The effects of post-test counselling on condom use among prostitutes in The Gambia.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of counselling on condom use by prostitutes. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: Field-based study in The Gambia. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-one (12 HIV-positive and 19 HIV-negative) prostitutes. INTERVENTIONS: Post-test HIV counselling. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Levels of con...
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| author | Pickering, H Quigley, M Pépin, J Todd, J Wilkins, A |
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| description | OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of counselling on condom use by prostitutes. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: Field-based study in The Gambia. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-one (12 HIV-positive and 19 HIV-negative) prostitutes. INTERVENTIONS: Post-test HIV counselling. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Levels of condom use. RESULTS: Overall, counselling had no effect on condom use. CONCLUSIONS: Scarce resources should be directed towards providing condoms in bars rather than counselling. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:9c3afdb4-5a80-4bdc-80e9-062d478d1f7c2022-03-27T00:34:34ZThe effects of post-test counselling on condom use among prostitutes in The Gambia.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:9c3afdb4-5a80-4bdc-80e9-062d478d1f7cEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1993Pickering, HQuigley, MPépin, JTodd, JWilkins, A OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of counselling on condom use by prostitutes. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: Field-based study in The Gambia. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-one (12 HIV-positive and 19 HIV-negative) prostitutes. INTERVENTIONS: Post-test HIV counselling. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Levels of condom use. RESULTS: Overall, counselling had no effect on condom use. CONCLUSIONS: Scarce resources should be directed towards providing condoms in bars rather than counselling. |
| spellingShingle | Pickering, H Quigley, M Pépin, J Todd, J Wilkins, A The effects of post-test counselling on condom use among prostitutes in The Gambia. |
| title | The effects of post-test counselling on condom use among prostitutes in The Gambia. |
| title_full | The effects of post-test counselling on condom use among prostitutes in The Gambia. |
| title_fullStr | The effects of post-test counselling on condom use among prostitutes in The Gambia. |
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| title_short | The effects of post-test counselling on condom use among prostitutes in The Gambia. |
| title_sort | effects of post test counselling on condom use among prostitutes in the gambia |
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