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| Title |
HIV-testing among female sex workers on the border between Brazil and French Guiana: the need for targeted interventions
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| Published in |
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, August 2015
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| DOI | 10.1590/0102-311x00138514 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Marie-Claire Parriault, Astrid van Melle, Célia Basurko, Emilie Gaubert-Marechal, Raimunda Hermelinda Maia Macena, Stéphanie Rogier, Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr, Mathieu Nacher |
| Abstract |
The border between Brazil and French Guiana is a place of economic, cultural, social and sexual exchange. Female sex workers represent a high risk population for HIV in this area where sexual tourism is particularly developed. HIV testing seems to be an important element in the fight against the epidemic. Indeed, early HIV testing gives access to treatments and prevention. An HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and practices survey was conducted in 2011 among sex workers along the border between Brazil and French Guiana. A total of 213 female sex workers were interviewed. One third (31.5%) of the interviewed had never tested for HIV. Factors associated with non HIV-testing were the lack of knowledge of places where to do an HIV test, to be 30 or older, feeling at risk of HIV, not evaluating one's own risk towards HIV, and living in Oiapoque. These results clearly suggest that targeted interventions are needed to encourage and assist female sex workers to get tested regularly. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 49 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 49 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 14 | 29% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 12% |
| Researcher | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 7 | 14% |
| Unknown | 9 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 10% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 6% |
| Psychology | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 11 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 April 2022.
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