Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Massage Parlour Employees in Bangkok, Thailand

1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michèle G Bonhomme ◽  
Wiwat Rojanapithayakorn ◽  
Paul J Feldblum ◽  
Michael J Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Disease ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Transmitted Disease ◽  
Admission Criteria ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Number Of Sexual Partners

The results of a study of sexually transmitted disease (STD) incidence and related risk factors for STDs among uninfected women at high risk of contracting STD infection in Bangkok are reported. Comprising the control arm of a randomized controlled trial of a vaginal contraceptive sponge and STD incidence, 163 women aged 18 or older were recruited from 4 massage parlours and followed for evidence of new infections over a 6–week period or until cervical infection occurred. Gynaecological examinations were performed and endocervical specimens were obtained at weekly intervals, at which time women returned coital logs recording their number of sexual partners. There were 76.5 new STD infections per 100 woman-months, including 31.7 with gonorrhoea, 43.1 with chlamydia, 1.8 of trichomoniasis and 3.5 of candidiasis. None of the risk factors examined were good predictors of STD infection in this population, which may be related to the restricted admission criteria in the study.

Group Counseling to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Disease and HIV: A Randomized Controlled Trial

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 553-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
BERNARD M. BRANSON ◽  
THOMAS A. PETERMAN ◽  
ROBERT O. CANNON ◽  
RAYMOND RANSOM ◽  
AKBAR A. ZAIDI
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Group Counseling ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Disease ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Transmitted Disease ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Randomized Controlled

Behavioral Risks for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Adolescent Medical Patients

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-310
Author(s):  
Arlene Rubin Stiffman ◽  
Felton Earls
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Virus Infection ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Disease ◽  
Transmitted Disease ◽  
Behavioral Risk ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus

This paper is an examination of the extent to which adolescents in primary care indicated behavioral risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection, and the degree to which their clinic records reflected either awareness of such conditions or interventions for them. Levels of risk were assigned to the youths based on known risk factors in adult populations and arbitrarily selected natural breaks in the frequency of sexual behaviors. Of the sample, 3% were at high risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection because the adolescents engaged in prostitution, injectable drug use, male homosexual behavior, or had a sexually transmitted disease associated with genital ulcers or sores; 16% were at moderate risk because the youths had more than six sexual partners in the year preceding the interview or had nonulcerative forms of sexually transmitted disease; and the remainder were at low risk. Fewer than half of the youths at risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection sought or received help for any of their problem behaviors, while virtually all sought and received help for sexually transmitted diseases. Because a high proportion of the youths engaging in risky behaviors had sexually transmitted diseases, the most promising approach for prevention of human immunodeficiency disease infection is through health clinics that treat sexually transmitted diseases. These clinics could screen the youths for associated behavioral risk factors, and then offer preventive or interventive services.

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