PMID- 20499504
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100615
LR  - 20190917
IS  - 0370-8179 (Print)
IS  - 0370-8179 (Linking)
VI  - 138
IP  - 3-4
DP  - 2010 Mar-Apr
TI  - Risk of HIV infection among indoor and street sex workers and their use of health 
      services in Belgrade, Serbia.
PG  - 219-24
AB  - INTRODUCTION: HIV in Serbia is most often transmitted through sexual contact, and 
      therefore numerous prevention activities are geared towards sex workers (SW). 
      OBJECTIVE: To analyse the differences in knowledge, attitudes and risky behaviour 
      between indoor and street SW in Belgrade; to examine the accessibility of health 
      services to this vulnerable group. METHODS: In this behavioural cross-sectional 
      study, 113 street and 78 indoor SW were included. The sampling method used was 
      snowball samples. Data were gathered through structured questionnaires. RESULTS: 
      Around 15% of respondents used drugs intravenously. Around 60% of SW used a 
      condom during the last sexual intercourse with their private partner, and around 
      90% with a commercial partner. Indoor SW had lower levels of education more often 
      than outdoor SW, and they used marijuana, sedatives and painkillers on a daily 
      basis. A significantly higher number of indoor SW were informed about HIV, HBV 
      and HCV testing, and that the risk for HIV infection is not lower ifa condom is 
      used exclusively for vaginal sex. Indoor SW reported using health services and 
      testing and counselling for HIV, HBV and HCV more frequently than outdoor SW. 
      Outdoor SW had significantly more sex partners in the previous month than indoor 
      SW. Indoor SW recognized more frequently that providing sex services posed a 
      higher risk for HIV infection. CONCLUSION: The results of this research study 
      show that even though outdoor SW had higher levels of education than indoor SW, 
      their level of knowledge about HIV transmission was lower and they reported more 
      risky behaviour than indoor SW. Data show that both groups reported not taking 
      care of their health.
FAU - Ilic, Dragan
AU  - Ilic D
AD  - Institute for Students' Health, Belgrade, Serbia. drilic@sezampro.rs
FAU - Sipetic, Sandra
AU  - Sipetic S
FAU - Bjegovic, Vesna
AU  - Bjegovic V
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Serbia
TA  - Srp Arh Celok Lek
JT  - Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
JID - 0027440
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Condoms/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - HIV Infections/*prevention & control/*transmission
MH  - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Life Style
MH  - Male
MH  - Risk-Taking
MH  - Serbia
MH  - *Sex Work
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2010/05/27 06:00
MHDA- 2010/06/16 06:00
CRDT- 2010/05/27 06:00
PHST- 2010/05/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/05/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/06/16 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.2298/sarh1004219i [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Srp Arh Celok Lek. 2010 Mar-Apr;138(3-4):219-24. doi: 10.2298/sarh1004219i.