PMID- 29130407
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190118
LR  - 20190610
IS  - 1758-1052 (Electronic)
IS  - 0956-4624 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 6
DP  - 2018 May
TI  - HIV and other STIs in male sex workers: Findings from a sexual health promotion 
      intervention in Vietnam.
PG  - 540-546
LID - 10.1177/0956462417740291 [doi]
AB  - Male sex workers (MSWs) in Vietnam are at high risk for acquisition and 
      transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted 
      infections (STIs), yet are extremely disengaged from the healthcare system. This 
      contributes to large numbers of untreated or late-treated infections and 
      increased secondary transmission. We enrolled 995 MSWs in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh 
      City (HCMC) in a Sexual Health Promotion intervention that included face-to-face 
      delivery of seven content modules, a clinical examination and testing for HIV, 
      syphilis, gonorrhea and Chlamydia. Onsite treatment was provided for STIs, and 
      those who tested positive for HIV were referred to local treatment centers. While 
      64.6% of participants had never been to a health service and fewer than half 
      (41.2%) had ever been tested for HIV, 67.1% returned for test results. This 
      testing identified 109 (11.0%) participants who were HIV-positive and 312 (31.4%) 
      who tested positive for at least one other STI. Substantive differences were seen 
      in MSWs from different cities, with those from Hanoi more likely to have ever 
      visited a health service (57.8% vs. 24.9%) and to have taken a prior HIV test 
      (54.1% vs. 37.9%) than those in HCMC. Sexual health promotion is a promising 
      approach to engaging MSWs in health services.
FAU - Goldsamt, Lloyd A
AU  - Goldsamt LA
AD  - 1 Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, USA.
FAU - Clatts, Michael C
AU  - Clatts MC
AD  - 2 School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
FAU - Giang, Le Minh
AU  - Giang LM
AD  - 3 Center for Research and Training in HIV/AIDS, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, 
      Vietnam.
FAU - Le, Bao Q
AU  - Le BQ
AD  - 4 Center for Applied Research on Men and Community Health, Ho Chi Minh City, 
      Vietnam.
FAU - Colby, Donn J
AU  - Colby DJ
AD  - 4 Center for Applied Research on Men and Community Health, Ho Chi Minh City, 
      Vietnam.
FAU - Yu, Gary
AU  - Yu G
AD  - 1 Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - R01 DA033673/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
DEP - 20171113
PL  - England
TA  - Int J STD AIDS
JT  - International journal of STD & AIDS
JID - 9007917
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Chlamydia Infections/diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Gonorrhea/diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - HIV Infections/*diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - *Health Promotion
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mass Screening/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Sex Workers/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Sexual Behavior
MH  - Sexually Transmitted Diseases/*diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Syphilis/diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Vietnam/epidemiology
MH  - Young Adult
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Asia
OT  - chlamydia
OT  - gonorrhea
OT  - sex workers
OT  - syphilis
EDAT- 2017/11/14 06:00
MHDA- 2019/01/19 06:00
CRDT- 2017/11/14 06:00
PHST- 2017/11/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/01/19 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/11/14 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/0956462417740291 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J STD AIDS. 2018 May;29(6):540-546. doi: 10.1177/0956462417740291. Epub 2017 
      Nov 13.