Document 0235
 DOCN  M9550235
 TI    STD knowledge and behaviours among clients of female sex workers in
       Bali, Indonesia.
 DT    9505
 AU    Fajans P; Wirawan DN; Ford K; School of Public Health, University of
       Michigan 48109-2029.
 SO    AIDS Care. 1994;6(4):459-75. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/95134782
 AB    This study investigated knowledge, beliefs, and practices related to
       STDs and AIDS among clients of low price sex workers in Bali, Indonesia.
       These men are at high risk of STD and HIV transmission. They have poor
       knowledge of the basic concepts of STD and HIV transmission and
       prevention, and they practice a variety of ineffective prevention
       strategies including partner selection and the prophylactic use of
       antibiotics. They report a mean of 1.9 paid sexual partners in the
       previous week and very low frequencies of condom use. Over 25% had
       experienced an STD symptom in the previous 6 months, with self treatment
       with antibiotics reported by a third. Recent experience of an STD was
       related to the number of sex worker partners in the previous month and
       to ever having used a condom with a sex worker. The implications of the
       study findings for the development of comprehensive STD control programs
       including educational campaigns, condom promotion, and the strengthening
       of STD case management by health care providers are discussed.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL/
       PSYCHOLOGY/*TRANSMISSION  Adolescence  Adult  Aged  Condoms/STATISTICS &
       NUMER DATA  *Developing Countries  Female  Human  Indonesia/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Male  Middle Age  Population
       Surveillance  Prostitution/*PSYCHOLOGY/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Sexually
       Transmitted Diseases/PREVENTION & CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY/  *TRANSMISSION
       Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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