Xiaoming Li|Bo Wang|Xiaoyi Fang|Ran Zhao|Bonita Stanton|Yan Hong|Bin Dong|Wei Liu|Yuejiao Zhou|Shu Liang|Hongmei Yang
Short-Term Effect of a Cultural Adaptation of Voluntary Counseling and Testing Among Female Sex Workers In China: A Quasi-Experimental Trial
Johns Hopkins University
study evaluates efficacy cultural adaptation voluntary counseling testing vct intervention increasing condom use decreasing rates sexually transmitted diseases stds among group female sex workers fsws guangxi china intervention modeled stateofthescience vct program developed evaluated center disease control preventions project respect four hundred fsws assigned either intervention group receiving vct intervention control group receiving standard care std testing treatment data collected baseline 6 months postintervention outcome measures included hivstd related knowledge perceptions condom use history stds five common stds screened tested clinical examination laboratory testing serve biomarkers controlling potential confounders baseline differences vct intervention group significantly higher control group hivstd related knowledge p 0001 consistent condom use clients odds ration 223 95 confidence interval ci 126396 6months followup addition intervention group significantly lower infection rate stds control group followup 044 95 ci 024080 quasiexperimental