Nazrul Islam Mondal|Kamal Hossain|Rafiqul Islam|Abul Bashar Mian
Sexual behavior and sexually transmitted diseases in street-based female sex workers in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh
University of Rajshahi
analyzed sexual behavior sexually transmitted diseases stds streetbased female sex workers sfsws rajshahi city examined sociodemographic profiles among sfsws attending three dropin centers dic named piact prova suraksha madhumita rajshahi 150 selfmotivated willing individuals interviewed structured questionnaire obtain obstetric histories sociodemographic information among sfsws 567 infected two pathogens stds gonorrhea chlamydia herpes syphilis trichomoniasis observed 233 273 240 173 200 respectively found strong association prevalence stds among sfsws sociodemographic profiles illiterate comparatively older sfsws spent little money health purposes larger numbers children used condoms inconsistently observed higher risk stds results observed bivariate analysis also confirmed logistic regression analysis