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- Title
Knowledge of sex workers about HIV/AIDS and its influence on sexual practices.
- Authors
Freire de Araújo Patrício, Anna Cláudia; Peixoto Bezerra, Valéria; Almeida Nogueira, Jordana; Silva Paredes Moreira, Maria Adelaide; Vizeu Camargo, Brígido; de Souza Santos, Jiovana
- 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.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; AIDS; COMMUNITY health nursing; HIV; SEX work; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; RISK-taking behavior; HUMAN sexuality; SAFE sex; QUANTITATIVE research; UNSAFE sex; HEALTH literacy; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2019, Vol 72, Issue 5, p1311
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0590