Knowledge and Preventive Practices Toward COVID-19 Among Sex Workers in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ABSTRACT: Sex workers were disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic due to precarious working conditions. This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2022 among 264 sex workers in Chiang Mai, Thailand, during the transition to the endemic phase, to evaluate their COVID-19 knowledge and preventive practices. Face-to-face interviews were used. Descriptive statistics were used to describe sample characteristics. Factors associated with knowledge and preventive practices were identified using the Mann-Whitney U test or Kruskal-Wallis test as appropriate. Independent factors associated with preventive practices were assessed through linear regression. The median scores for knowledge and preventive practices were 10 (interquartile range (IQR) = 9-10) and 5 (IQR = 3-5), respectively. In univari

SUBMITTER: Ashfaq S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12733356 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature