College of Education and Behavioural Sciences, Department of Psychology, Bahir Dar University, Bahirdar, Ethiopia.
Womens Health (Lond). 2022 Jan-Dec;18:17455057221118167. doi: 10.1177/17455057221118167.
Sex workers are highly vulnerable to HIV infection and suitable transmission groups in the scope of the HIV epidemic. The study investigated the association among HIV/AIDS risk-reduction options as predictors of female sex workers' behaviour.
The study used a cross-sectional research design. The quantitative survey involved 140 women, who were selected using simple random sampling techniques.
The findings of the study show that looking for a job, disagreement in the family, death of parents, peer pressure, and attraction of town life were indicated as major pulling and pushing factors for sex worker engagement. The majority of respondents is aware of HIV/AIDS and practice HIV/AIDS risk-reduction options.
Age, alcohol use, difficult to negotiate with clients to use condoms, and disapproval of clients to use condoms were significant predictors of consistent condom-using behaviours of female sex workers. This study recommended that life skills training and existing strategies enable sex workers to develop skills that help them resist the pressures that come from their clients.
性工作者极易感染 HIV，是 HIV 疫情中的适宜传播群体。本研究旨在调查 HIV/AIDS 减少风险选择与女性性工作者行为之间的关联。
本研究采用横断面研究设计。通过简单随机抽样技术选取了 140 名女性进行定量调查。
研究结果表明，寻找工作、家庭不和、父母双亡、同辈压力和城市生活的吸引力被认为是促使性工作者从事性工作的主要推拉因素。大多数受访者了解 HIV/AIDS 并采取 HIV/AIDS 减少风险的选择。
年龄、饮酒、难以与客户协商使用避孕套以及客户反对使用避孕套是女性性工作者坚持使用避孕套行为的显著预测因素。本研究建议通过生活技能培训和现有策略，使性工作者能够发展帮助其抵制来自客户压力的技能。
