Knowledge of sex workers about HIV/AIDS and its influence on sexual practices.

Autor:	Patrício ACFA; Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Bezerra VP; Universidade Federal da Paraíba. João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil., Nogueira JA; Universidade Federal da Paraíba. João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil., Moreira MASP; Universidade Federal da Paraíba. João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil., Camargo BV; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil., Santos JS; Centro Universitário de João Pessoa. João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
Jazyk:	English; Portuguese
Zdroj:	Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2019 Sep 16; Vol. 72 (5), pp. 1311-1317. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Sep 16.
DOI:	10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0590
Abstrakt:	Objective: assess the knowledge of sex workers about HIV/AIDS and its influence on sexual practices. Method: Ninety women participated in the study. The Scientific Knowledge Test about HIV/AIDS and sexual practices was used. The Wald test was applied to verify the relationship between knowledge and sexual practices with statistical significance of p<0.05. Results: the score of 61.7% of correct answers in all three dimensions stands out; 72.2% have sexual intercourse without a condom in exchange for a large amount of money; 53.3% have sex during the menstrual period; 62.2% have sexual intercourse with drug users; 75.6% have sex with clients showing lesions on the penis or anus. The B coefficient (-0.19) showed that the higher the knowledge about HIV/AIDS, the lower the practice of risky sexual behaviors. Conclusion: the influence of knowledge about HIV/AIDS on sexual practices was not statistically significant, but the sexual practices and insufficient knowledge about prevention, physiological and behavioral attributes were observed.
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