Jung Minsoo
Department of Health Science, Dongduk Women's University, Seoul, South Korea.
PLoS One. 2017 Aug 9;12(8):e0182465. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182465. eCollection 2017.
This study investigated the effect of implementing the act of prohibition on sex trafficking (PST) on sexually transmitted disease (STD) infections among South Korean female sex workers (FSWs) working at prostitution blocks. Research data were collected twice through the Korean government-sanctioned survey for female sex workers (1st wave = 1,083; 2nd wave = 926). We examined the associations among health behavior, working conditions, and the effect of PST act via hierarchical logistic regression analyses using propensity score matching. After adjusted covariates, the risk probability was 0.288 times lower among FSWs who had remained in prostitute blocks after the PST act enforcement compared to FSWs who had worked before the PST. Similarly, the risk probability for a gonorrhea infection was 0.219 times lower among FSWs who had remained in prostitute blocks after the PST act compared to FSWs who had worked before the PST. Therefore, this study showed that, besides already known factors, the implementation and establishment of the PST Act was a strong factor that suppressed STD infections among FSWs.
本研究调查了实施禁止性交易行为（PST）对在卖淫街区工作的韩国女性性工作者（FSW）中性传播疾病（STD）感染的影响。研究数据通过韩国政府批准的女性性工作者调查收集了两次（第一轮 = 1083人；第二轮 = 926人）。我们使用倾向得分匹配法，通过分层逻辑回归分析，研究了健康行为、工作条件与PST行为效果之间的关联。在调整协变量后，与PST实施前工作的FSW相比，PST行为实施后仍留在卖淫街区的FSW的风险概率降低了0.288倍。同样，与PST实施前工作的FSW相比，PST行为实施后仍留在卖淫街区的FSW感染淋病的风险概率降低了0.219倍。因此，本研究表明，除了已知因素外，PST法案的实施和确立是抑制FSW中性传播疾病感染的一个重要因素。
