Unitat de medicina tropical i salut internacional Drassanes-Vall d'Hebron. Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain.
BMJ Open. 2013 Jul 30;3(7):e003345. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003345.
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV are a serious global public health issue. These diseases are largely preventable, as they are directly and indirectly associated with potentially modifiable factors, including socioeconomic conditions. Sexual transmission is responsible for over 75% of new HIV infections worldwide. Moreover, commercial sex workers and their clients are two of the groups at the highest risk of acquiring and transmitting these infectious diseases, due to an extensive number of sexual encounters and the various factors related to commercial sex situations. This qualitative study aims to deepen the understanding of the risk perception of STIs and HIV and their associated factors in Nigerian commercial sex workers in the city of Barcelona.
This is a qualitative, descriptive, interpretive study based on a social constructivist and phenomenological perspective conducted on a saturated sample of Nigerian commercial sex workers in the city of Barcelona. Data will be collected through semistructured individual and triangular group interviews. Information will be examined using a sociological discourse analysis, allowing us to understand the social and individual factors related to the risk perception of STIs and HIV in commercial sex workers.
Qualitative studies are an important element in identifying individual, social and contextual factors directly or indirectly related to the health/disease process. This qualitative study will provide essential knowledge to improve health promotion, prevention strategies and effective management of STIs both for commercial sex workers and their clients.
This study has been approved by the clinical research ethics committee (CEIC) of IDIAP Jordi Gol in Barcelona, 2012.
性传播感染（STIs）和艾滋病是全球严重的公共卫生问题。这些疾病在很大程度上是可以预防的，因为它们与潜在的可改变因素直接或间接相关，包括社会经济状况。性传播是全球超过 75%的新艾滋病感染的原因。此外，商业性工作者及其客户是感染这些传染病风险最高的群体之一，因为他们有大量的性接触以及与商业性工作相关的各种因素。本定性研究旨在深入了解在巴塞罗那市的尼日利亚商业性工作者对性传播感染和艾滋病的风险认知及其相关因素。
这是一项基于社会建构主义和现象学观点的定性、描述性、解释性研究，在巴塞罗那市对尼日利亚商业性工作者进行了饱和抽样。数据将通过半结构式个人和三角组访谈收集。将使用社会学话语分析来检查信息，以便我们能够理解与商业性工作者的性传播感染和艾滋病风险认知相关的社会和个人因素。
定性研究是确定与健康/疾病过程直接或间接相关的个体、社会和背景因素的重要元素。这项定性研究将为改善商业性工作者及其客户的性传播感染的健康促进、预防策略和有效管理提供重要知识。
本研究已获得巴塞罗那 IDIAP Jordi Gol 的临床研究伦理委员会（CEIC）批准，2012 年。
