Anal Intercourse Among Female Sex Workers in Cote d'Ivoire: Prevalence, Determinants, and Model-Based Estimates of the Population-Level Impact on HIV Transmission.

ABSTRACT: Current evidence suggests that anal intercourse (AI) during sex work is common in sub-Saharan Africa, but there have been few studies in which the contribution of heterosexual AI to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemics has been investigated. Using a respondent-driven sampling survey of female sex workers (FSWs; n = 466) in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, in 2014, we estimated AI prevalence and frequency. Poisson regressions were used to identify AI determinants. Approximately 20% of FSWs engaged in AI during a normal week (95% confidence interval: 15, 26). Women who performed AI were generally younger, had been selling sex for longer, were born in Côte d'Ivoire, and reported higher sex-work income, more frequent sex in public places, and violence from clients than women not reporting AI. C

SUBMITTER: Maheu-Giroux M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5860370 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature