexual practices was not statistically significant, but the sexual practices and insufficient knowledge about prevention, physiological and behavioral attributes were observed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b42efd27ac14956bb740350037ab8922022-12-21T20:06:39ZengAssociação Brasileira de EnfermagemRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem1984-04467251311131710.1590/0034-7167-2018-0590S0034-71672019000501311Knowledge of sex workers about HIV/AIDS and its influence on sexual practicesAnna Cláudia Freire de Araújo PatrícioValéria Peixoto BezerraJordana Almeida NogueiraMaria Adelaide Silva Paredes MoreiraBrígido Vizeu CamargoJiovana de Souza SantosABSTRACT Objective: assess the knowledge of sex workers about HIV/AIDS and its influence on sexual practices. Method: Ninety women participated in the study. The Scientific Knowledge Test about HIV/AIDS and sexual practices was used. The Wald test was applied to verify the relationship between knowledge and sexual practices with statistical significance of p<0.05. Results: the score of 61.7% of correct answers in all three dimensions stands out; 72.2% have sexual intercourse without a condom in exchange for a large amount of money; 53.3% have sex during the menstrual period; 62.2% have sexual intercourse with drug users; 75.6% have sex with clients showing lesions on the penis or anus. The B coefficient (-0.19) showed that the higher the knowledge about HIV/AIDS, the lower the practice of risky sexual behaviors. Conclusion: the influence of knowledge about HIV/AIDS on sexual practices was not statistically significant, but the sexual practices and insufficient knowledge about prevention, physiological and behavioral attributes were observed.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672019000501311&lng=en&tlng=enHIVSex WorkersKnowledgeSexual BehaviorCommunity Health Nursing |
| spellingShingle | Anna Cláudia Freire de Araújo Patrício Valéria Peixoto Bezerra Jordana Almeida Nogueira Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes Moreira Brígido Vizeu Camargo Jiovana de Souza Santos Knowledge of sex workers about HIV/AIDS and its influence on sexual practices Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem HIV Sex Workers Knowledge Sexual Behavior Community Health Nursing |
| title | Knowledge of sex workers about HIV/AIDS and its influence on sexual practices |
| title_full | Knowledge of sex workers about HIV/AIDS and its influence on sexual practices |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge of sex workers about HIV/AIDS and its influence on sexual practices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge of sex workers about HIV/AIDS and its influence on sexual practices |
| title_short | Knowledge of sex workers about HIV/AIDS and its influence on sexual practices |
| title_sort | knowledge of sex workers about hiv aids and its influence on sexual practices |
| topic | HIV Sex Workers Knowledge Sexual Behavior Community Health Nursing |
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