Vivian L. Towe|Salman ul Hasan|S. Tariq Zafar|Susan G. Sherman
Street Life and Drug Risk Behaviors Associated with Exchanging Sex Among Male Street Children in Lahore, Pakistan
Bloomberg (United States)|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University
throughout developing world children living urban streets byproduct economic deprivation lahore pakistan estimated 50007000 street childrenthe study examined hiv risk behaviors factors associated exchanging sex among male street children lahore pakistanthe survey conducted august 2003 march 2004 among 565 registrants ages 519 project smile program aimed enhance lives street children lahore analyzed frequency correlates recent past 3 months sex exchange money drugs goods multivariate logbinomial regression used evaluate independent effect covariates exchange sexapproximately 40 participants reported exchanged sex past 3 months multivariate analysis factors associated exchanging sex living street longer 48 months prevalence ratio pr136 95 confidence interval ci 099185 reporting ever used drugs pr187 110316 cutting ones self pr166 95 ci 126219 heard hivaids pr136 95 ci 103180 adjusting demographic street life variableswe found high rates sex exchange among sample street children lahore pakistan finding children heard hivaids likely exchange sex suggests children hiv risk talk hiv accuracy conversations unclear street children pakistan great need hiv education safe alternatives generating income