Na He|Roger Detels|Jinde Zhu|Qingwu Jiang|Zheng Chen|Yun Fang|Xiaohang Zhang|Min Wu|Qi Zhao
Characteristics and Sexually Transmitted Diseases of Male Rural Migrants in a Metropolitan Area of Eastern China
University of California, Los Angeles
brief goal goal study identify correlates determine prevalence sexually transmitted diseases stds among male rural migrants shanghai china study authors conducted communitybased crosssectional study anonymous questionnaire interview collection blood firstvoid urine samples std screening results one thousand eightysix 853 1273 male rural migrants approached interviewed among 986 sexually active migrants prevalence chlamydia gonorrhea syphilis 35 05 10 respectively none infected hiv prevalence stds 32 construction workers 56 market vendors 56 factory workers risk factors stds longer duration shanghai frequent hometown visits multiple sex partners desire multiple sex partners conclusions prevalence stds among male rural migrants relatively low maintaining current low prevalence reduce risk hiv epidemic among shanghai migrants prevention messages need tailored low level literacy many migrants prevalence sexually transmitted diseases stds among male rural migrants shanghai china currently relatively low migration characteristics sexual behavior important predictors stds