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HIV prevalence and related risk behaviours among female sex workers in Iran: results of the national biobehavioural survey, 2010.
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- Exploring the reasons for women to engage in sex work in Tehran, Iran: A qualitative study.Heliyon · 2021Article
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- HIV testing and its associated factors among street-based female sex workers in Iran: results of a national rapid assessment and response survey.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2021Article
- Lifetime and past-month substance use and injection among street-based female sex workers in Iran.Harm reduction journal · 2021Article
- HIV in Iran: onset, responses, and future directions.AIDS (London, England) · 2021Review
- Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission program in Iran.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Predictors of preventive behaviors of AIDS/HIV based on Health Belief Model constructs in women with high-risk sexual behaviors: A cross-sectional survey.Journal of education and health promotion · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine the prevalence of HIV and related behavioural risks among Iranian female sex workers (FSW) via the first national biobehavioural surveillance survey.
methodsIn 2010, 1005 FSW were approached and 872 recruited using facility-based sampling from 21 sites in 14 cities in Iran. We collected dried blood samples and conducted face-to-face interviews using a standardised questionnaire. Data were weighted based on the response rate and adjusted for the clustering effect of the sampling site. Adjustment was performed by weighting based on the sampling fraction of each site using a prior estimate of its total size of the FSW population.
resultsThe prevalence of HIV infection (95% CI) was 4.5% (2.4 to 8.3) overall, 4.8% (2.2 to 9.8) among those who had reported a history of drug use and 11.2% (5.4 to 21.5) among those who had a history of injection drug use. The frequencies of condom use in the last sexual act with paying clients and non-paying partners were 57.1% and 36.3%, respectively. Any drug use was reported by 73.8% of participants, and among this subgroup, 20.5% had a history of injection drug use.
conclusionsThe prevalence of HIV was considerable among FSW particularly those who had a history of drug injection. A combination of prevention efforts addressing unsafe sex and injection are needed to prevent further transmission of HIV infection.
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