A medico-social appraisal of commercial sex workers in a metropolitan city from eastern India.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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2005 Sep; 36(5): 1325-8
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| ID: sea-33545
ABSTRACT
This cross-sectional study of 146 commercial sex workers (CSWs) selected by stratified sampling, in a red light area of Kolkata, showed that 25.3% were teenagers and 37.0% were forced into the profession due to poverty. White discharge was present in 42.5% of the CSWs. Only 65.1% had the proper knowledge of the causes of disease, but 49.3% preferred to go to "quacks" for treatment, while 42.5% preferred traditional medicine. Knowledge of the prevention of sexually transmitted infections by condom use was correct in 44.2% of the CSWs, but 17.8% used condoms regularly. One fourth of the CSWs having 5 or more clients per day used condoms regularly.
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Asunto principal:
Trabajo Sexual
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Población Urbana
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual
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Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud
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Estado de Salud
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Estudios Transversales
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Adolescente
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Condones
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio observacional
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Estudio de prevalencia
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Factores de riesgo
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Año:
2005
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Artículo
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