Gender, Work, and HIV Risk: Determinants of Risky Sexual Behavior among Female Entertainment Workers in China

Autor/inn/en	Yang, Xiushi; Xia, Guomei
Titel	Gender, Work, and HIV Risk: Determinants of Risky Sexual Behavior among Female Entertainment Workers in China
Quelle	In: AIDS Education and Prevention, 18 (2006) 4, S.333-347 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0899-9546
DOI	10.1521/aeap.2006.18.4.333
Schlagwörter	Self Efficacy; Prevention; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Foreign Countries; Sexuality; Social Influences; At Risk Persons; Females; Gender Issues; Cognitive Processes; Health Behavior; Models; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Knowledge Level; Intervention; Work Environment; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Ausland; Sexualität; Sozialer Einfluss; Risikogruppe; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterfrage; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Analogiemodell; Wissensbasis; Arbeitsmilieu
Abstract	We proposed to integrate cognitive and social factors in the study of unprotected commercial sex. Data from 159 female entertainment workers from 15 establishments in Shanghai who reported commercial sex in the month prior to interview were used to test the approach. Two-sample t tests and multivariate logistic regression were conducted to examine if and how individual cognitive and social influence factors affect the odds of consistent condom use. About 21% of participants reported consistent condom use. Both individual cognitive and social influence factors were important correlates of condom use; models containing either alone suffered significantly in explanatory power. Perceived easiness in condom use was the most proximate determinant of condom use. It helped to translate HIV knowledge and prevention motivation into behavior and to mediate the impact of sexual relationship power. Prevention intervention is urgently needed and should focus on self-efficacy training and promoting supportive social and working environments. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10