Hombre Seguro (Safe Men): a sexual risk reduction intervention for male clients of female sex workers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Male clients of female sex workers (FSWs) are at risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We conducted a two-arm randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of a sexual risk reduction intervention for male clients of FSWs in Tijuana, Mexico.

Methods/design

Male clients of FSWs who were at least 18, were HIV-negative at baseline, and reported recent unprotected sex with FSWs were randomized to the Hombre Seguro sexual risk reduction intervention, or a time-attention didactic control condition. Each condition lasted approximately one hour. Participants underwent interviewer-administered surveys and testing for HIV and other STIs at baseline, and at 4, 8, and 12 month follow-ups. Combined HIV/STI incidence and unprotected vaginal and anal se

SUBMITTER: Pitpitan EV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4045912 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature